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Farmers Market brings fruits, veggies and fun to Skansie Park starting this week

Jun 04, 2024 | By: Vince Dice

The Gig Harbor Waterfront Farmers Market returns on June 6, with a focus on local producers of fresh produce and other food.

Gig Harbor Real Estate | Prices break records … again

May 15, 2024 | By: Alison Paoli

Plagued by low inventory and ample demand, the median home price in the greater Gig Harbor real estate market continued to climb in April. Median home prices hit a new record of $875,000 for a single-family home between the Purdy and Narrows bridges, including Fox Island, according to data from the NWMLS. The figure for

Alvestad, Ross, Markovich re-elected to PenLight Board

May 07, 2024 | By: Marsha Hart

Peninsula Light members have re-elected three board members, who will each serve a three-year term. Incumbents Paul Alvestad, Debra Ross, and Nick Markovich were elected to the board, PenLight announced at its annual meeting on Monday, May 6. Members returned 4,227 of the 32,461 ballots (13.02%) PenLight mailed. The election requires a 10% quorum, said

The fully stocked Little Food Pantry, just after it was installed on Friday, April 29, at Peninsula Life Church in Purdy.

Grant helps Rotary continue its Little Food Pantry program

Apr 30, 2024 | By: Jill Dabbs

The Rotary Club of Gig Harbor Midday’s Little Food Pantry Project embarks on its fourth year providing emergency food, thanks in part to a matching grant from Rotary International District 5020. The grant provided $3,000 to purchase food to supplement donation and fundraising efforts. Beginning early 2021 with just two pantries, the project has grown

Russell Foundation grants go to Harbor WildWatch, Great Peninsula Conservancy, others

Apr 26, 2024 | By: Gig Harbor Now Staff

The Gig Harbor-based Russell Family Foundation this week awarded 27 grants worth $819,000 to several organizations serving youth and young adults in Pierce, Kitsap, Thurston, Jefferson, Mason and South King Counties. The grants are part of the foundation’s Environmental Education portfolio and provide focus on organizations that provide outdoor environmental learning experiences. “We recognize the

Short-term rentals grew slowly in first year under new regulations, Gig Harbor officials say

Apr 15, 2024 | By: Ted Kenney

Could it be that after an 18-month moratorium on new short-term rentals (STRs) in Gig Harbor, a sometimes acrimonious public debate on the topic, and a full year of these lodgings operating under new rules that seemed to satisfy neither critics nor proponents, the city’s STR businesses are growing at a slow to moderate pace

In the Margins | Crew School provides a reality sea trial for commercial fishing wanabees

Apr 10, 2024 | By: Chris Phillips

During decades as a desk-jockey, I moved words and numbers around on various glowing screens. I often longed for work beyond the confines of the cubicle. You know — honest, hard work that allows for physical achievements, hand-made results, and liberal use of Advil. After weekends of amateur landscaping, crude carpentry, or bloody-knuckled attempts at

Gig Harbor Real Estate | Home prices hit a new record

Apr 10, 2024 | By: Alison Paoli

The Gig Harbor real estate market was hot in March, marked by significant milestones and notable trends. According to data from the NWMLS, the median sale price of a single-family home between the Purdy and Narrows Bridges, including Fox Island, soared to a record high of $870,000 in March, underscoring the continued resilience of the

Harbor Farms shutters Rosedale Street venue, buys larger North Rosedale site

Apr 03, 2024 | By: Ted Kenney

A farm-oriented amusement venue that made a splash when it operated for a few weekends last fall has closed its doors (or rather, farmyard gates) for good at its Rosedale Street location. For sale signs popped up along its split-rail fence earlier this month, surprising passersby. Harbor Farms, the creation of Gig Harbor pizzeria and

Food back in, events out at Olalla Bay Market

Mar 31, 2024 | By: Ed Friedrich

Kitsap County is allowing Olalla Bay Market to resume serving food and drinks while it seeks a restaurant permit, but says there’s no avenue to events returning.

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