Gig Harbor Police Blotter | Shoplifters target beauty supply store
Oct 25, 2024 | By: Vince DiceThieves made off with more than $5,500 worth of merchandise from a local beauty supply store during the first week of October.
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Green crabs, blackberries and knotweed not invited to State of the Watershed address
Oct 25, 2024 | By: Carolyn BickEditors note: This story has been updated since it was first posted. Meghan Whidden discussed Minterbrook Oyster Company. An earlier version of this story attributed the presentation to the wrong person. Green crabs, and blackberries, and suspicious septic tanks — oh, my! OK, OK — no one actually said the above verbatim, and this writer
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Q&A | A conversation about the many forms of domestic violence
Oct 24, 2024 | By: Carolyn BickA conversation with Nadia Van Atter, assistant director of the Crystal Judson Family Justice Center, during Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
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In the Margins | Getting curious, not judgmental, about school bus drivers
Oct 24, 2024 | By: Chris PhillipsThe next training class for potential Peninsula School District bus drivers starts Monday, Oct. 28. Chris Phillips talked to three local people who love driving a bus.
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R.A.D. self-defense classes helps women ‘establish their power and control’
Oct 24, 2024 | By: Marsha HartSome of the women who recently finished a R.A.D. (Rape, Aggression, Defense) self-defense training program in Gig Harbor have experienced some type of assault. One of them, who wished to remain anonymous, said that although she is an athlete, she wanted to take the class to learn how to protect herself. “I’m in therapy for
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Harbor WildWatch helps the Blue Water Task Force keep the water clean
Oct 23, 2024 | By: Carolyn Bick“When I was here, the harbor seal just went right under the dock and popped up on the other side,” Sarah Kelly excitedly says. Her eyes sparkle. “It was so close.” On this temperate day in early October, Kelly takes a sample of the water at Jerisich Dock. She is a Blue Water Task Force
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Day Tripper | On the Waterfront (part 1)
Oct 23, 2024 | By: Mary WilliamsChances are, you’ve heard recent news reports about additions to the Seattle waterfront. There’s a new elevated park built into the hill about half-way between Pike Place Market and the Seattle Aquarium. Opened a couple of weeks ago to much fanfare, Overlook Park intrigued me. With a constant case of FOMO, I decided there was
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PenMet halts golf course lease, will consider eminent domain on missing parcel
Oct 22, 2024 | By: Ed FriedrichThe parks district terminated its operating agreement with Tyson and will vote whether to acquire 14 acres through eminent domain. Golfers shouldn’t notice any difference.
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Peninsula teachers, others blast school board’s new staff expression policy
Oct 22, 2024 | By: Christina T HenryThe policy establishes that the district can discipline, or even fire, employees whose off-the-clock comments have an “adverse impact on district operations.”
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Harbor Happenings | State of the Watershed meeting is Wednesday
Oct 22, 2024 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThe KGI (Key Peninsula-Gig Harbor-Islands) Watershed Council’s annual State of the Watershed meeting is at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23, at the Civic Center on Grandview Street. The KGI Watershed Council, an advisory board to Pierce County, provides educational programs, outreach and workshops on watershed issues. The council includes representatives from city of Gig Harbor
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