Gig Harbor Now Staff

Day Tripper | A Gig Harbor walkabout

Mar 25, 2025

Day Tripper columnist Mary Williams opted to see her hometown through a tourists’ eyes this month.

Gig Harbor Now and Then | Behind the Finds: Every picture has a story (even if I have to make one up)

Mar 24, 2025

None of the stories Greg Spadoni wrote about the photos he found in a second-hand store are true. But they are funny.

Gig Harbor Real Estate | Housing activity picking up steam as spring begins

Mar 19, 2025

The local real estate sales market remained strong in February. But what impact might mortgage rates and wild cards like tariffs play going forward?

Gig Harbor, Peninsula debate teams qualify for national tournament

Mar 18, 2025

The two schools will send a total of 11 competitors to the national speech and debate tournament in Des Moines, Iowa, in June.

Gig Harbor firefighters rescue man and dog after fall from cliff

Mar 17, 2025

The 100-pound Doberman tumbled over a cliff late Sunday, and its person went down after it. Firefighters helped get them back on high ground.

Gig Harbor Now and Then | The homestead confusion

Mar 10, 2025

Even if it’s literally carved in stone, sometimes a homestead is not a homestead.

Minerva Scholarship applications due March 31

Feb 27, 2025

Minerva has awarded nearly $600,000 in scholarships and helped more than 225 local women achieve their educational goals over the past 33 years.

Day Tripper | Wright Park and Tacoma’s Stadium District

Feb 26, 2025

Wright Park and the Stadium District in Tacoma were the setting for a number of 1990s movies.

Summer Sounds at Skansie lineup set for 2025

Feb 24, 2025

Who’s playing at Summer Sounds at Skansie in 2025? Here’s the lineup.

Gig Harbor Now and Then | Gig Harbor Garage was the area’s first car dealership

Feb 24, 2025

The previous Gig Harbor Now and Then column gave the answers to four questions concerning early local telephones. One question that was not asked or answered last time concerns how to cope with one of today’s internet providers on the Gig Harbor and Key peninsulas, CenturyLink. Having had multiple extensive, unwanted, unsatisfying, and unfathomably bad experiences