Farmers Market brings fruits, veggies and fun to Skansie Park starting this week
Jun 04, 2024 | By: Vince DiceThe Gig Harbor Waterfront Farmers Market returns on June 6, with a focus on local producers of fresh produce and other food.
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EPA grant helps school district buy more propane buses
Jun 03, 2024 | By: Christina T HenryPeninsula School District is one of 16 districts in Washington state to receive money for clean school buses in the most recent round of federal funding from the EPA’s Clean School Bus Program, part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Peninsula’s $250,000 in rebate funding will help offset the purchase 10 new propane buses to replace
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Gig Harbor’s Austin Pavelek living life in the fast lane
Jun 03, 2024 | By: Marsha HartExhilaration and pride dominated the day as 7-year-old Gig Harbor resident Austin Pavelek crossed the finish line at a speed of between 35 and 40 mph in his Quarter Midget Stanley car in Yakima on May 17. It was his first time winning the Junior 160 Region race. As he took the checkered flag to
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Gig Harbor Now and Then | You may be familiar with this former Post Office location
Jun 03, 2024 | By: Greg SpadoniThe post office was in a well-known building at the corner of Harborview and Pioneer — for most of 1951, anyway.
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New state program aims to make Gig Harbor Wildfire Ready
Jun 03, 2024 | By: Conor WilsonWildfire Ready Neighbors, a statewide initiative that helps property owners prepare their homes for wildfires, expanded to Gig Harbor last week. State Public Land Commissioner Hilary Franz unveiled the new program during a press conference at Fire Station 50 in Gig Harbor on May 31. Officials from the Washington Department of Natural Resources and Gig
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Evergreen teacher charged with child molestation jailed briefly for violating parole
Jun 03, 2024 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffJordan Roy Henderson, the Evergreen Elementary teacher accused of child molestation, was back in jail briefly on Friday after a report he violated parole by holding gatherings at his home with minors present. The court released Henderson following a hearing Friday and he returned to home detention on $750,000 bail as of Saturday morning. On leave
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Photo Gallery | 2024 Blessing of the Fleet
Jun 02, 2024 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffThe beginning of an atmospheric river kept crowds down on the second day of the Maritime Gig Festival on Sunday, June 2, 2024. But the show went on, with the usual car show, musical performances and the annual Blessing of the Fleet. Click on any image below to view a gallery of pictures from Sunday.
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Photo Gallery | 2024 Maritime Gig Festival parade
Jun 01, 2024 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffPhotographs from the Maritime Gig Festival parade on June 1, 2024. Pictures by Larry Steagall, Vince Dice and Chapin Day. Click on any image below to view the pictures as a gallery.
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Five injured in collision during Maritime Gig Parade
Jun 01, 2024 | By: Vince DiceTwo vehicles participating in the Maritime Gig Grande Parade on Saturday collided on Harborview Drive near Rosedale Street, injuring five people. Gig Harbor Fire and Medic One treated five patients following the collision. Medics took four of them to local hospitals for treatment. GHFMO said two victims suffered minor injuries and three suffered “moderate” injuries.
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Skansie Netshed under wraps
May 31, 2024 | By: Chapin DayWith the 2024 Maritime Gig Festival on tap this weekend, the Skansie Netshed is all dressed up — but it’s no place to go. Normally abuzz with visitors’ activity during the the annual fest, workers have garbed the historic shed in white vinyl tarps draped over skeletal scaffolding. It is closed to the public through
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