Fire devastating for owner of boat lost in Bujacich Dock blaze
Jan 28, 2025 | By: Vince DiceFor Kristina LaVair, losing her boat — the Salty Bitch — was like a death in the family.
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Peninsula School District suspends all three Gig Harbor High girls basketball coaches for rest of season
Jan 28, 2025 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffAn interim coach, who has not yet been named, will lead the Tides for the rest of the current season.
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Park project adding mountain bike trails at McCormick Forest creates stir
Jan 28, 2025 | By: Ed FriedrichPenMet Parks plans to improve existing multi-use paths surrounding Rotary Dog Park and McCormick Forest Park and add mountain bike trails.
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Harbor Happenings | Curl up with a good book
Jan 28, 2025 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonBook clubs, story times and discussion groups meet this week around Gig Harbor.
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Gig Harbor Now and Then | Tree rings reveal many mysteries
Jan 27, 2025 | By: Greg SpadoniTree rings tell a lot about not only the life of the tree, but also some of the events that occurred on the land it grew on.
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Fire damages two boats at downtown dock
Jan 25, 2025 | By: Vince DiceNo one was injured in the boat fire at Bujacich Dock, and firefighters prevented it from spreading from commercial fishing vessels moored nearby.
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Sports Beat | Peninsula wrestlers ready to defend 2024 state championship
Jan 24, 2025 | By: Dennis BrowneThe defending state champion Peninsula girls wrestling team put on a dominant display on Jan. 22 in a 42-20 win over River Ridge. Several Seahawks won by fall or major technical decisions to keep their conference record unblemished. Mira Sonnen Defending individual state champion Mira Sonnen was first on the mat for the Seahawks. Sonnen
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Being Neighborly | Volunteer handyman repairs local woman’s faith in humanity
Jan 24, 2025 | By: Marsha HartShe reached out on social media, looking to pay someone to replace a mailbox destroyed by vandals just before Christmas. He offered to do it for free.
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Krishnadasan, other first-year lawmakers finding their way around Olympia
Jan 23, 2025 | By: Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero, Washington State StandardThe Gig Harbor Democrat, in her first year in the Senate, says she is adjusting to the whirlwind nature of serving in the Legislature.
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PenMet to name sports field in honor of Joe Jarzynka
Jan 23, 2025 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffJoe Jarzynka Memorial Fieldhouse will commemorate the former Gig Harbor High and University of Washington football star who died in 2023.
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