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A fidgety, exuberant buzz runs through the classroom as the afternoon kicks off at Gig Harbor Co-operative Preschool. There’s a special visitor today. She’s tan, wears four wheels and lots of colorful stickers, and she’s too big to fit inside the classroom. It’s Connie’s Books in a Bus. Accompanied by GHCP teacher Nadine Mart, small
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Gig Harbor Police officers, along with deputies from the Pierce and Kitsap sheriff’s offices, searched along Burnham Drive on Halloween night for a suspect in a homicide that occurred near Poulsbo. They didn’t find the suspect, and aren’t certain he was even there. An off-duty Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office detective spotted a vehicle associated with
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The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a suspect in an armed robbery at the Rosedale Market that occurred on Oct. 25. Tacoma-Pierce County Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and filing of charges against the suspect. On Oct. 25, 2023, the pictured suspect robbed the
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More people are reading Gig Harbor Now these days than at any other time in our two-plus years as a nonprofit digital newspaper. We have a new-and-improved calendar (more about that later) and a fun community announcements section. Our reporters are keeping an eye on new housing developments, covering this month’s election, and probing the
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The fall sports season is churning through its final few weeks, with many local teams and individuals at or near the top of the South Sound Conference. This week features two rivalry games between Peninsula and Gig Harbor and much more, including individual district champions and state qualifiers. Both soccer teams advance to state Both
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Commencement Bank, which opened a loan production office in the Peninsula Shopping Center on Judson Street in August, recently received clearance from federal regulators to operate a full-service branch there. That won’t be its permanent home, though. The Tacoma-based regional bank plans to move to the former Harbor General Store building on Pioneer Way after
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Bundle up and learn about the critters that live in Gig Harbor bay on Saturday, Nov. 4, during this month’s Pier into the Night. Starting at 6 p.m. at the Maritime Pier next to the Tides Tavern, divers will transmit underwater images onto a big screen on the pier while Harbor WildWatch biologists discuss what’s
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A passion for community and craft is the inspiration behind Gig Harbor’s latest retail store to open on Harborview Drive, Local Whimsy. Local Makers founder Caasi Dickens and Salena Ausburn, plant stylist and owner of Whimsy Plant Co, have joined forces to offer more than just a marketplace for locally crafted products and plants. They’ve
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The two Phase 3 soccer fields could be on the same level or at different elevations. If at on height, a high school-sized baseball diamond could be overlaid on them.
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The Peninsula Seahawk (4-5, 4-3 South Sound Conference) football team played the Timberline Blazers (5-4, 4-3) on Friday, Oct. 27, for a chance to claim the league’s third place playoff spot, but fell to the Blazers at home, 35-0. The Seahawks, Blazers and Capital Cougars all ended the regular season with 4-3 SSC records. Those
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