Two In Tow & On The Go: This zoo adventure was no snoozer
Nov 08, 2024 | By: Tonya StricklandSnagging a spot for the exclusive Zoo Snooze at Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium isn’t just special — it’s downright rare.
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Gig Harborites love the natural surroundings in which they live, and Gig Harbor Now staff members keep them apprised of opportunities to enjoy and preserve their forests, waters and creatures.
County planners switch views on Purdy, now recommending a more urban future
Oct 30, 2024 | By: Ted Kenney“Shock” is the term one lawmaker representing Gig Harbor used to describe her response to the Pierce County Planning & Public Works Department’s recent flip-flop on the future of Purdy, the unincorporated community just outside Gig Harbor’s northern border. Early this year, county planners recommended stripping Purdy and some other unincorporated areas next to Gig
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Green crabs, blackberries and knotweed not invited to State of the Watershed address
Oct 25, 2024 | By: Carolyn BickEditors note: This story has been updated since it was first posted. Meghan Whidden discussed Minterbrook Oyster Company. An earlier version of this story attributed the presentation to the wrong person. Green crabs, and blackberries, and suspicious septic tanks — oh, my! OK, OK — no one actually said the above verbatim, and this writer
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Harbor WildWatch helps the Blue Water Task Force keep the water clean
Oct 23, 2024 | By: Carolyn Bick“When I was here, the harbor seal just went right under the dock and popped up on the other side,” Sarah Kelly excitedly says. Her eyes sparkle. “It was so close.” On this temperate day in early October, Kelly takes a sample of the water at Jerisich Dock. She is a Blue Water Task Force
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Two In Tow & On The Go: Tacoma’s Franklin Park has Gig Harbor ties
Oct 18, 2024 | By: Tonya StricklandFranklin Park in Tacoma has all the makings of a fantastic kiddo destination … slides, swings, and an unexpected tie-in to Gig Harbor. (That last one is a prerequisite on what’s considered cool, right?) Plus, Clara and Wyatt have already asked to go back.
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After failed acquisition, undeveloped Eagles Ridge parcel still on PenMet’s’s radar screen
Oct 02, 2024 | By: Ted KenneyThe Eagles Ridge property is 114 acres of forested property with waterfront access. Only a fraction of it is developable.
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Harbor History Museum working on repairs to Our Fisherman, Our Guardian
Sep 19, 2024 | By: Vince DiceSculpture repairs could be wrapped up soon, after which the city can reinstall the canoe onto the sculpture at Austin Park at txʷaalqəł Estuary.
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PenMet celebrates opening of revamped Rosedale Hall
Sep 18, 2024 | By: Marsha HartAn afternoon mist began to turn to light rain just as a ribbon cutting ceremony wrapped up Tuesday evening to officially celebrate the extensive renovation of the nearly 100-year-old Rosedale Hall. About 40 community members gathered in the parking lot to listen as Pen Met Parks commissioners and staff spoke on the importance of preserving
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Local case is first time tularemia, a rare infectious disease, spread from marine mammal to human
Sep 13, 2024 | By: Conor WilsonEpidemiologists with the Kitsap Public Health District have co-authored a new report documenting the first recorded case of a human contracting the infectious disease tularemia from a marine mammal. The finding, published last month in the Centers for Disease Control’s Morbidity and Mortality weekly report, details how a 32-year-old wildlife biologist from Kitsap County contracted
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Phase IV purchase is ‘last piece of the puzzle’ for new conservation area
Sep 12, 2024 | By: Carolyn BickSince 2022, the city of Gig Harbor has worked to create a conservation area, called the txʷaalqəł Conservation Area, spanning 40.5 acres of land near the heart of downtown. The city’s recent purchase of property from two private landowners increased those 40.5 acres to just shy of 52 total acres. The city acquired the land
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