City nearly ready to adopt budget for next two years
Nov 20, 2024The city proposes a 1.9% increase in spending in 2025-26, which is significantly less than inflation.
Harbor Happenings | Celebrate salmon on Saturday
Nov 19, 2024Every autumn, Gig Harbor celebrates the return of chum salmon to Donkey Creek. This year’s Donkey Creek Chum Walk takes place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, and includes guided walks along the creek, information booths, salmon-related activities and more. Pick up a Salmon Passport at Austin Park and follow the trail
Harbor Happenings | Donations, volunteers sought for Thanksgiving Basket Brigade
Nov 12, 2024It’s beginning to look a lot like the holiday season. The Thanksgiving Basket Brigade is accepting donations to help fill approximately 700 baskets with Thanksgiving dinners for families in need. They drive, organized by the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation, is also looking for volunteers to help pick up food, put together baskets and deliver them
Harbor Happenings | Veterans Day celebration marks 80th anniversary of D-Day
Nov 05, 2024Gig Harbor will honor current and retired members of the military on Monday, Nov. 11 with military pageantry, guest speakers, food and music. The seventh annual Veterans’ Day celebration will take place at the Vintage Aero Museum from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The museum is located at 1108 26th Ave NW. This year’s celebration
City revenue up, expenses down as council begins mulling the next budget
Oct 31, 2024The city of Gig Harbor has taken in less revenue than expected in 2024, but it has also spent less than expected.
Harbor Happenings | Trick or treat downtown or Uptown
Oct 29, 2024The annual downtown trick or treat takes place from 3 to 6 p.m. on Halloween night on Harborview Drive.
Harbor Happenings | State of the Watershed meeting is Wednesday
Oct 22, 2024The KGI (Key Peninsula-Gig Harbor-Islands) Watershed Council’s annual State of the Watershed meeting is at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23, at the Civic Center on Grandview Street. The KGI Watershed Council, an advisory board to Pierce County, provides educational programs, outreach and workshops on watershed issues. The council includes representatives from city of Gig Harbor
Harbor Happenings | Tracing the history of Northwest rock ‘n’ roll
Oct 15, 2024Our weekly roundup of what’s happening around Gig Harbor.
Harbor Happenings | Mask-making, boat tours and more
Oct 08, 2024Local organizations are celebrating Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month and gearing up for Halloween with mask making events, costume parties and painting experiences. Veteran tours The Gig Harbor BoatShop hosts a fall colors tour of Colvos Passage aboard the historic purse seiner Veteran on Sunday, Oct. 13. The tours run from 10 a.m. to 1:30
Harbor Happenings | Fall fun starts this week
Oct 01, 2024Correction: Fox Island Octoberfest is Friday, Oct. 4. An earlier version misstated the day of the event. The annual Scarecrow Festival kicks off the Halloween season from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at Sehmel Homestead Park. PenMet’s Scarecrow Festival includes a pumpkin launch, peeweee rodeo, Markers Market, and an assortment of vendors.