Marketplace Grill is back, with the same menu and same friendly owners, but in a very different space. The Finholm District institution closed in September 2021, after more than 20 years at 8805 North Harborview Drive. Owners Richard and Carlene Lai Fook promised to reopen in a new spot, and they proved true to their
Tracie Markley, the mayor of Gig Harbor, filed a complaint with the state Public Disclosure Commission about campaign literature the state Republican Party sent to voters in the 26th Legislative District. The party sent the campaign mailers in support of state Senate candidate Rep. Jesse Young of Gig Harbor. The mailers quoted Markley as saying
Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. An apparently intoxicated man, trying to get away after shoplifting at a store on Borgen Boulevard, rammed a Gig Harbor Police car on Oct. 30. An officer patrolling the parking lot noticed the vehicle, a Dodge Durango, because it
Russ Leno, a master carver of giant pumpkins, made his annual appearance at Gig Harbor Uptown on Halloween to turn a vegetable into a work of art.
Police released photos of the suspects taken from surveillance footage. Also in this week’s blotter: Another assault on a nurse and a shoplifter tracked down in Tacoma.
Once again, the 26th Legislative District leads the state in campaign spending. The two candidates for the district’s state Senate seat — incumbent Democrat Emily Randall of Bremerton and Republican challenger Jesse Young of Gig Harbor — are first and third statewide in fundraising among 2022 candidates for the Washington Legislature. Randall has raised $915,274
Republican state Rep. Michelle Caldier and Democratic challenger Matt Macklin both have professional experience in health care. So it should be no surprise that each identified health-related issues as among their top reasons for seeking office. Caldier, a dentist in her pre-Legislature career, is running for a fifth term representing the 26th Legislative District in
Bartender for Hire founder Dane Drebin got a crash course in entrepreneurship in late September — and the experience will be streamed on the Internet for all to see. Drebin, of Gig Harbor, spent the week of Sept. 19 as one of 55 cast members on season six of The Blox, a streaming program that
Crime and the economy have been the top issues in this fall’s campaign, judging by questions asked by audiences at a series of debates and forums. So it was a change that the first question asked of candidates Michelle Caldier and Matt Macklin at a forum Thursday was about education. Caldier is a four-term Republican
Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. A man snatched a purse away from an 87-year-old woman in a hardware store parking lot on Oct. 12, then dragged her at least 15 feet when she refused to let go. The victim sustained cuts and bruises on
