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The former Masonic Lodge building at Crescent Creek Park on is safe — for now — after the Gig Harbor City Council declined to vote Monday on a proposal to demolish it. At a study session earlier this month, council members agreed that the building should be torn down. City staff members told the council
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Only one of three Gig Harbor City Council races on the November ballot will be contested after a candidate for position 5 withdrew from the contest. Chris Holstrom filed to run for the position on Wednesday, May 18, but withdrew ahead of the May 22 deadline to do so. That leaves Ben Coronado, a member
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Voters in the city of Gig Harbor will find two contested city council races on their ballots this fall. Candidate filing for the November 2023 election closed at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19. Here’s who signed up to run: City Council Gig Harbor City Council members are elected at-large to four-year terms. Three of the
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The Gig Harbor City Council will consider a proposal to demolish the old Masonic Lodge building at Crescent Creek Park at its meeting on Monday, May 22. Renovating the historic lodge to bring it up to code and make it usable by the public would cost at least $1.7 million, a consultant told council members
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Three candidates filed to run for a position on the Peninsula Metropolitan Park District board of commissioners during the first two days of candidate filing for the 2023 election. The three candidates seek election to a six-year term on PenMet’s governing board. The position is currently held by Amanda Babich, who has not filed to
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Candidate filing week for the 2023 elections is May 15 through May 19. And while 2023 is a so-called “off-year” election, many local offices will be contested in November. On the ballot this fall will be three Gig Harbor City Council posts; three Peninsula School Board positions; one Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One commissioner;
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The park in Lakebay on Key Peninsula will open to day use on May 15, but supply-chain issues on a septic repair project are holding up camping.
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The Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One commissioners voted last week to put a renewal of its general levy before voters in August. Gig Harbor Fire is asking for a renewal of its levy equal to 32 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value. For the owner of an average-priced Gig Harbor-area home (worth $865,000),
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The city of Gig Harbor saw a sharp dip in development-related revenues like building permits in the first quarter of 2023. Building permit fee revenue is about $131,000 for the first quarter of 2023. It was over $400,000 in the first quarter of 2022, a 67 percent decline. The city also saw real estate excise
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Rep. Michelle Caldier, R-Gig Harbor, returned to the House Republican Caucus this week after Rep. J.T. Wilcox, R-Yelm, stepped down as its leader. Caldier left the caucus late last year, citing a conflict with its leadership. The conflict involved what Caldier said was insufficient accommodations to help her serve while experiencing vision loss. Wilcox served
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