Vince Dice became the editor of Gig Harbor Now on March 1, 2022. A graduate of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Dice worked in the newspaper industry for more than 20 years, primarily in neighboring Kitsap County. Dice lives in Bremerton with his wife, Angela; son, Dean; and dog, Luna.
Nov 10, 2023
Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police , Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. The Washington State Patrol is looking for people who witnessed a hit-and-run collision in which a pedestrian was injured last month. The collision occurred around 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, on Highway 302 near
Nov 07, 2023
Voters in the PenMet Parks district rejected a six-year levy lid lift request in preliminary ballot returns posted Tuesday, Nov. 7. Nearly 59 percent of 8,733 ballots counted as of Tuesday opposed the request, which would allow the district to collect property taxes of up to 6% more than the previous year instead of the state
Nov 07, 2023
Pierce County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a man in Purdy early Tuesday morning, Nov. 7, after he allegedly fired a gun at a neighbor. Nobody was injured in the incident, according to sheriff’s office spokesman Sgt. Darren Moss. The incident occurred on the 14400 block of 62nd Ave. NW, near Peninsula High School. The victim
Nov 03, 2023
Ballots in this fall’s elections must be mailed by Tuesday, Nov. 7, or placed in a drop box by 8 p.m. that day. Local races on the 2023 ballot include a levy lid lift proposition for the Peninsula Metropolitan Park District; a PenMet commision seat; three Gig Harbor City Council positions, though only one is
Nov 02, 2023
Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police , Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. A Gig Harbor Police officer wrestled a 42-year-old man to the ground on Oct. 30 at a shopping complex on Olympic Drive after the suspect tried to escape an arrest for shoplifting. The officer
Nov 01, 2023
Gig Harbor Police officers, along with deputies from the Pierce and Kitsap sheriff’s offices, searched along Burnham Drive on Halloween night for a suspect in a homicide that occurred near Poulsbo. They didn’t find the suspect, and aren’t certain he was even there. An off-duty Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office detective spotted a vehicle associated with
Nov 01, 2023
More people are reading Gig Harbor Now these days than at any other time in our two-plus years as a nonprofit digital newspaper. We have a new-and-improved calendar (more about that later) and a fun community announcements section. Our reporters are keeping an eye on new housing developments, covering this month’s election, and probing the
Oct 31, 2023
Commencement Bank, which opened a loan production office in the Peninsula Shopping Center on Judson Street in August, recently received clearance from federal regulators to operate a full-service branch there. That won’t be its permanent home, though. The Tacoma-based regional bank plans to move to the former Harbor General Store building on Pioneer Way after
Oct 27, 2023
Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police , Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. Gig Harbor Police arrested a 21-year-old Gig Harbor man on Oct. 19 on suspicion of hit and run with injury, five days after he allegedly hit a bicyclist with his car on 35th Avenue.
Oct 23, 2023
A Peninsula School District investigation into events at the Sept. 15 Fish Bowl football game between Gig Harbor and Peninsula high schools found that “claims of inappropriate behavior beyond what the game officials addressed were unsubstantiated.” The district announced Monday, Oct. 23, that the investigation is complete. In announcing the completion, the district noted that