Business

Couple of Scoops, expected to open in May, will employ special-needs adults and sell all varieties of ice cream and candy.

Gig Harbor-based Locust Cider grew quickly before the pandemic, inflation and changing consumer habits forced a recent retreat.

Dunis, the organization’s special projects and outreach manager, replaces Carrianne Ekberg, who is stepping down to spend time with her young family.

Owner Jann van der Veen died in April, and his family decided to close the store by the end of the year.

Patterson’s Farm Market, a Gig Harbor institution, is back in its seasonal spot near Anderson’s General Store on Point Fosdick Drive.

Ivar’s President Bob Donegan said the new Gig Harbor location could be open as soon as February.