Community Corner
🌱 Would you cross train tracks daily for Fox Island sunset views?
Be sure to catch Workforce Grants & Application Workshop on the Fox Island Patch calendar
Hello Fox Island! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Would you cross train tracks daily for Fox Island sunset views?
Today's riddle: What is the 1 way to guarantee winning a small fortune at the casino? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Clouds breaking for some sun, with a high of 70 and low of 57 degrees.
- Wednesday: Cooler; afternoon rain, temps: high: 62, low: 53.
- Thursday: Mainly cloudy, showers around, with a high of 62 and low of 51 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Log cabin for sale in Pierce County, but it's only accessible over active railroad (thenewstribune.com) — From a secluded University Place log cabin, residents can look straight out at Fox Island and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge while watching whales, seals, and sea lions cruise by. The 1930 waterfront home, listed near $1.5 million, sits in the historic Sunset Beach neighborhood and is only reachable by walking across an active railroad line, adding both charm and challenge for potential buyers. 
📸 Around Fox Island
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Workforce Grants & Application Workshop
Tacoma Community College 6501 S 19th St, Tacoma, WA 98466
2:00 pm - COM - VGE / Field - HSC
Voyager Elementary VGE - Field
5:00 pm - COM - HHTS / Field - HSC
Harbor Heights Elementary School HHE - Field
5:00 pm - COM - GMS / Lower Field - HSC
Goodman Middle School GMS - Lower Field
5:00 pm - COM - DES / Front & Back fields - HSC
Discovery Elementary School DES - Field - Back, DES - Field - Front
5:00 pm - COM - ART / Field - HSC
Artondale Elementary School AES - Field
5:00 pm - COM - GHHS / Field #2 - PYF
Gig Harbor High GHH - Turf Fastpitch Field # 2
6:00 pm - GHHS - MAIN - GIRLS BBALL OPEN GYM
Gig Harbor High GHH - Main Gym
6:00 pm - COM - Kopa / Lower Field - PYF Cheer
Kopachuck Middle School KMS - Lower Field Track/Soccer
6:00 pm - GHHS - POOL - H20 POLO CONDITIONING
Gig Harbor High GHH - Swim Pool
6:00 pm - DES - YMCA Childcare
Discovery Elementary School DES - Classroom # 5
6:15 am - HHTS - YMCA Childcare
Harbor Heights Elementary School HHE - Classroom # 4
6:15 am
Tuesday September 1
Wednesday September 2
Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.
💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Rocket Companies posted a job opening for Real Estate Agent (1099) - Port Townsend in Gig Harbor. Apply here.
- Professional Staff Northwest posted a job opening for Millwork Puller Warehouse in Lakewood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fox Island here.
🗞 Nearby News
University Place
- Unique waterfront home in UP accessible only by railroad (thenewstribune.com)
- Pizza, Pirates & Play-Doh: 10 September Holidays Kids Will Love (macaronikid.com)
- Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFBC) Sees Large Drop in Short Interest (marketbeat.com)
Gig Harbor
- Gig Harbor mansion featured in crime thriller listed for $8.9M (kiro7.com)
- Proposed changes to density rules get pushback at Planning Commission meeting (gigharbornow.org)
- Here's the Pierce Co. business news you need to know this week (thenewstribune.com)
Ok Fox Island! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By starting with a large fortune. (Thank you Kourtney Z. for sending it in!)
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