Harbor Happenings | ChuSeok, Film Festival, breast cancer event highlight a packed weekend
Sep 23, 2025 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonHere’s what happening around the Harbor on the first weekend of fall.
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Circle of Friends Club leaders from Gig Harbor High dine with the governor
Sep 22, 2025 | By: Marsha HartThe Circle of Friends Club, founded two years ago, promotes suicide prevention and aims to erase the stigma of mental illness.
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New developer pitches a plan promising fewer houses at site next to Gig Harbor High School
Sep 22, 2025 | By: Ted KenneyMainVue Homes, a developer well known in the area, is under contract to buy the plot next to Gig Harbor High School. The company proposes fewer homes, a cul-de-sac instead of a through street and less impact on wetlands.
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Gig Harbor Now and Then | Dying was trying in the early days of the Peninsula
Sep 22, 2025 | By: Greg SpadoniIn the days before the Gig Harbor Peninsula had cemeteries or funeral homes, passing away was a real hassle.
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City hires Federici as permanent police chief
Sep 22, 2025 | By: Vince DiceTray Federici will be the Gig Harbor police chief on a permanent basis, the city announced early on Monday, Sept. 22. Federici, has been the interim chief since Kelly Busey retired in June. He was among four finalists the city announced at an open house earlier this month. “I’m humbled and excited to carry forward
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Sports Beat | Gig Harbor’s Heikkila up to her old (hat) tricks
Sep 19, 2025 | By: Dennis BrowneKarin Heikkila scored a hat trick in Gig Harbor’s 6-1 girls soccer win over Peninsula on Thursday.
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Being Neighborly | David goes the extra mile(s)
Sep 19, 2025 | By: Marsha HartWhen she lost her driver’s license and bank card at a store in Gig Harbor, a stranger named David brought them back to her home in Olalla.
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Take a peek inside the artists’ studios this weekend
Sep 18, 2025 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThe annual Open Studio Tour is Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with 54 artists participating at 23 studios.
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Peninsula, Gig Harbor face off in early girls soccer showdown
Sep 17, 2025 | By: Dennis BrowneThe two local schools are both girls soccer powers and both return divisional MVPs. They play each other Thursday.
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FISH Food Bank looking for warehouse space for this year’s Christmas toy drive
Sep 17, 2025 | By: Vince DiceThe annual toy drive, which provides Christmas cheer to some 1,000 local kids, needs at least 4,000 square feet with a big parking lot.
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