Business Spotlight: Precious Collective offers style for all sizes
Jul 10, 2023 | By: Vince DiceYoung entrepreneur Josie Ciaciuch’s love of fashion and family inspired her to open Precious Collective Boutique, in Uptown Gig Harbor.
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Gig Harbor Now reporters provide information about where people can eat, shop and seek professional services, which businesses are opening or closing, and explain local trends and their relation to the national economy.
On Fox Island, an old Navy acoustics lab gets a new life
Jul 07, 2023 | By: Ted KenneyAs a youth, Ty Clarke liked to water-ski and wake-board from his parents’ beach on the southwest shore of Fox Island. Cutting through the glassy water of Carr Inlet, at the turnaround point on their runs, Ty and his friends couldn’t help noticing something off-putting: a neglected concrete box of a building squatting on the
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City, county step up fireworks restrictions amid increased fire risk
Jun 30, 2023 | By: Vince DiceThe 4th of July season is typically a busy one for Katie Bennett, but not so much this year. Bennett, the Gig Harbor High School girls soccer coach, usually spends the last days of June and the first of July running a fireworks stand with her players. But a city of Gig Harbor ban on
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Forest bathing at Crescent Valley Lavender Farm
Jun 12, 2023 | By: Julianna Verboort“Shinrin-yoku” is a Japanese term that translates to “forest bath.” It is the practice of spending time in the forest to absorb nature. Steeping your senses in natural surroundings encourages relaxation and stress relief. You can experience elevated forest bathing at Crescent Valley Lavender Farm in Gig Harbor, with its immense rolling hill of purple
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Current owners of Island View Market suing their predecessors
Jun 12, 2023 | By: Ted KenneyWhen sunny skies arrive, a waterfront business like Island View Market needs to focus on keeping the beer coolers full, boat gas flowing and sun screen stocked. This June, though, the iconic south Rosedale country store and filling station has a stressful distraction: A lawsuit between the current owners and the previous owners who sold
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Russell Foundation offering grants for climate-friendly farm programs
Jun 08, 2023 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffThe Gig Harbor-based Russell Family Foundation this week launched a new program, called Food for Climate Solutions, as part of its commitment to achieve Net Zero by 2030. Food for Climate Solutions supports regional and local food production in Western Washington. It is part of the foundation’s efforts to address the climate crisis through its
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Heritage Distilling wins record number of Spirits Competition awards
Jun 02, 2023 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffGig Harbor-based Heritage Distilling won a record 66 medals at the American Distilling Institute’s 2023 International Spirits Competition Awards. Distilleries and brands of all sizes from all over the world, including some of the largest sprits brands, entered the competition. “These awards serve as a reminder that hard work, perseverance, and a commitment to excellence
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Antique plane museum takes flight at Narrows Airport
May 25, 2023 | By: Ed FriedrichGig Harbor Vintage Aero Museum features 14 antique civilian aircraft and doubles as a unique event venue.
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Gig Harbor YMCA pool closed from May 8 through June 26
May 04, 2023 | By: Vince DiceThe closure of the aquatics center at the Tom Taylor Family YMCA in Gig Harbor will no doubt stifle early-summer fun for some families. But when it reopens near the end of June, it’ll be like a breath of fresh air. Literally. In addition to a new roof over the pool area, the aquatics center
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PenLight board members re-elected
May 03, 2023 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffMarc Jorgenson, Scott Junge and Roger Spadoni were re-elected to the Peninsula Light board of directors at the utility’s annual meeting on May 1. Jorgenson earned 2,840 votes, Junge 2,682 and Spadoni 2,379 in balloting of participating PenLight customers. Challengers were Lise Kristiansen (2,039 votes), Mark Michel (1,051) and Cameron Smith (715). PenLight is a member-owned
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