Ed Friedrich

Ed Friedrich is a longtime local journalist and Gig Harbor resident. He worked 35 years at the Kitsap Sun as a sportswriter, copy editor, page designer, news reporter, news editor and rubber band shooter. A South Kitsap native, Ed first moved to Gig Harbor while a student at the University of Puget Sound in the late 1970s and has witnessed a new community grow from old roots during the ensuing half century. He is a creek freak, weather geek, scanner addict, and digs kayaking and saltwater swimming at his Key Peninsula cabin.

Heavy equipment is at work along 36th Street creating the ground for a mini-storage facility.

Mini-storage units being built off of 36th Street

Sep 30, 2021

The 106,000-square-foot facility near the Tacoma Screw fulfillment center is expected to be completed in about six months.

A sign outside of the Gig Harbor Albertsons alerts shoppers that beginning Friday they'll need to start using reusable bags again.

Single-use plastic bag ban returns Friday

Sep 28, 2021

Shoppers must bring their own reusable bags or pay 8 cents apiece for more environmentally friendly ones provided by the store.

Scarecrow festival, farm tour on tap this weekend

Sep 27, 2021

PenMet Parks and Local Makers are hosting the scarecrow event Saturday at Sehmel Homestead Park while the Key Peninsula opens up farms and other sights to visitors Saturday and Sunday.

Photo of relocation of utilities at Harborview Drive and Stinson Avenue in preparation for a new roundabout.

Lower Stinson Drive to be closed for five weeks

Sep 21, 2021

Drivers can get around the closure by popping down to or up from Harborview Drive via Rosedale Street. Harborview will remain open.

Boatyard offering free tours; Marketplace Grill relocating

Sep 17, 2021

Eddon Boatyard will offer free tours Saturday and on other dates; Marketplace Grille is searching for a location that better fits its needs.

Three local events altered by COVID-19, weather

Sep 15, 2021

The Cider Swig has been relegated to a drive-through, the Harbor History Museum’s History Rock auction was forced online and much of the Korean Chuseok Festival will be curtailed.

Two goats stand beside an electric mesh fence.

Goats tread where mowers cannot go

Sep 11, 2021

A herd of goats cleared brush from around a retention pond in North Gig Harbor last week. They can work where people and machines can’t.

The 9/11 memorial at Gig Harbor Fire headquarters

Gig Harbor Fire hosting 9/11 event Saturday

Sep 09, 2021

The event comes on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that killed 2,977 people. It will begin at 9 a.m.

Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Narrows Bridge toll increase should be the last

Sep 03, 2021

Despite state loans and federal rescue funds, a 25-cent hike is deemed necessary.

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