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In 2017, the city of Gig Harbor installed LED bulbs in each of its 1,200 streetlights, replacing old metal halide bulbs. The upgrade cost about $300 per bulb. The change reduced energy consumption and saved the city money on its power bills. It also reduced the amount of time the public works staff spent replacing
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Gig Harbor Now and Then’s last question of local history turned into a foursome, all pertaining to the lost history of the city of Gig Harbor’s Ancich Waterfront Park site. On the Gig Harbor Now Facebook page, Tomi Kent Smith ventured a very close guess of Mato Ivanovich as the owner, before Peter Ancich bought
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The U.S. Center for SafeSport suspended a former coach at a Gig Harbor gymnastics facility for two years, citing inappropriate conduct, emotional misconduct and physical misconduct. The organizations suspended Andrew Michael Smith, listed as a resident of Dupont and a former coach at NASA Gymnastics in Gig Harbor, on Sept. 6. It will remain in
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A Shelton woman died in a wrong-way collision on Highway 16 early Saturday. Just after 1 a.m., the 30-year-old was riding her 2000 Yamaha motorcycle eastbound on the highway near Rosedale Street, according to the Washington State Patrol. A 2014 Honda Civic going the wrong direction hit her. The motorcycle rider died at the scene.
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The Peninsula Seahawk volleyball team (7-1, 6-1 South Sound Conference) got all they could handle from a Gig Harbor team (7-3, 5-2) that held late leads in the fourth and fifth sets. But the experienced Seahawks held on and closed out the Tides with an intense, 3-2 victory on Thursday, Oct. 5, at Gig Harbor
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Two tree-related issues are up for discussion at the next Gig Harbor City Council meeting on Monday, Oct. 9: The council will consider adopting an Urban Forestry Management Plan and a Climate Action Plan. The council reviewed both plans at a Sept. 21 study session and will take public comment on them Monday. Forestry plan
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Harbor Farms is now open in Rosedale, offering a delightful family-friendly roster of things to do – including a pumpkin patch! Just after the last golden days of summer officially slipped into the crispness of autumn (and forced me to put on a jacket), this new family-friendly destination opened its gates on Sept. 29 and I reserved three tickets for opening day.
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Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. A man threw a bag of frozen shrimp at a store security contractor on the afternoon of Sept. 23 at the Safeway store on Point Fosdick Drive. According to a report that the security contractor supplied to Gig Harbor
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The land slated to become The Reserve, a planned subdivision in Gig Harbor extending from Peacock Hill Avenue eastward down the hill toward Crescent Valley, is hardly a slam-dunk for development. The long, narrow 9.88-acre site slopes noticeably on its western half, where developers plan to build 14 homes. It then drops sharply to an
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One will fill the seat left vacant by Amanda Babich, who isn’t running for re-election. Sehmel topped Neilson in the primary, 49.5%-32.3%.
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