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Gig Harbor Now reporters cover community events and efforts that benefit and entertain the community.

Gig Harbor Police Blotter | Fake 911 call helps man with arrest warrants evade police

Sep 05, 2024 | By:

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. Someone called 911 around 7:45 p.m. Aug. 28 to report a scary kidnapping outside the YMCA on Harbor Hill Drive. Officers concluded that the kidnapping never happened, and that someone made the 911 call

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Davis Alexander’s game translates well in Canada

Sep 05, 2024 | By: Leland Smith

The Gig Harbor High School grad kept the Montreal Alouettes atop the Canadian game during a recent stint as a starting, er, pivot.

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City council to consider increasing many fees

Sep 05, 2024 | By:

Every year, the Gig Harbor City Council reviews fees for everything from dog licenses to renting city-owned facilities, from business license fees to building permits. On Monday, Sept.9 the council will consider updating fees to recoup the costs of processing each permit, license or service. The new schedule is based on the time it takes

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Courts charging fewer people with DUIs, despite increase in traffic fatalities

Sep 04, 2024 | By:

Throughout August and Labor Day weekend, law enforcement agencies across the state deployed high-visibility patrols aiming to crack down on drunk drivers and prevent roadway fatalities. Traffic deaths have increased sharply across Washington and the Kitsap Peninsula since 2020, with impairment involved in about half of those incidents.  Yet courts on the Kitsap Peninsula —

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From the first day of school to the last, they hold it all together

Sep 03, 2024 | By:

It’s 9:30 a.m. Sept. 3, at Voyager Elementary School. The 2024-25 school year is less than an hour old. Office secretary Juli Williams has already wrangled the torrent of excited students pouring through the doors, directing kids to their classrooms, answering parents’ questions, helping one bewildered boy figure out who his teacher is this year.

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Memorial service for former county councilmember Terry Lee set for Sunday

Sep 03, 2024 | By:

The life of the former Pierce County councilmember and PenMet executive director will be celebrated Sunday at Chapel Hill Church.

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Fans may feel like they’re in a Fish Bowl at this week’s game

Sep 03, 2024 | By:

The Peninsula School District released a list of do’s and don’t’s for fans planning to attend the 2024 Fish Bowl on Saturday, Sept. 7. The annual Fish Bowl game between Peninsula and Gig Harbor kicks off at 2 p.m. Saturday at Mount Tahoma Stadium, 4634 S. 74th St. in Tacoma. It’s the season opener for

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Harbor Happenings | Race for a Soldier supports veterans, first responders

Sep 03, 2024 | By:

The annual Race for a Soldier takes place Sunday, September 8. Since 2011, the race has raised funds for the Permission to Start Dreaming Foundation. The foundation supports military veterans and first responders suffering from PTSD and traumatic brain injuries suffered in the line of duty.  The race is always held on the weekend nearest

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Wit & Wisdom, being piloted in Peninsula elementary schools, criticized by some parents

Sep 02, 2024 | By:

Peninsula School District is updating its K-5 English Language Arts curriculum and will pilot two options starting this fall. The proposed curricula will get a test drive in selected classrooms in all 10 district elementary schools. People speaking before the Peninsula School Board this summer strongly criticized one of the curricula in the K-5 pilot,

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Plein air group paints the great art-doors

Sep 02, 2024 | By: Carolyn Bick

Sunlight lazily sparkles through the trees, cresting its honey summertime slowness over the handful of artists scattered throughout Rosedale Gardens. “Isn’t she cute?” painter Barbara Best whispers, as she looks up towards a fellow artist, Liz Nordlund, as she settles a bright blue bucket hat on her head. Best looks down again at her sketchbook,

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