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A new art installation, possibly at nearby Donkey Creek Park, may allow people to lock in their love in public.
Read More about City may bring back love locks, but in a safer place
Flock cameras monitor the parking lot at the Home Depot on Borgen Boulevard, and the Raft Island Homeowners Association only recently had them removed.
Read More about City Council rejected Flock cameras for police, but businesses and neighborhoods still host them
The agreement among the city, PenMet Parks, Key Peninsula Parks and Peninsula School District would pave the way for an aquatics program at high school pools.
Read More about City moves closer to aquatics program partnership — with a couple conditions
Amid a blue wave nationally, Democrats retained the Pierce County Council seat representing District 7 and swept all three 26th Legislative District posts.
Read More about Gig Harbor wasn’t exempt from the blue wave
Democrat Lykins has over 63% of the vote in early results posted Tuesday. Voters are overwhelmingly rejecting a proposal to make the position of Pierce County sheriff appointed.
Read More about Lykins lead in County Council race; voters rejecting appointed sheriff proposal
Ballots mailed on Monday or Tuesday may not be postmarked in time, elections administrators warn. Meanwhile, Pierce and six other counties accepted Gov. Ferguson’s offer of the National Guard as an “Election Neighborhood Watch.”
Read More about Voters urged to use drop boxes; National Guard to monitor Pierce County election sites
The city of Gig Harbor will ask consultants to prepare their report by early May, after which officials can make decisions on the future of the Masonic Lodge.
Read More about City seeks consultant for Masonic Lodge assessment
The 0.86% property tax increase will cost the owner of an average-value home inside city limits about $4.55 next year.
Read More about Gig Harbor City Council approves small property tax increase
All of Gig Harbor Now’s election coverage, in one place.
Read More about Voters guide: Here’s where to find all of our election coverage
Freshman Democrat Emily Randall won nearly 60% of the vote in the August primary and faces Bremerton Republican Teresa Fox in the general.
Read More about A quiet campaign in the Sixth Congressional District