Harbor Happenings | Trick or treat downtown or Uptown
Oct 29, 2024 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThe annual downtown trick or treat takes place from 3 to 6 p.m. on Halloween night on Harborview Drive.
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YMCA makes pitch to cap off sports field funding
Oct 28, 2024 | By: Ed FriedrichThe Tom Taylor Family YMCA, having raised $5.5 million of $7 million needed to build two lighted, artificially turfed fields, seeks help reaching the finish line.
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Ghostlight gets the green light for new theater home on Fox Island
Oct 28, 2024 | By: Carolyn BickRex Davison is not a full-time actor. He’s actually a real estate agent. But this gives him a lot of flexibility, he explained while unwinding after a long day of moving boxes from Ghostlight Performing Arts’ old space in Bremerton to the small company’s new home at the Nichols Community Center on Fox Island. “I
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Gig Harbor hangs on to defeat Bellarmine, finish second in Narrows Division
Oct 27, 2024 | By: Dennis BrowneGig Harbor Tides started fast and had to hold on at the end to defeat Bellarmine, 28-26, in an instant classic at Roy Anderson Field on Friday, Oct. 26. The Tides jumped out to a 7-3 lead in the first quarter when do-it-all running back Ryland Geldermann ran around left end, swatting away the arms
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Sports Beat | Gig Harbor, Peninsula to meet for girls soccer league championship
Oct 25, 2024 | By: Dennis BrowneThe Gig Harbor and Peninsula girls soccer teams each won two Puget Sound League tournament matches and will face off in the first championship game of the new league on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at Roy Anderson Field. Peninsula (12-1-1) opened the postseason with come-from-behind, 2-1 victory over Silas on Oct. 22. Peninsula appeared to be
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Gig Harbor Police Blotter | Shoplifters target beauty supply store
Oct 25, 2024 | By: Vince DiceThieves made off with more than $5,500 worth of merchandise from a local beauty supply store during the first week of October.
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Green crabs, blackberries and knotweed not invited to State of the Watershed address
Oct 25, 2024 | By: Carolyn BickEditors note: This story has been updated since it was first posted. Meghan Whidden discussed Minterbrook Oyster Company. An earlier version of this story attributed the presentation to the wrong person. Green crabs, and blackberries, and suspicious septic tanks — oh, my! OK, OK — no one actually said the above verbatim, and this writer
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Q&A | A conversation about the many forms of domestic violence
Oct 24, 2024 | By: Carolyn BickA conversation with Nadia Van Atter, assistant director of the Crystal Judson Family Justice Center, during Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
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In the Margins | Getting curious, not judgmental, about school bus drivers
Oct 24, 2024 | By: Chris PhillipsThe next training class for potential Peninsula School District bus drivers starts Monday, Oct. 28. Chris Phillips talked to three local people who love driving a bus.
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R.A.D. self-defense classes helps women ‘establish their power and control’
Oct 24, 2024 | By: Marsha HartSome of the women who recently finished a R.A.D. (Rape, Aggression, Defense) self-defense training program in Gig Harbor have experienced some type of assault. One of them, who wished to remain anonymous, said that although she is an athlete, she wanted to take the class to learn how to protect herself. “I’m in therapy for
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