🌱 Patch AM: Why Point Fosdick drivers were urged to avoid Bloom boutique Tuesday

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In today's newsletter:

• Why Point Fosdick drivers were urged to avoid Bloom boutique Tuesday
• How a Gig Harbor grad just earned national academic football honors
• Why St. Anthony Hospital staff are masking up again this week

Also on today's calendar: Walking Tour: Pints, Myths & Maritime Spirits and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the hammer say after getting an A on a test? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Cloudy, a little rain; breezy, with a high of 44 and low of 35 degrees.
• Thursday: A passing shower or two, temps: high: 48, low: 40.
• Friday: Cloudy, with a high of 51 and low of 36 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Crews respond to gas leak after vehicle crashes into boutique in Gig Harbor (thenewstribune.com) — Emergency crews in Gig Harbor responded Tuesday after a vehicle crashed into the Bloom boutique on Point Fosdick Drive, causing a gas leak and injuring at least one bystander who was taken to the hospital. Nearby businesses were briefly evacuated while Puget Sound Energy contained the leak and authorities checked for structural damage before allowing people to return.
   

• Five Rainbow Warriors Earn Academic All-District Honors (hawaiiathletics.com) — A University of Hawai‘i running back from Gig Harbor, Landon Sims, is among five Rainbow Warriors named to the Academic All-District Team, recognizing top classroom and on-field performance. Sims, the team’s leading rusher the past two seasons, already holds a finance degree and is pursuing a master’s while contributing major all-purpose yards for Hawai‘i.
   

• Flu cases rise as public health experts study new strain (gigharbornow.org) — Staff at St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor will begin masking when interacting with patients as flu cases surge across Puget Sound and statewide ER visits pass the threshold for required precautions. Health officials report rising influenza and RSV activity, warn this season could be severe due to a new Subclade K strain, and strongly urge residents to get vaccinated.
   

📸 Around Gig Harbor

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Gig Harbor

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday January 8

• Adaptive Sports Gym - Gig Harbor, WA 2026
  PenMet Parks Recreation Center, 2524 14th Ave NW, Gig Harbor
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday January 8

• PHS Girls Basketball vs Lakes
  PHS - Aux Gym, PHS - Main Gym
  5:15 pm
• Walking Tour: Pints, Myths & Maritime Spirits
  Gig Harbor Downtown Waterfront Alliance , 3311 Harborview Dr #101a , Gig Harbor
  5:30 pm
• COM - PHS / RA - HSC
  PHS Roy Anderson Field
  6:00 pm
• Trek Gig Harbor – Thursday Night Gravel Ride
  Trek Bicycle Gig Harbor , 6820 Kimball Dr b1 , Gig Harbor
  6:20 pm
• Trivia Night at The Beer Vault
  The Beer Vault & Wine Bar , 14004 Purdy Dr NW , Gig Harbor
  6:30 pm
• Karaoke at The Float
  The Float , 14511 Sherman Dr NW , Gig Harbor
  8:30 pm

Friday January 9

• Teen Council
  Gig Harbor Pierce County Library , 4424 Point Fosdick Dr , Gig Harbor
  3:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday January 7

• Learn to Play Mah Jongg
  Swasey Branch Library 7001 Sixth Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98406
  12:30 pm
• Drop-in Tech Help @ Wheelock
  Wheelock Branch Library 3722 North 26Th, Tacoma, WA 98407
  1:00 pm
• Baby Storytime
  Swasey Branch Library 7001 Sixth Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98406
  1:00 pm
• Intermediate Watercolor - January 2026
  PenMet Parks Recreation Center , 2524 14th Ave NW , Gig Harbor
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Good morning, I am hoping this Thank You gets to the neighbor in Wauna that was kind and thoughtful.
  I’m NW your SW and you brought my package to me ( so smart to leave it on my Recycle Bin !!! Thank you and I hope you have a wonderful day !!! (Nextdoor Fir Acres)
• Does anyone know where I can find kittens?
  I’d love to know ! Not the humane societies because they’re never available there when I go . (Nextdoor Downtown Gig Harbor)

• Kroger posted a job opening for Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger in Gig Harbor. Apply here.
• Michaels posted a job opening for Store Events Coordinator-Customer Service Team Member in Gig Harbor. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gig Harbor here.

🗞 Nearby News

Tacoma

• Volvo Group to Launch Tacoma Parts Distribution Center (fleetequipmentmag.com)
• ‘None of it will bring Jordan back.' Man sentenced for deadly Tacoma robbery (thenewstribune.com)
• 'Secret Tacoma': How This Local Tour Guide's New Book Celebrates the City (southsoundmag.com)

Steilacoom

• Patient at WA's Western State Hospital dies at construction site (fox13seattle.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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