Rick Bleiweiss still rocking and writing after move to Heron’s Key
Feb 12, 2025 | By: Marsha HartThe new Gig Harbor resident spent a career being creative in the music and publishing industries. He’s not stopping now.
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Western Flyer relics go to auction this week
Feb 11, 2025 | By: Chapin DayRelics from the boat made famous by a Steinbeck book, discovered by a Wauna man, go on sale on Thursday in an internet auction.
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Harbor Happenings | Warm up with some Chowder on Feb. 15
Feb 11, 2025 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThe Greater Gig Harbor Foundation’s Chowder Social, with dishes prepared by top local chefs, is Saturday at the Vintage Aero Museum.
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Police arrest teen suspect in December purse-snatchings
Feb 10, 2025 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffThe 16-year-old suspect lives in Federal Way and is also suspected of other robberies in Bellevue and King County.
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Local Cardiologist Shares Life-Saving Tips for Heart Month
Feb 10, 2025 | By: Gig Harbor Community MemberFor Raed Fahmy, MD, FACC, a cardiologist at St. Anthony Hospital, the fight against heart disease is personal. Witnessing his father die from a heart attack at 18 years old has fueled his lifelong mission to help others avoid a similar, devastating situation. “Where I grew up, there were very limited treatment options,” he recalls.
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Bill would make it easier for corrections officers to be covered for PTSD
Feb 10, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonCorrections officers die by suicide at higher rates than police, yet have largely been excluded from expansions in mental health treatment for first responders.
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Gig Harbor Now and Then | The local history of telephones, cars and telephones in cars
Feb 10, 2025 | By: Greg SpadoniCross-Narrows phone service has been available since 1907. To call a car dealer, people in those times needed only to dial ‘1’.
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Sports Beat | Gig Harbor boys, girls secure district playoff berths
Feb 07, 2025 | By: Dennis BrowneThe Peninsula girls play for a district tournament berth on Saturday, Feb. 8, at the University of Puget Sound.
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Window manufacturing baron Jim Milgard called Gig Harbor home
Feb 06, 2025 | By: Ed FriedrichLongtime Gig Harbor resident, window manufacturing titan and philanthropist James “Jim” Milgard died Friday, Jan. 31, at his home in Indian Wells, California. He was 84. Milgard’s father Maurice and older brother Gary launched Milgard Glass in a small building on South Tacoma Way in 1958. Jim joined the family business in 1961 at age
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Gig Harbor Police Blotter | Police investigate incident involving adults at girls basketball game
Feb 06, 2025 | By: Vince DiceAlso this week: An attempted robbery by a person in mental health crisis and shoplifters going to lengths to conceal merchandise.
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