The Gig Harbor City Council recently approved a resolution that establishes the month of June as LGBTQ+ Pride Month in Gig Harbor. On Friday, June 10, Councilmembers Brenda Lykins, Mary Barber and several other council members will be giving away free Pride flags and posters. They will be at Skansie Park on Harborview Drive at
Gig Harbor city offices will be closed Monday, June 20, in honor of Juneteenth. The city council voted unanimously on June 1 to officially make the day an holiday observed by the city. Juneteenth – short for June 19 – is the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth
From Maritime Gig to the Summer Art Festival, many events that were curtailed or canceled during Covid will return this summer.
Stephanie Lile has a proposal to boost funding for Gig Harbor’s nonprofit arts and culture organizations. Lile, executive director of the Harbor History Museum, wants to create a Peninsula Cultural Arts District. The district would correspond to the boundaries of the Peninsula School District, encompassing Gig Harbor, Fox Island and the Key Peninsula. If voters approve
Gig Harbor Now is posting profiles of each of the 25 Students of Distinction being honored by the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation. The students will be honored during a banquet from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at Ocean5, 5268 Point Fosdick Dr. Student: Jeramiah Dodson School: Global Virtual Academy/Henderson Bay High Category:
Gig Harbor Now is posting profiles of each of the 25 Students of Distinction being honored by the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation. The students will be honored during a banquet from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at Ocean5, 5268 Point Fosdick Dr. Student: Sydney Pifer School: Peninsula High School Category: Science &
Gig Harbor Now is posting profiles of each of the 25 Students of Distinction being honored by the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation. The students will be honored during a banquet from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at Ocean5, 5268 Point Fosdick Dr. Student: William Hardaway School: Peninsula High School Category: Academic Achievement
Gig Harbor Now is posting profiles of each of the 25 Students of Distinction being honored by the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation. The students will be honored during a banquet from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at Ocean5, 5268 Point Fosdick Dr. Student: William Newberg School: Gig Harbor High School Category: Science
Gig Harbor Now is posting profiles of each of the 25 Students of Distinction being honored by the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation. The students will be honored during a banquet from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at Ocean5, 5268 Point Fosdick Dr. Student: Shelby Stordahl School: Gig Harbor High School Category: Athletic
Gig Harbor Now is posting profiles of each of the 25 Students of Distinction being honored by the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation. The students will be honored during a banquet from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at Ocean5, 5268 Point Fosdick Dr. Student: Purab Saini School: Gig Harbor High School Category: Academic
