Gig Harbor Real Estate | Pending sales surge despite rate hike
Nov 21, 2024 | By: Alison PaoliPending sales in the Gig Harbor area hit their highest point in 19 months in October, despite the usual seasonal slowdown.
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Pending sales in the Gig Harbor area hit their highest point in 19 months in October, despite the usual seasonal slowdown.
Read MoreThe city proposes a 1.9% increase in spending in 2025-26, which is significantly less than inflation.
Read MoreIn the Peninsula School District, vaccination rates were at 91% last year. That was down 1.4% from the 2019-20 school year.
Read MoreMore than 800 area families will receive the makings of a traditional Thanksgiving meal next week thanks to the annual Thanksgiving Basket Brigade. This idea of helping families in need has been a passion for David and Debbie Cathers of Gig Harbor, who started the Basket Brigade in 1994 with the help of a few
Read MoreEvery autumn, Gig Harbor celebrates the return of chum salmon to Donkey Creek. This year’s Donkey Creek Chum Walk takes place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, and includes guided walks along the creek, information booths, salmon-related activities and more. Pick up a Salmon Passport at Austin Park and follow the trail
Read MoreChum salmon probably won’t attend the annual event in big numbers again this year, but there are reasons for hope for the future.
Read MoreMarkley said she is is leaving to focus more on family health issues. Mayor Pro Tempore Brenda Lykins will take over until a replacement is appointed.
Read MoreBeing Neighborly Helpers are everywhere. We just have to look for them. Gig Harbor Now wants to showcase how someone in the community — a stranger, neighbor, teacher, classmate, anyone — has helped you. Whether it’s a small act of kindness or something that had a larger impact, send it in. It could be included
Read MoreThe previous Gig Harbor Now and Then column asked a simple question about a newspaper article complaining about constant rule changes to the game of football: Box Office Causes New Football Rules That the football mentors change the rules each year with one — perhaps both — eyes on a lucrative box office is charged by
Read MoreThe state’s No. 1-ranked Class 3A girls soccer team will be in action tonight, Nov. 15, when Gig Harbor (16-1-1) faces University of Spokane (12-7-1) at Roy Anderson Field at 7 p.m. The game is the state tournament opener for Gig Harbor. No. 17-seed U-Hi advanced to face the Tides by defeating No. 16 Mountain
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