PenMet breaks ground on community recreation center
Aug 25, 2023 | By: Ed FriedrichParks district recognizes local legislators who acquired $1 million for the project during community groundbreaking celebration.
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Conservation grants help add to city’s North Creek property
Aug 16, 2023 | By: Ed FriedrichConservation Futures money also will fund expansion of Tacoma DeMolay Sandspit on Fox Island and buy 60 acres next to Haley State Park on Key Peninsula.
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Sports complex study features several multi-sport fields
Aug 09, 2023 | By: Ed FriedrichDuring an open house Tuesday, consultants and city staff unveiled five alternatives for Phases 2 and 3 that showed different field configurations for soccer, football, lacrosse and baseball/softball.
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Over 61 percent support Gig Harbor Fire levy
Aug 01, 2023 | By: Vince DiceGig Harbor-area voters renewed a levy that helps Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One fight fires, according to preliminary results of the Aug. 1 election posted by the Pierce County Elections Office. Early tallies show 6,768 voters supporting the levy (61.86 percent) vs. 4,172 opposing it (38.14). In the only other race on local ballots,
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Gig Harbor Fire levy, PenMet commission seat on Aug. 1 primary ballots
Jul 27, 2023 | By: Vince DiceLocal voters will winnow the field of candidates for a PenMet Parks commission seat and decide the fate of Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One’s levy renewal request next week. Voters must return ballots by Tuesday, Aug. 1. As of the morning of Thursday, July 27, the Pierce County Elections Office reported receiving 6,265 ballots
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Annual city crime report highlights increase in thefts — especially vehicle thefts
Jul 26, 2023 | By: Vince DiceThe bad news: Gig Harbor experienced a 34 percent increase in the most serious crimes against persons, property and society in 2022 compared to 2021. The good news: Relatively little of that was violent crime, no complaints were filed against Gig Harbor officers in 2022 and the Legislature approved measures this year that could give
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Gig Harbor city finances healthy despite dip in development revenues
Jul 26, 2023 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonAlthough sales tax revenue and construction permit fees are down, the city’s general fund balance is still in good shape, Finance Director Dave Roednbach told the Gig Harbor City Council on Monday, July 24. “The city is running really well,” Rodenbach said. But development revenues have “fallen off the table. We’re, like, 30% of where
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PenMet hires firm to build community recreation center
Jul 19, 2023 | By: Ed FriedrichBesides approving the $20.7 million construction contract, the board moved to place a levy lid lift renewal on the November ballot and heard from supporters pushing to reinstate a fired employee.
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Three vying for PenMet commissioner seat
Jul 12, 2023 | By: Ed FriedrichMadelyn Hunter, Steven Nielson and Billy Sehmel are competing for two spots in the Nov. 7 general election.
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The Battle for Carr Inlet pitted local community against the Navy
Jul 06, 2023 | By: Ted KenneyThink the fight against Walmart in the 1990s, or the more recent flap over building 35 new dwelling units at the bottom of Harborview Drive, stand as the biggest citizen crusades in peninsula history? Those were minor disagreements when compared to the Battle for Carr Inlet, fought in the early 1950s. Decades before the term
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