Gig Harbor Now and Then | Stop signs didn’t always look like this
Oct 20, 2024 | By: Greg SpadoniFinal, definitive proof that the editor is in no way improving these columns, which are already perfect when they are submitted.
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Two In Tow & On The Go: Tacoma’s Franklin Park has Gig Harbor ties
Oct 18, 2024 | By: Tonya StricklandFranklin Park in Tacoma has all the makings of a fantastic kiddo destination … slides, swings, and an unexpected tie-in to Gig Harbor. (That last one is a prerequisite on what’s considered cool, right?) Plus, Clara and Wyatt have already asked to go back.
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Harbor Happenings | Tracing the history of Northwest rock ‘n’ roll
Oct 15, 2024 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonOur weekly roundup of what’s happening around Gig Harbor.
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PAL’s new Art in the Park show includes paintings, pyrography and prizes
Oct 14, 2024 | By: Carolyn BickThe Art in the Park show helps inaugurate PenMet Parks’ new headquarters building — and its partnership with Peninsula Art League.
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Relief Beds, a Pierce County nonprofit, helps people without a home find rest
Oct 10, 2024 | By: Marsha HartThe nonprofit founded by Gig Harbor native Scott Smalling hosts two showings of a new documentary next week as a fundraiser.
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Harbor Happenings | Mask-making, boat tours and more
Oct 08, 2024 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonLocal 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
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Gig Harbor Now and Then | The lutefisk slander has to stop
Oct 07, 2024 | By: Greg SpadoniRemembering the halcyon days when one could get lutefisk whenever one wanted in Gig Harbor.
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Two In Tow & On The Go | Fast times on Tacoma’s Chutes and Ladders
Oct 04, 2024 | By: Tonya StricklandTacoma’s Chutes and Ladders to the east end of the Wilson Way bridge is the fun way to quickly get down to the marina complex below. Each slide has a set of stairs next to it for those who prefer a slower route.
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Local man helping auction relics from Western Flyer, a boat famously connected to Steinbeck
Oct 03, 2024 | By: Chapin DayHow much would you pay to own one-of-a-kind pieces of fishing, environmental, scientific and literary history? Could you be an “angel?” Those are questions inspired by a Wauna man’s quest. Michael Hemp, a vibrant, engaging and consistently curious 81-year-old whose business card lists him as “Historian, Heritage Marketing & Communications Consultant, Researcher, Archivist, Lecturer, Novelist,”
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Gig Harbor Film Festival attendance up 57% from 2023
Oct 01, 2024 | By: Carolyn Bick2024 Gig Harbor Film Festival awards went to “First We Bombed New Mexico,” “7000 Miles,” “Dawgfather” director Kent Loomer and others.
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