Gig Harbor Now reporters chase down news that affects community residents, providing facts with context and perspective.
Gig Harbor has lost five straight Fish Bowls, but have been impressive in winning their first two games of the year. Peninsula also looked good last week in springing back from a season-opening loss.
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The new Metropolitan Market, which opens Oct. 7, will feature three sitting areas and be like a restaurant in a grocery store, says manager Ginger Henderson.
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The Cider Swig has been relegated to a drive-through, the Harbor History Museum’s History Rock auction was forced online and much of the Korean Chuseok Festival will be curtailed.
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Three hundred forty-three firefighters and 16 police officers were among the 2,977 people who perished when airliners crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania Field.
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A herd of goats cleared brush from around a retention pond in North Gig Harbor last week. They can work where people and machines can’t.
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The event comes on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that killed 2,977 people. It will begin at 9 a.m.
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The history of the original Native inhabitants will be told using signs and a voice box, and a carved cedar sculpture will be erected.
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Peninsula School District Superintendent Krestin Bahr takes charge amid a persistent surge in COVID-19 cases from the delta variant.
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After more than a year without fans filling the seats, Peninsula’s season-opener against the 3A powerhouse Bellevue Wolverines was not how the Seahawks envisioned their return to Friday night lights in front of a packed home crowd. On paper, the non-league football matchup appeared enticing. The Seahawks and Wolverines entered the contest ranked No. 6
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Students will be returning to school, though in masks, five days a week: “That will be our moment of celebration,” one teacher says.
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