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Only one of three Gig Harbor City Council races on the November ballot will be contested after a candidate for position 5 withdrew from the contest. Chris Holstrom filed to run for the position on Wednesday, May 18, but withdrew ahead of the May 22 deadline to do so. That leaves Ben Coronado, a member
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Haven of Rest cemetery will host its annual Memorial Day observance starting at noon Monday, May 29. The ceremony includes speeches, a presentation of colors by the Peninsula High ROTC honor guard, live music and a car show courtesy of the Gig Harbor Cruisers. Free “all-American” hot dogs are available following the ceremony. More than
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Gideon Eilers and his late grandfather used to listen to the Beach Boys before his death in 2020 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. “He grew up listening to the them, and it not only gave him comfort at that time, it would help him remember things,” said Eilers, a senior at Gig Harbor High School
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The Peninsula High fastpitch team won the District 3/4 championship on Saturday, May 20, at the Regional Athletic Complex in Lacey. The Seahawks will return to the RAC next weekend — this time as the No. 1 seed in the state fastpitch tournament. Gig Harbor also qualified for the state tournament after earning fifth place
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Voters in the city of Gig Harbor will find two contested city council races on their ballots this fall. Candidate filing for the November 2023 election closed at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19. Here’s who signed up to run: City Council Gig Harbor City Council members are elected at-large to four-year terms. Three of the
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The second-ranked Peninsula fastpitch team earned a spot in the Class 3A state tournament by winning its first two games at the District 3/4 tournament in Lacey on Thursday, May 18. The Seahawks (19-2), the No. 1 seed to the district tournament, won their first game in Lacey 13-0 over River Ridge. Pitchers Alli Kimball
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With Memorial Day right around the corner, we wanted to give a local shoutout to Clara and Wyatt’s current playground of choice – Kenneth Leo Marvin Veterans Memorial Park on Gig Harbor’s west side. With its tall tower slide, friendship-making disc swing, and a stone monument for local veterans, this Gig Harbor city park is sure to be a fast fave.
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Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. Scammers stole more than $32,000 from a 82-year-old Gig Harbor resident by claiming that she owed money to the IRS. Scammers targeted the woman for about two weeks, bombarding her with phone calls and text messages. A scammer actually
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The environmental impact study states that the 25.5-acre operation would have only negligible or minor impacts, but neighbors aren’t convinced.
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Ask those who have owned an old wooden boat, and it’s likely they will tell you a story involving family lore, lessons learned, and a few blissful moments on the water. In the 1920s and ’30s, when the Skansie brothers were building commercial fishing boats in Gig Harbor, another pair of boatbuilding siblings — the
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