Gig Harbor Now reporters chase down news that affects community residents, providing facts with context and perspective.
Editor’s note: The Police Blotter is written based on information in Gig Harbor Police reports. A man was arrested early on the morning of June 19 after officers responded to a reported assault at a graduation party on Arrowhead Drive. Involved in the altercation was a recently broken-up couple who ended up at the same party. Officers described the
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If Peninsula School District were a corporation, its 2022-26 Strategic Plan would be the equivalent of a long-term business plan. But instead of delivering commercial goods or services, the district is a publicly funded entity. Its “customers” are its more than 9,000 students and their families. Its stakeholders include roughly 600 teachers and nearly 400
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Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One will practice its response to a marina fire from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22, at the Gig Harbor Marina. The drill involves a scenario with multiple boats on fire and trapped victims. Smoke and people portraying victims may be visible in the downtown area. No
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Summer officially arrives Tuesday, June 21 – or so the calendar shows. Uptown will mark the occasion with Gig Harbor’s second annual Make Music Day. Make Music Day is a worldwide musical celebration of the arrival of summer. It began in 1982 in France. Today, it takes place in more than 1,000 cities in 120
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The Gig Harbor City Council will decide on June 27 whether to permanently ban fireworks, starting next year. The council held a public hearing Monday on the ordinance, which would prohibit the sale and discharge of fireworks within city limits. If the council approves it, the ban would take effect in July 2023. City Fire
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Editor’s note: The Police Blotter is written based on information in Gig Harbor Police reports. A 76-year-old man fired a handgun at another man, whom he suspected of possibly stealing items from parked cars, outside a business on Highway 16 on June 11. Nobody was injured. Police were called to the business around 4 a.m.
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The Class of 2022 has lived the arc of the COVID-19 pandemic. They began with a normal freshman year. In spring of their sophomore year, schools shut down and learning went entirely online, a benefit to some but a challenge for so many students who struggled with social isolation. High school students across the country
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All westbound lanes of Borgen Boulevard between Peacock Hill and Olympus Way will be closed for a week starting Friday, June 17, the city of Gig Harbor announced. During the closure, drivers will be detoured around the closure via Peacock Hill Avenue, North Harborview Drive, Burnham Drive and Harbor Hill Drive. The emergency closure of
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Pierce County sent the Tacoma Events Commission a letter on June 3 stating that it couldn’t accommodate the event because of lack of space and support from airport businesses.
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Vandals caused an estimated $150,000 in damage to the future home of the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation’s Community Campus. The unknown vandals broke into a house at the property in the Artondale area on June 9, cut the power and smashed the handle of a kitchen faucet. Water sprayed for four days and caused extensive
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