Community

Gig Harbor Now reporters cover community events and efforts that benefit and entertain the community.

Peninsula School District suspends all three Gig Harbor High girls basketball coaches for rest of season

Jan 28, 2025 | By:

An interim coach, who has not yet been named, will lead the Tides for the rest of the current season.

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Park project adding mountain bike trails at McCormick Forest creates stir

Jan 28, 2025 | By:

PenMet Parks plans to improve existing multi-use paths surrounding Rotary Dog Park and McCormick Forest Park and add mountain bike trails.

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Harbor Happenings | Curl up with a good book

Jan 28, 2025 | By:

Book clubs, story times and discussion groups meet this week around Gig Harbor.

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Gig Harbor Now and Then | Tree rings reveal many mysteries

Jan 27, 2025 | By: Greg Spadoni

Tree rings tell a lot about not only the life of the tree, but also some of the events that occurred on the land it grew on.

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Fire damages two boats at downtown dock

Jan 25, 2025 | By:

No one was injured in the boat fire at Bujacich Dock, and firefighters prevented it from spreading from commercial fishing vessels moored nearby.

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Sports Beat | Peninsula wrestlers ready to defend 2024 state championship

Jan 24, 2025 | By:

The defending state champion Peninsula girls wrestling team put on a dominant display on Jan. 22 in a 42-20 win over River Ridge. Several Seahawks won by fall or major technical decisions to keep their conference record unblemished. Mira Sonnen Defending individual state champion Mira Sonnen was first on the mat for the Seahawks. Sonnen

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Being Neighborly | Volunteer handyman repairs local woman’s faith in humanity

Jan 24, 2025 | By:

She reached out on social media, looking to pay someone to replace a mailbox destroyed by vandals just before Christmas. He offered to do it for free.

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Krishnadasan, other first-year lawmakers finding their way around Olympia

Jan 23, 2025 | By: Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero, Washington State Standard

The Gig Harbor Democrat, in her first year in the Senate, says she is adjusting to the whirlwind nature of serving in the Legislature.

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PenMet to name sports field in honor of Joe Jarzynka

Jan 23, 2025 | By:

Joe Jarzynka Memorial Fieldhouse will commemorate the former Gig Harbor High and University of Washington football star who died in 2023.

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Google recognizes three Peninsula teachers for AI innovation

Jan 23, 2025 | By:

Heather Whyte, Dave Stitt and Kayla Frank presented ideas for how to use AI both in the classroom and to streamline school district operations during the prestigious fellowship.

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