How the current site of Gig Harbor High School nearly became a cemetery
Mar 27, 2025 | By: Ted KenneyA funeral home wanted to build a cemetery on Rosedale Street in the mid-1960s. The community organized to stop it.
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Texas mystery-developer plans 31 houses next door to Gig Harbor High School
Mar 26, 2025 | By: Ted KenneyThe project is proposed for 39 acres on Rosedale Street, directly west of Gig Harbor High. Developers are asking to deviate from city rules on altering topography and on the required size of the vegetation buffer between the property and the high school.
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Club sponsored by local Kiwanis allows everyone to get in on the AKtion
Mar 26, 2025 | By: Marsha HartThe year-old AKtion Club gives developmentally disabled adults a social outlet and a chance to give back to the community.
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Gig Harbor, Peninsula debate teams qualify for national tournament
Mar 18, 2025 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffThe two schools will send a total of 11 competitors to the national speech and debate tournament in Des Moines, Iowa, in June.
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Two In Two & On The Go | Our 2025 guide to summer camps for kids
Mar 14, 2025 | By: Tonya StricklandSomehow, it’s that time again—to register kiddos for a local lineup of 2025 summer camps. Here’s a closer look at the camps available in and around Gig Harbor.
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Chris Sembroski, Gig Harbor’s civilian astronaut, chases dream of space flight for the masses
Mar 05, 2025 | By: Ted KenneyChris Sembroski of Gig Harbor has a better travel story than anyone you know: He went to space in 2021 on a SpaceX rocket.
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Peninsula School District delays report on harassment, intimidation and bullying
Feb 27, 2025 | By: Christina T HenryA district official says “additional discovery and clarity is needed” before it finishes the report, now expected in late April.
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Minerva Scholarship applications due March 31
Feb 27, 2025 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffMinerva has awarded nearly $600,000 in scholarships and helped more than 225 local women achieve their educational goals over the past 33 years.
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Parent accused Gig Harbor girls basketball coaches of drinking alcohol during team trip to Florida
Feb 25, 2025 | By: Vince DiceThe coaches said they were never intoxicated, did not drive after drinking and were unclear on a district policy prohibiting drinking on sports trips.
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Gig Harbor astrophotography students capture stunning images of deep-space nebula
Feb 12, 2025 | By: Christina T HenryStudents in Eric Wolgemuth’s astrophysics class spent hours this past semester in the parking lot of Gig Harbor High School training a powerful telescope on objects thousands of light years away. Using an array of sophisticated equipment and software, they produced stunning images of deep-space nebula. Their image of the North American Nebula, which is
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