Purdy paving to begin Sunday night
Apr 11, 2024 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffDrivers leaving and entering Purdy will be detoured via the Highway 16-Burnham Drive interchange for a couple weeks. The work will occur at night.
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Wellness Wednesday | How to manage stress in a healthy way
Apr 10, 2024 | By: Scot FleshmanNot many things in life can be guaranteed. Except for death, taxes, and stress! While each person may experience stress differently, it’s usually defined as a feeling of “physical, mental, or emotional strain or tension.” There is no limit to how frequently stress may occur, and for some, even a brief stressful encounter can have
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In the Margins | Crew School provides a reality sea trial for commercial fishing wanabees
Apr 10, 2024 | By: Chris PhillipsDuring decades as a desk-jockey, I moved words and numbers around on various glowing screens. I often longed for work beyond the confines of the cubicle. You know — honest, hard work that allows for physical achievements, hand-made results, and liberal use of Advil. After weekends of amateur landscaping, crude carpentry, or bloody-knuckled attempts at
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Gig Harbor Real Estate | Home prices hit a new record
Apr 10, 2024 | By: Alison PaoliThe Gig Harbor real estate market was hot in March, marked by significant milestones and notable trends. According to data from the NWMLS, the median sale price of a single-family home between the Purdy and Narrows Bridges, including Fox Island, soared to a record high of $870,000 in March, underscoring the continued resilience of the
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Harbor Happenings | School district choral festival is Friday
Apr 09, 2024 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonGig Harbor High School hosts the Peninsula School District’s choral festival at 7 p.m. Friday, April 12. Choirs from all the district’s secondary schools will perform. The program is free, but seating is first-come, first served. GHHS is located at 5101 Rosedale Street. 3 Trick Pony plays their rendition of classic rock and funky tunes
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City residents discuss pros and cons of property tax vote
Apr 08, 2024 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonOver the next two weeks, Gig Harbor voters will decide whether to raise their property taxes nearly 60 percent to plug a $3 million hole in the city’s general fund that could happen as early as 2025. The Pierce County Elections Office mailed ballots to city residents on April 5. The ballots ask voters inside
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Gig Harbor Now and Then | Basketball in the old days was more shutout than shootout
Apr 08, 2024 | By: Greg SpadoniWith the 2024 NCAA women’s basketball championship game having been played Sunday, April 7, and the men’s title being decided tonight, it’s timely that today’s Gig Harbor Now and Then column is all about local basketball — over a hundred years’ worth. Revisiting early basketball scores Back on Sept. 11, 2023, we presented the true but
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Two in Tow & On the Go | It’s OK to play on these works of art
Apr 05, 2024 | By: Tonya StricklandLast month in Gig Harbor Now, writer Jennifer Preston discussed the importance of not only having public art in Gig Harbor — but playable art as well. Here at Two In Tow & On The Go, we’re all for that. So I’m going to tell you about three South Sound public art pieces that
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Sports Beat | Gig Harbor dance team wins 2nd state title in 3 years
Apr 04, 2024 | By: Dennis BrowneThe Gig Harbor High School dance team, H2Whoa, won the Class 3A state championship in the Hip Hop category at the Yakima Valley SunDome on March 23. The Tides accumulated 287.7 points to win comfortably over second-place Hermiston (Ore.), which had 279.2 points. The team almost pulled off a rare double. H2Whoa missed a state
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Obituary | Marine Raider Charles H. Meacham fought in some of WWII’s most pivotal battles
Apr 04, 2024 | By: Vince DiceCharles H. Meacham joined the Marine Corps at age 17, when he was still in high school and needed his father’s permission to enlist. It was 1943, the height of World War II, when U.S. victory was far from certain. He left active duty two years later, having fought in several of the most pivotal
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