Besides the occasional sound of plastic hitting a metal chain, Volunteer Park is quiet on an early Friday afternoon.
“Look, disc golfers are the only ones here when there’s no baseball …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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3/29/23
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Marsha Kremen thought she had fulfilled her major commitments. After more than five years in leadership at the Longbranch Improvement Club, first as vice-president, then president, and finally as …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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3/29/23
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Created to overcome barriers so many women confront, the local Minerva Scholarship Fund has given $500,000 over 30 years to more than 200 Gig Harbor and Key Peninsula women to help complete their …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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3/1/23
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The keynote speaker at the 36th Annual Key Peninsula Citizen of the Year Award banquet scheduled for March 25 was to be long-time Lions Club member, all-around KP booster and raconteur Hugh McMillan, …
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Staff Report
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3/1/23
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Longtime KP booster Carolyn Wiley of Longbranch was honored with a Rotary Star Award Feb. 3 at the 11th annual dinner ceremony presented by the local Gig Harbor Rotary Clubs.
Each Gig Harbor …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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3/1/23
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The Key Peninsula Historical Society was awarded a $35,000 Pierce County Historic Preservation grant Jan. 31 after being ranked No. 1 on the county project list for its ongoing restoration of the …
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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3/1/23
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The Key Peninsula Lions Club will hold its 36th annual Key Peninsula Citizen of the Year Award banquet at the KP Civic Center March 25 beginning at 6 p.m. The long-standing ceremony had been …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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2/1/23
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Key Peninsula News received approval of its application for 501(c)(3) nonprofit tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service in January. The tax designation enables the 50-year-old publication …
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Staff Report
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2/1/23
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The only Cub Scout Pack on the Key Peninsula is at risk of being disbanded after a lack of volunteers and low funding due to poor popcorn sales, the pack’s main fundraiser.
Cub Scout Pack …
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Staff Report
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12/28/22
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At the Key Pen Park board of commissioners meeting December 14, the board responded to an earlier proposal presented by a group of community leaders.
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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12/28/22
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It’s not easy to be a parent. Being a parent in a rural community brings its own set of additional challenges.
“It is a daycare desert,” said Madison Johnson, mother of a baby …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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12/28/22
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Two months ago, operations in several local hospitals, emergency rooms and outpatient clinics in the Virginia Mason Franciscan Health network hit a wall. The electronic health record system was not …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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11/30/22
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The Mustard Seed Project celebrated its opening of the first assisted living residence for elders on the Key Peninsula November 12 after one year of construction and 16 of dreaming, planning, working …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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11/30/22
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Key Peninsula News received two large boxes of past editions after the KP Historical Society did some end of summer cleaning in August. Most of the copies were duplicate editions that had already …
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Staff Report
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11/30/22
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Key Peninsula Community Services Executive Director Willow Eaton can pretty much sum up the current economics of a nonprofit food bank in one sentence: “The demand is up, but the supply is …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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10/27/22
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Pastor Mark Klingler opened the new doors of WayPoint South for worship September 4 at the former location of Grace Evangelical Presbyterian Church on McEwan Road NW and Key Peninsula Highway NW. …
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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10/27/22
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In 2018 the top broke off a tall Douglas fir and fell into YMCA Camp Seymour’s amphitheater, smashing several rows of benches and destroying the fire pit ring. No campers were present at the …
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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8/31/22
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Key Center bustled with color and live music amid strong winds as the seventh annual Key Center Art Walk kicked off.
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Lauren Trench, KP News
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8/31/22
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For nine days in the beginning of August, members of the Lakebay Community Church banded together to build a tiny house at the Red Barn in Key Center.
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Grace Nesbit, KP News
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8/31/22
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Lace knitter Peter Rowe was selected to be the featured artist for the 2022 Longbranch Fiber Art Show on October 1.
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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8/31/22
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