Food back in, events out at Olalla Bay Market
Mar 31, 2024 | By: Ed FriedrichKitsap County is allowing Olalla Bay Market to resume serving food and drinks while it seeks a restaurant permit, but says there’s no avenue to events returning.
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Highway 16 traffic helps police nab suspect in Tacoma homicide
Mar 29, 2024 | By: Vince DiceThe typical rush-hour traffic snarl at Highway 16 and Wollochet Drive helped police catch a murder suspect on Tuesday, March 26. According to documents filed in Pierce County Superior Court, Apele Sone Tauanuu, 33, fled from Tacoma Police officers who spotted him in a black BMW around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday on South Stevens Street in
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Sports Beat | GH boys, Peninsula girls score track and field wins
Mar 28, 2024 | By: Dennis BrowneTrack and field season is upon us and athletes from both local schools will vie for league, district and state championships in May. The Tides, Seahawks and Central Kitsap Cougars met for a three-team meet on March 22 at Gig Harbor. The Gig Harbor boys team, coached by Kevin Eager, dominated the sprinting portion of
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City council asks planning commission to review proposed zoning change
Mar 28, 2024 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThe Gig Harbor City Council voted Monday to ask the city Planning Commission to review a proposal to change the land use designation for a 23-acre parcel west of Highway 16. A group called Henderson Burnham LLC requested the zoning change so the company can build an unspecified number of single-family homes on the site.
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge tolling could creep into 2033
Mar 28, 2024 | By: Ed FriedrichThree of the past four annual reports project that increasing insurance and operating costs could extend tolls a few months beyond their anticipated removal date.
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2024 Summer Sounds at Skansie schedule is set
Mar 27, 2024 | By: Vince DiceThe popular Summer Sounds at Skansie concert series returns July 16. The concerts run from 6 to 8 p.m. on summer Tuesdays at Skansie Brothers Park in downtown Gig Harbor. The lineup includes: July 16: Wally & the Beaves, a seven-piece Pacific Northwest band playing hits from the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. Each member
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PenLight board elections draw six candidates for three positions
Mar 26, 2024 | By: Marsha HartSix candidates are vying for three Peninsula Light board of directors positions in held in April and May. Members will receive ballots, with postage-paid envelopes, this week and can vote via mail. PenLight will announce election results at its annual meeting at 5:30 p.m. May 6. The company holds elections each year and sends ballots
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Harbor Happenings | Easter egg hunts for all (or at least most) ages
Mar 26, 2024 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonPenMet Parks’ Teen Flashlight Egg Hunt starts at 7 p.m. Friday, March 29, at Sehmel Homestead Park. The search for hidden eggs will be followed by an after-hunt party with a DJ, games, snacks and more. Bring a flashlight. The event is free, but donations are welcome. Click here to reserve a space. PenMet also
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Woman dies in collision on Reid Drive
Mar 25, 2024 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffA 31-year-old woman died in a collision near the intersection of Reid Drive NW and 42nd Street NW early on Friday, March 22, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. The woman was driving south on Reid around 2 a.m., approaching the sharp turn just before Reid becomes 14th Avenue NW. A sheriff’s office spokesman
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Commercial fishing fleet still waiting for its homeport
Mar 25, 2024 | By: Vince DiceMembers of Gig Harbor’s fishing fleet have waited more than a decade for the city to build a Commercial Fishing Homeport, which has been part of the plan for Ancich Park since 2013. It looks like they will have to wait at least another year. Negotiations between the city and the National Marine Fisheries Service
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