City revenue up, expenses down as council begins mulling the next budget
Oct 31, 2024 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThe city of Gig Harbor has taken in less revenue than expected in 2024, but it has also spent less than expected.
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Aviation academy set to take flight next year in Peninsula School District
Oct 31, 2024 | By: Christina T HenryGig Harbor-area students interested in exploring a career in the aviation industry will have that option close to home starting in the 2025-26 school year. Peninsula School District recently announced it will launch an Aviation Academy next year in partnership with the Museum of Flight and Tacoma Narrows Airport. Filling a skills gap The academy,
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Gig Harbor beats Peninsula to claim league soccer title
Oct 30, 2024 | By: Dennis BrowneFreshman Nadia Schwab scored two goals for the Tides in the soccer championship game. Both teams advance in the postseason.
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County planners switch views on Purdy, now recommending a more urban future
Oct 30, 2024 | By: Ted Kenney“Shock” is the term one lawmaker representing Gig Harbor used to describe her response to the Pierce County Planning & Public Works Department’s recent flip-flop on the future of Purdy, the unincorporated community just outside Gig Harbor’s northern border. Early this year, county planners recommended stripping Purdy and some other unincorporated areas next to Gig
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Xylazine, a tranquilizer intended for large animals, feared as new threat
Oct 30, 2024 | By: Conor WilsonXylazine, a common veterinary sedative that is increasingly being mixed with fentanyl in some parts of the U.S., has not significantly infiltrated the drug market on the Kitsap Peninsula, based on available data and anecdotal accounts from local providers. But concerns remain that it could spread to the state in coming years. Federal regulators approved
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Peninsula High teacher balances art and science
Oct 29, 2024 | By: Marsha HartPeninsula High school science teacher by day, performing artist in her off time, Ashley Ortenzo is one of dozens who will “fling joy” in the Puget Sound Midwinter Revels show in December. Ortenzo has been a science teacher for 24 years and lives in Gig Harbor, but it’s her first year at Peninsula High School.
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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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