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Blog on Patch, Let Your Voice be Heard!
Gig Harbor Patch
Feb 04Gig Harbor Patch is looking for chatterboxes, for know-it-alls, for the smart, the interesting, the strange and the passionate. We’re looking for people who know their communities, know their subjects and know how to put a sentence together. Click here... »
CONTRIBUTE: Patch Editors Give Their Super Bowl Picks - And So Can You
Gig Harbor Patch
Feb 04Ah, Super Bowl. That time of year when everyone and their mother turns into a sports nut. Some will watch for the drama of the Big Game. Others the commercials and halftime show. A few will tune in simply to eye Tom Brady. Whatever the reason, this tim... »
Poll: Komen Foundation Right to Restore Funding to Planned Parenthood?
Gig Harbor Patch
Feb 03On Friday, Feb. 3, the Susan G. Komen Foundation announced that it would restore funding to Planned Parenthood, reversing it's decision announced yesterday to cut off support to the women's health organization to support breast cancer screenings. Anti-... »
Free Tax Preparation Sites Available for Low-Income Families
Gig Harbor Patch
Feb 03The Pierce County Asset Building Coalition offers Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites throughout Pierce County to help working and low-income individuals and families save money through free tax preparation help. For the 2012 Tax season the pr... »
Northwest Trek Reopens Feb. 17
Gig Harbor Patch
Feb 03The recent storms played havoc with parts of Northwest Trek. The wolf, cat, raptor and bear exhibits were severely damaged as were nearly four miles of fencing surrounding the park’s 435-acre free-roaming area, according to park officials. But crews of... »
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Night Moves: Live music tonight in the South Sound
Spew Blog
Feb 04IT'S HAPPENING TONIGHT! Backstage Bar & Grill Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. EroticCity Princetribute. 9 pm. $8-$10.Capitol Theater Olympia - Downtown. Andre Nickatina, Xperience, Puget,... »
Peninsula School District Levy
Gig Harbor Undressed
Feb 02If you live in the Gig Harbor area, you’re most likely aware that there is an upcoming vote on the Peninsula School District replacement levy. I’ve heard some very interesting arguments against the levy, and some compelling ones for the levy as well. ... »
Tacoma Narrows Bridge toll-rate discussion set for Feb. 8
Be Daily Blog
Feb 01Members of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Citizen Advisory Committee will discuss new toll rates for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge during a meeting Feb. 8 at the Gig Harbor Civic Center. An informational open house hosted by the Washington State Department of T... »
Preparing Your Home For Sale | Pricing
Gig Harbor Undressed
Jan 30When you are preparing your home for sale, pricing and condition are the two most important factors that you can control. Some people would throw marketing in with that, but I think that’s the real estate broker’s job, not yours. We’ll talk about con... »
Kilmer’s plan: Ingenious job creation in hard times
Inside Opinion
Jan 29This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. A genuinely good idea tends to pop out from among the nondescript crowd of been-theres and done-thats. State Sen. Derek Kilmer’s proposal to create jobs without new taxes looks like that kind of i... »