Penrose Point State Park closed until mid-May
Jan 18, 2023 | By: Ed FriedrichThe popular destination 21 miles from Gig Harbor is getting a new sewage system.
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Gig Harbor Police Blotter: Woman injured self by head-butting partition, officers say
Jan 17, 2023 | By: Vince DiceEditor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. A 56-year-old Port Orchard woman ended up in the hospital on Jan. 7 after, according to a report from officers, she head-butted the cage separating the rear from the front seat of an officer’s patrol vehicle. Officers contacted the
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Gig Harbor goes big in nonleague win over Lake Stevens
Jan 17, 2023 | By: Dennis BrowneThree local high school basketball teams played on Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, which has turned into a hoop holiday across the Northwest. The Gig Harbor boys (14-1, 7-1 South Sound Conference) ran their winning streak to nine on Saturday, Jan. 14, with a 71-56 nonconference win over Class 4A Lake Stevens (8-4). Lake
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Harbor Happenings: Final weekend for ‘Puffs’ at PHS
Jan 17, 2023 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThere are plenty of opportunities to have some fun this week as we ring in the Year of the Rabbit on the Lunar New Year, Sunday, Jan. 22. Peninsula High School’s production of “Puffs, Or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years At A Certain School of Magic & Magic” wraps up its two-week run with performances Jan.
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Bridge of Hope initiative aims to get people talking
Jan 16, 2023 | By: Vince DiceThe YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties, with a group of members/involved local residents, wants to get people talking. Even if they don’t agree with each other — in fact, especially if they don’t. The Y calls the initiative the Bridge of Hope. It describes its purpose as “to gather people within Pierce and Kitsap
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Sports Beat: Peninsula tied atop league after win over GH
Jan 13, 2023 | By: Dennis BrownePeninsula prevails in the girls basketball rivalry game. Elsewhere, Peninsula wrestling is off to a strong start and Gig Harbor swimming remains unbeaten.
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Two in Tow & On the Go: Get to know Crescent Creek Park
Jan 12, 2023 | By: Tonya StricklandHey, guys! The new year is officially upon us and I’m excited to be writing my very first column in Gig Harbor Now, sharing all the local places to take kids in 2023. But, before we move forward, let’s take a quick look back. Way back. All the way to 1915 – when the site of Gig Harbor’s present-day Crescent Creek Park first took shape.
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Gig Harbor dominant in rivalry game win over Peninsula
Jan 12, 2023 | By: Dennis BrowneThe Peninsula gym was packed on Wednesday, Jan. 11, to see a boys basketball crosstown rivalry game. The sixth-ranked Gig Harbor Tides dismantled the Peninsula Seahawks, 76-30, in front of a standing-room-only crowd. The Tides (12-1, 6-1 South Sound Conference) used their attacking style and smothering defense to win their sixth straight matchup against the
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Council appoints Julie Martin to vacant position
Jan 12, 2023 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThe Gig Harbor City Council on Monday appointed Julie Martin to a vacant council position. Martin retired late last year from the Washington state Department of Corrections, where her recent positions included deputy secretary and chief of staff. Before that, she was sales director for Northstar Lottery in Chicago and deputy director of the Washington
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Caldier no longer caucusing with state Republicans
Jan 11, 2023 | By: Ed FriedrichState Rep. Michelle Caldier, R-Port Orchard, has left the Republican caucus over issues with leadership, but hopes to resolve them and return to the party.
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