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Gig Harborites can expect to see changes in their utility bills starting next year after the Gig Harbor City Council approved a rate increase at its Nov. 10 meeting. Councilmember Emily Stone cast the sole “no” vote. The city has deliberated increasing rates for all three utilities — water, sewer, and stormwater — since July. The
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Family Promise, a national organization whose local chapter is a central player in fighting homelessness in Pierce County, plans to expand to other Western Washington communities.
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The Gig Harbor Historic Preservation Commission unanimously voted on Nov. 10 to recommend that the city hold off on demolishing the former Masonic Lodge. The commission also suggested contracting with a surveyor for an historic structures report before the city makes any decisions. The commission voted to support preserving the lodge in some form as
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The city wants to replace a box culvert that carries North Creek under Harborview Drive, but first it has to resolve the matter of salmon incubators there.
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Deb Krishnadasan, an appointed incumbent, now leads the race for state Senate by nearly 2,000 votes.
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In other results, Stone defeats Woock in a battle of city council incumbents, while Lykins, Leighton and Lantz lead the charter commission races.
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The only way babies can eat is if they have access to breast milk or formula. Without either, they will starve. Now, thousands of families in Gig Harbor and around Pierce County who rely on the federal government’s Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program face the possibility that they won’t be able to feed their
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City officials say utility rates must increase to account for capital projects and an increase in cost to provide those services.
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Ballots must be either postmarked or placed in a drop box by Tuesday, Nov. 4, to count in this fall’s election.
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The new call will require Harbor Arbor art to be sculpted on-site at Grandview Forest, rather than in a studio.
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