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Two In Tow & On The Go: A forgotten treasure at Point Defiance

Nov 03, 2023 | By: Tonya Strickland

Today’s adventure brings us across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and over to the wooded wonderland that is Point Defiance Park to explore yet another local playground almost hidden in plain sight.

Sandwiched between the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and the Marina, this playground is outdated – but also secluded and awesome. Finding it atop a narrow bluff among the trees, the kids and I felt like we stumbled upon a well-kept secret with its hand-powered scoot platform, climbers and log-style-construction.

Sisters Carmela and Rosemary Micheli share their concerns about tree loss and parking with consultant Eric Streeby.

Phase 2/3 sports center layouts whittled to two similar plans

Oct 30, 2023 | By: Ed Friedrich

The two Phase 3 soccer fields could be on the same level or at different elevations. If at on height, a high school-sized baseball diamond could be overlaid on them.

On Raft Island, the Peninsula’s last summer camp carries on, with updates

Oct 26, 2023 | By: Ted Kenney

Residents on the east side of Lay Inlet enjoy looking across the bay at All Saints Camp and Retreat Center, a heavily forested stretch of Raft Island shoreline that provides a home to wildlife and brilliant fall colors. The view hasn’t changed in decades. Neighbors might have worried earlier this month, when barges and heavy

Local rotarian Denny Wilford featured at Gates Foundation’s World Polio Day

Oct 23, 2023 | By: Gig Harbor Community Member

Editor’s note: This article was submitted by members of the Gig Harbor Midday Rotary Club. Polio struck Denny Wilford early. He was only nine months old. But from that early blow, Denny grew to walk tall and brave in his lifelong fight to eradicate polio and save countless other children from the same fate. When

Parents team with St. Anthony to equip Peninsula school staff with bleeding control kits

Oct 18, 2023 | By: Christina T Henry

A small group of parents, all with backgrounds in healthcare, has teamed up with St. Anthony Hospital to provide bleeding control kits in each of Peninsula School District’s more than 600 classrooms. The kits will allow for rapid response to traumatic injuries in the event of a school shooting or other emergency, like an earthquake

Gig Harbor author shares experience and advice in ‘Dementia Home Care’ book

Oct 16, 2023 | By: Marsha Hart

Life was seemingly going along just fine for Tracy Cram Perkins. She was working, married, living her life in Gig Harbor. Then her mother got sick. Not long after, Perkins received a panicked phone call from her younger sister, saying their father could no longer care for their mother. Her mother had cancer, but was

New turf at Sehmel Homestead Park's multiuse field.

PenMet Parks considering non-resident surcharge

Oct 12, 2023 | By: Ed Friedrich

Participants living outside district boundaries would pay 20% more and have to wait a week to register.

Wellness Wednesday: Don’t just wear a pink ribbon during Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Oct 11, 2023 | By: Scot Fleshman

With October comes pumpkins, costumes, and candy, as well as an abundance of one thing — pink ribbons. The pink ribbon has become the nationwide symbol for breast cancer and is a universal sign of support. Breast Cancer Awareness Month aims to bring awareness to the common disease. Whether you have battled the illness yourself

Sports safety agency suspends former coach at Gig Harbor gymnastics facility

Oct 09, 2023 | By: Vince Dice

The U.S. Center for SafeSport suspended a former coach at a Gig Harbor gymnastics facility for two years, citing inappropriate conduct, emotional misconduct and physical misconduct. The organizations suspended Andrew Michael Smith, listed as a resident of Dupont and a former coach at NASA Gymnastics in Gig Harbor, on Sept. 6. It will remain in

PenMet commissioners Kurt Grimmer, Steve Nixon, Missy Hill and Amanda Babich at Tuesday's board meeting. Laurel Kingsbury was absent.

Nielson, Sehmel campaigning for PenMet Parks board position

Oct 05, 2023 | By: Ed Friedrich

One will fill the seat left vacant by Amanda Babich, who isn’t running for re-election. Sehmel topped Neilson in the primary, 49.5%-32.3%.

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