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PenMet held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its $1.6 million renovation of the circa-1938 Arletta Schoolhouse. Former students reminisced about attending classes there.
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The calendar is filling fast as we move into the holiday season. This week’s special events include the return of the Chum Festival, music concerts, theater performances, book signings and more. Get chummy with the fish Presented by Harbor WildWatch, the Chum Festival takes place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 19 and 20
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Republican Spencer Hutchins now has a narrow lead in the race for a seat in the state House representing the 26th Legislative District. The most recent ballot totals posted by the state Secretary of State’s Office show Hutchins leading Democrat Adison Richards by 260 votes out of 69,022 votes counted. Hutchins has 50.49 percent of
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The Peninsula Seahawks went into Memorial Stadium in Seattle on Friday, Nov. 11, and gave the O’Dea Fighting Irish all they could handle. But a couple of long runs late in the game sealed the Seahawks’ fate in a 42-28 season-ending loss. Peninsula led early in game Third-ranked O’Dea (9-1) took a 6-0 lead with
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“We always come for happy hour because it’s only five dollars,” Gig Harbor resident Tessa Rhymer says in-between chuckles and smiles as she bowls with her kids on a cloudy autumn afternoon at Ocean5, a 57,000-square-foot entertainment and meeting center in West Gig Harbor. She points down toward the floor and adds, “and you can
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Three hundred people honored local military veterans with food, music and speeches.
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This week, we told you about the results of the Nov. 8 midterm elections, gave you a heads-up about a ceremony honoring veterans and featured a popular local restaurant re-opening at a new location. We covered Peninsula School District’s plans to put two levies before voters next year. We covered both local high school football
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We start this week’s Sports Beat with a state champion. The cross country state finals were held Nov. 5 in Pasco and Gig Harbor’s Reese Morkert won the Class 3A title in a legendary battle. 2022 WIAA/@GesaCU State XC 3A Girls Champion: Reese Morkert (Gig Harbor) 18:24.1#wastatexc pic.twitter.com/FClZU2CtmV — WIAA (@wiaawa) November 5, 2022 Morkert
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The Peninsula School Board on Wednesday approved two levy measures for the Feb. 14 ballot that together would help fund operations, security and technology. Operations Levy The three-year Replacement Educational Programs and Operations Levy (Proposition 1) would replace the current levy, which expires at the end of 2023. The operations levy accounts for about 18
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A 26th Legislative District House of Representatives race got a little closer in updated ballot totals released Wednesday, Nov. 9. Democrat Adison Richards continues to lead the race for position 1 over Republican Spencer Hutchins. But the contest got closer than it was on election night. The updated totals show Richards with 50.89 percent of
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