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There’s music in the air this week – from Celtic tunes in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, to all-American jazz, to a local orchestra’s 20th anniversary celebration of compositions by great classical composers. The Gig Harbor Peninsula Civic Orchestra’s plays its 20th anniversary program at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at the Peninsula High School
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Conservation enthusiasts dug up plants Saturday morning in a forest that will soon be cleared for a portion of the Gig Harbor Sports Complex. Phase 1B — which will include three bocce ball courts, six pickleball courts, two playgrounds, an event lawn with a covered stage, two picnic shelters and a restroom/concessions building — is
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Gig Harbor Now and Then’s last question of local history concerned a list of injuries, mostly broken or dislocated bones in the arm or wrist, from the 1920s to the 1940s. The three big clues given were that the accidents happened to far more men than women, were not seasonal and most often happened just
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The spring sports season is upon us and that means the local high schools will be fielding talented teams in baseball, fastpitch, boys soccer, girls tennis, golf, lacrosse and track and field. Local teams have the potential to win South Sound Conference titles in almost all of those sports. In this spring preview we will
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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 officers found numerous guns, apparently stolen IDs, credit cards and fentanyl pills after arresting a Port Orchard man in a business parking lot on Point Fosdick Drive on Feb. 24. An officer
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Concrete girder repairs will result in single-lane closures with alternating traffic plus some short overnight total shutdowns.
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Brynna Maxwell was a scoring machine for Gig Harbor High School, the Class 3A state player of the year after leading the Tides to their first state girls basketball championship in 2018. In the coming weeks, she will get another chance to shine on a big stage. Maxwell, a graduate senior guard, is a key
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Dennis “Denny” Richards served as Gig Harbor police chief, city administrator and performed good deeds as a longtime Kiwanis Club member.
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Mary Whittington pursed her lips in fierce concentration March 2 at the Nichols Community Center on Fox Island. Before her lay the task of drawing intricate lines on a (raw) egg, overlaying them with beeswax and dipping the egg in successive jars of dye to produce her first pysanka. It’s an Easter egg and so
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Here’s a roundup of local kid camps for summer fun in 2024. Know about one that isn’t on our list? Email information to [email protected]: AR Workshop Gig Harbor: Youth Art Camps Registration now open | Book online AR Workshop Gig Harbor is a DIY crafting/painting/woodworking studio franchise offering classes for creating custom pieces and home
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