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Gig Harbor Now and Then | Little House in the Hayfield
Dec 15, 2025Fighting through multiple misspelled names and inaccurate dates, Greg Spadoni tracked the history of this distinctive house off Point Fosdick Drive.
Pothole forces lane Dec. 13 lane closures on westbound Narrows Bridge
Dec 09, 2025WSDOT will close two lanes of the bridge to Gig Harbor-bound drivers to repair a pothole on Saturday, Dec. 13.
Katrinka Finkelsplatt limps out of the harbor
Dec 08, 2025When the Katrina Finkelsplatt changed hands recently, the only people happier than the buyer and the seller were local police, environmental advocates and waterfront property owners.
PenMet honors Olympic Civic Services with second Lilienthal Award
Dec 03, 2025The Lilienthal Award recognizes “exceptional advocates” that contribute to PenMet’s mission. This year, it went to OCS and founders Joe Hillyer and Gary Parker.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | Dial M for muddled
Dec 01, 2025If you had an emergency in the pre-911 era, all you had to do was call one of several multi-digit phone numbers depending on what service you needed and what jurisdiction you were in. And the numbers changed routinely.
City’s Christmas tree needed emergency surgery, stat
Nov 28, 2025The patient’s prognosis is bright after two city employees, who don’t even play doctors on TV, performed emergency surgery.
Day Tripper | Shelton is Christmas Town, USA — but not before Thanksgiving
Nov 26, 2025Day Tripper columnist Mary Williams went in search of Christmas Town, USA. She may have jumped the gun a bit.
Gig Harbor Real Estate | Prices slip slightly as market turns neutral
Nov 25, 2025For the first time in more than two years, the median sale price of a single-family home in the greater Gig Harbor area fell in October.
Great Peninsula Conservancy buys Butterfield Forest, adjacent to Sehmel Park
Nov 24, 2025The conservancy will transfer ownership of the 21-acre Butterfield Forest, located south of the park, to PenMet Parks.