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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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In my last article, From Wanton Waste to Good Taste, we discussed how 40% of our harvest is thrown in the garbage. When edible, healthy food is tossed in the trash, it becomes food waste. Now let’s focus on tips for reducing food waste by properly planning, purchasing, storing and cooking it. By doing this,
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Gas prices are sky high, and a night in a hotel is approaching astronomically expensive. So, for the foreseeable future, I imagine many of you are going to find yourselves taking day trips rather than the road trip vacations we’ve grown to love. This beautiful region in which we live is ripe with opportunities to
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As we begin our 25th month as a community-supported, nonprofit news publisher, Gig Harbor Now is looking for some feedback from our readers. Last week, we emailed a survey to people who subscribe to our weekly newsletter. We’re already getting a good response, but we know we have many readers who don’t subscribe to the
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Correction: This story has been updated to correct an error. The ramp meters were used for a short period before being de-activated. The Washington state Department of Transportation will activate ramp meters, which control traffic merging onto a freeway, starting Oct. 16 at Gig Harbor’s onramps to eastbound Highway 16. The meters are already in
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Halloween, with spooky critters appearing in front yards and piles of pumpkins at every grocery store entrance. The Scarecrow Festival at Sehmel Homestead Park from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, provides a preview of the holiday. The event includes hayrides and a petting zoo, pumpkin
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When Iryna’s family evacuated their home because of the war in Ukraine, they left in such a hurry that they left the little girl’s pink plush elephant behind. The one she’d had since she was a baby. Now, she clings to a new favorite stuffie. Iryna is one of hundreds of Ukrainian children who received
Read More about Teddy bears from Peninsula High School students bring comfort to Ukrainian children
Click on any photo below to view a gallery of images from the 2023 ChuSeok Festival:
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Editor’s note: Patsy Surh O’Connell organizes the local ChuSeok Festival. An earlier version of this story misstated that fact. Hundreds gathered in Skansie Park on Sept. 30 for Gig Harbor’s third annual Korean ChuSeok Festival, a free and family-friendly event sponsored by the Asia Pacific Cultural Center. Often referred to as the “Korean Thanksgiving”, ChuSeok
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Two of the region’s top soccer programs faced off Tuesday, Sept. 26, when Gig Harbor (6-1-1, 6-1 South Sound Conference) and Peninsula (5-2-1, 5-1-1) met at Roy Anderson Field. The Tides scored early and held on with a fine defensive effort to win 3-0 in a matchup with huge conference ramifications. Peninsula could have jumped
Read More about Sports Beat: Gig Harbor blanks Peninsula in soccer rivalry match