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Here’s the story about how a $4.50 eBay find uncovers Gig Harbor’s 1938 National Air Mail Week: when the town sent its letters skyward in a one-day historic flight.
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Aleksandr Shablykin struggled with bipolar disorder and stopped taking his medication before he killed his mother and three other women in Wauna last month.
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Locks installed on railing on the bridge are too heavy and ‘reduce the integrity of this important safety element,’ the city said.
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Denson announced via social media that she will not seek a second term; another former Gig Harbor City Council member filed for the post Wednesday.
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Seven-time Olympic medalist Amanda Beard has sold her interest in the Gig Harbor swim school named after her. Beard, now an assistant swimming coach at the University of Arizona, founded the school on Point Fosdick Drive in 2017. It is now called Emler Swim School of Gig Harbor. The Gig Harbor school did not return
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The $3.1 million field project will include a resurfaced track, lights, bleachers and likely a new scoreboard.
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Elijah Bossenbroek provided beautiful music in a beautiful setting: A home originally built as the first St. John’s Episcopal Church.
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More than 150 handmade quilts will be on display at the annual Gig Harbor Quilters Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 21 and 22 at Swiftwater Elementary School.
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Pierce County voters elected the sheriff from the county’s founding in 1852 until 1980. That’s when a new Home Rule Charter — passed in the wake of a scandal involving the elected sheriff — made the post appointed. In 2006, voters approved a charter amendment that made the sheriff elected again. Now, some members of the Pierce County Charter
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Michael Masini of Gig Harbor (boys basketball) and Bailey Parker (girls wrestling) and Janelle Ramones (girls bowling) of Peninsula were named division MVPs in their sports.
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