Gig Harbor police blotter: DUI suspect gets aggressive with EMTs
Apr 15, 2022 | By: Vince DiceInformation taken from Gig Harbor police reports for late March and early April.
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Sports beat: Peninsula wins boys soccer rivalry game
Apr 15, 2022 | By: Dennis BrowneIt’s time for this week’s edition of the Sports Beat, a weekly capsule of the area’s high school sports highlights. We start with the game of the week, a pivotal boys soccer matchup between crosstown rivals. Gig Harbor vaulted to the top of the South Sound Conference soccer standings on Tuesday with an impressive 4-0
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Gig Harbor City Council moves to two-year budget cycle
Apr 14, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThe Gig Harbor City Council voted unanimously Monday night to switch from a one-year budget cycle to a two-year cycle. The city used a similar two-year process most recently from 2015-2018. Biennial budgeting worked well during that time period, city Finance Director Dave Rodenbach said, but the council opted to adopt an annual budget process
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Gig Harbor Dance Team boogies away with a state title
Apr 14, 2022 | By: Christina T HenryMembers of the Gig Harbor High School Dance Team held hands and squeezed their eyes shut, praying, hoping. When second-place Shorewood was announced, “we started just immediately crying because we knew that the team that got second, it was an amazing team,” said Ashlyn Francisconi, Gig Harbor’s co-captain. Gut instinct told them they were about
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Want a say in Peninsula schools’ future? Here’s how to weigh in on the district’s strategic plan
Apr 13, 2022 | By: Christina T HenryPeninsula School District’s draft Strategic Plan 2022-26 is open for public comment through May 6
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Gig Harbor Fire asks voters to fund station improvements
Apr 12, 2022 | By: Vince DiceThe walls inside the apparatus bay at Gig Harbor Fire and Medic One’s Station 58 on Bujacich Road tell a story. The cinder-block walls inside the poorly-ventilated garage are stained from more than 30 years’ worth of diesel exhaust from fire and aid vehicles. This despite the best efforts of generations of firefighters to scrub
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Suspect in Gig Harbor bank robbery arrested
Apr 12, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonGig Harbor police on Monday arrested a 27-year-old man suspected of robbing several Pierce County banks, including one in Gig Harbor. He is being held on suspicion of first-degree robbery and attempted first-degree robbery, according to Gig Harbor Police Chief Kelly Busey. Following questioning by Gig Harbor police, the suspect was transferred to the Pierce
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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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