Varying boundaries influence how we live, what taxes we pay
Apr 15, 2024 | By: Ed FriedrichCounties, cities, park districts, fire departments, transit agencies and legislative bodies all serve certain areas that rarely are the same.
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Short-term rentals grew slowly in first year under new regulations, Gig Harbor officials say
Apr 15, 2024 | By: Ted KenneyCould it be that after an 18-month moratorium on new short-term rentals (STRs) in Gig Harbor, a sometimes acrimonious public debate on the topic, and a full year of these lodgings operating under new rules that seemed to satisfy neither critics nor proponents, the city’s STR businesses are growing at a slow to moderate pace
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City council approves Sports Complex contracts
Apr 11, 2024 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThe Gig Harbor City Council approved three contracts for construction of Phase 1B of the Sports Complex during its meeting on Monday, April 8. The Sports Complex has been in the works since 2011, when the city acquired the land on Harbor Hill Drive across the street from what is now Swift Water Elementary School.
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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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Pierce Transit debuts door-to-door, on-demand van service
Apr 02, 2024 | By: Ed FriedrichRunner van service costs the same as the bus and is limited to destinations within the Gig Harbor city limits.
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Food back in, events out at Olalla Bay Market
Mar 31, 2024 | By: Ed FriedrichKitsap County is allowing Olalla Bay Market to resume serving food and drinks while it seeks a restaurant permit, but says there’s no avenue to events returning.
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City council asks planning commission to review proposed zoning change
Mar 28, 2024 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThe Gig Harbor City Council voted Monday to ask the city Planning Commission to review a proposal to change the land use designation for a 23-acre parcel west of Highway 16. A group called Henderson Burnham LLC requested the zoning change so the company can build an unspecified number of single-family homes on the site.
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge tolling could creep into 2033
Mar 28, 2024 | By: Ed FriedrichThree of the past four annual reports project that increasing insurance and operating costs could extend tolls a few months beyond their anticipated removal date.
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Commercial fishing fleet still waiting for its homeport
Mar 25, 2024 | By: Vince DiceMembers of Gig Harbor’s fishing fleet have waited more than a decade for the city to build a Commercial Fishing Homeport, which has been part of the plan for Ancich Park since 2013. It looks like they will have to wait at least another year. Negotiations between the city and the National Marine Fisheries Service
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Feasibility studies recommend contiguous recreation, senior, aquatics centers
Mar 21, 2024 | By: Ed FriedrichPenMet also advanced a master plan for Tacoma DeMolay Sandspit Nature Preserve to the final design phase.
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