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Students in the school’s Service Learning Club provided healthy meals to people in the area through the global nonprofit Lasagna Love.
Read More about Being Neighborly | Lasagna, with a dash of learning, at Harbor Montessori
District leaders, responding to concern from parents over screen time in schools, are tapping the brakes on the use of digital technology in teaching and learning.
Read More about Peninsula School District taps the brakes on screen time for students
Two lanes of the aging bridge from Tacoma to Gig Harbor will remain closed while crews repair a joint.
Read More about Narrows Bridge lane closures will continue for ‘multiple days’
Ross Tello spent most of a year at Seattle Children’s Hospital while he fought cancer. His family honors his memory with an annual drive to collect and donate lego sets for current patients there.
Read More about Lego drive honors former Peninsula High student who died in 2023
The volunteers made some im-press-ive artwork during the special event last week.
Read More about Harbor WildWatch volunteers learn the art and science of seaweed
Robin Avni and Nora Ekstein volunteered to fill two vacancies on the city of Gig Harbor Arts Commission.
Read More about Gig Harbor to appoint two new arts commissioners
The rental properties are on Soundview Drive and at Wilkinson Farm Park. One could become a future gathering place for seniors, while the other may be demolished.
Read More about City considers future of two rental properties
The Paddlers Cup, put on by the Gig Harbor Kayak and Canoe Racing Team, will draw hundreds to the waterfront on April 25 and 26.
Read More about Harbor Happenings | Paddlers Cup runneth over both days this weekend
Harbor WildWatch’s first Low Tide Tour of 2026 was Sunday.
Read More about Low tides make for Purdy good marine life viewing at Purdy Spit
The market replaces the former Local Makers Market, held the past few years at the Civic Center.
Read More about Mother’s Day Market planned near B’s Bagels