Chinese language students from Gig Harbor connect with school in Taiwan
Apr 11, 2022 | By: Christina T HenryPeninsula School District will phase out middle school Chinese classes next year. Low enrollment cited.
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Neighbors of proposed sports complex want to know its impacts
Apr 08, 2022 | By: Ed FriedrichThe group is circulating petitions to submit to the City Council asking for environmental impact studies on the entire project by an independent agency.
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Sports Beat: Peninsula softball calms Tides
Apr 08, 2022 | By: Dennis BrowneIt’s time for the Sports Beat, a weekly capsule of the high school sports scene in Gig Harbor. We will begin with the game of the week: a fastpitch showdown between the Peninsula Seahawks and the Gig Harbor Tides on Wednesday on the Seahawks’ home diamond. Kimball, Seahawks shut out Tides Peninsula (8-1, 4-0 South
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Vandals deface Gig Harbor artist’s mural of support for Ukraine
Apr 07, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonA local artist’s gesture of support for the people of Ukraine — a mural of a sunflower set against the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag — was vandalized Wednesday night. The mural is on a wall outside Devoted Kiss café on North Harborview Drive and was painted by Hillarie Isackson, whose art studio
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Sunshine brightens outlook for Harborview Drive project
Apr 07, 2022 | By: Vince DiceThanks in part to this week’s sunshine, contractors are on track to get two-way traffic moving through the Harborview Drive-Stinson Avenue traffic circle project earlier than first expected, the city announced this week. If weather conditions continue to be favorable, and barring any ever-worrisome “unforeseen circumstances,” southbound drivers could be moving through the intersection again
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Rep. Derek Kilmer tests positive for Covid but is asymptomatic
Apr 07, 2022 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffU.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer has tested positive for Covid-19, the Gig Harbor Democrat announced on Wednesday, April 6. “I am currently asymptomatic — and I am grateful to be fully vaccinated and boosted,” Kilmer said in a news release. “I will follow CDC guidance and isolate for the next several days.” Kilmer added that his
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Peninsula, Gig Harbor both among top softball teams in state
Apr 06, 2022 | By: Dennis BrowneTwo of the top 18 Class 3A softball teams in the state, as ranked by the high school sports website Maxpreps, square off on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 6. And they don’t even have to leave the peninsula to do it. No. 7 Peninsula and No. 18 Gig Harbor are both unbeaten in South
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New restrictions on docks proposed for parts of Fox Island, Key Peninsula
Apr 05, 2022 | By: Vince DicePierce County is proposing prohibiting new residential docks and piers on 7.3 miles of shoreline on Fox Island and the Key Peninsula. The prohibition is among five proposed amendments to the county’s Shoreline Master Program, a set of regulations required by the state Shoreline Management Act. The other amendments deal with aquaculture, fencing within buffers
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New Paddlers’ Dock at Ancich Park makes a splash
Apr 04, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThe opening of a new paddlers’ dock at Ancich Waterfront Park was a dream come true for the Gig Harbor Canoe and Kayak Club and others who like to spend time on the water. It was also a bit of a history lesson. The dock — including storage space the club’s boats — is the
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Peninsula High baseball atop the South Sound Conference
Apr 04, 2022 | By: Dennis BrownePeninsula High School’s South Sound Conference-leading baseball team is playing for more than meets the eye, according to coach Michael Johnson. The Seahawks (6-3, 5-1 SSC) are playing for their fallen brothers Caleb Wanaka and Jake Moore, who both died in tragic incidents in the offseason. An emotional memorial was held on Saturday, April 2,
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