Why we need your help now more than ever
Dec 12, 2024 | By: Vince DiceWe are hitting crunch time for our 2024 NewsMatch donation drive. If you appreciate the work we do, and want it to continue in 2025, please donate today.
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The book on candidates in the upcoming primary election
Jul 31, 2024 | By: Chapin DayIt’s that time of year when responsible journalists, such those who labor for Gig Harbor Now, offer the electorate some earnest and well-intentioned advice. VOTE! Done. But, for pure entertainment value, we suggest this first. READ A BOOK! There’s nothing like a book, particularly a 112-pager printed on cheap newsprint and delivered (at taxpayer expense)
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Chapin Day | Turning 80 doesn’t seem as significant anymore
Jan 22, 2024 | By: Chapin DayEach week, a Sunday morning CBS television news magazine I frequently watch includes a brief segment of remembrance for notable deaths during the past week. Usually accompanied by photo portraits, brief summaries of the deceaseds’ significance, and muted elevator music, the feature can vary in length depending upon a tape editor’s judgment and how busy
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Editor’s column: No better time than now to support Now
Nov 01, 2023 | By: Vince DiceMore people are reading Gig Harbor Now these days than at any other time in our two-plus years as a nonprofit digital newspaper. We have a new-and-improved calendar (more about that later) and a fun community announcements section. Our reporters are keeping an eye on new housing developments, covering this month’s election, and probing the
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Letter to the editor: Suicide prevention requires attention, compassion and action
Sep 13, 2023 | By: Thelma BrownHello, Gig Harbor Now and Followers. I am Thelma Brown, President of the Gig Harbor/Key Peninsula Suicide Prevention Coalition. On behalf of our Coalition, we would like to thank Mayor Markley and the City Council for proclaiming September as the Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. It is truly an honor to be supported by our Mayor,
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In the Margins: Not your father’s real estate market, nor your mother’s
Aug 23, 2023 | By: Chris PhillipsNearly 40 years ago, my wife and I purchased our first home. For what seemed like a staggering sum of $75,850 ($221,000 in today’s dollars), we moved into a 1,350 square-foot, three-bedroom home in a small subdivision just north of the Harbor. We vacuumed our sofa cushions for the down-payment and borrowed the balance at
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In the Margins: Can’t we find better ways to celebrate a birthday?
Jul 19, 2023 | By: Chris PhillipsWe returned to Gig Harbor at the end of June after a family vacation in the north woods of Canada’s Great Lakes region. Unfortunately, this year the typically fresh lake air and photogenic views were compromised by a gray layer of noxious wildfire smoke from northern Ontario. It reminded us of Puget Sound’s summer of
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As fire season approaches, Gig Harbor mom says “Enough!”
Jun 14, 2023 | By: Heather MaherWe all know it’s coming: fire season. All year long, Gig Harbor-ites look forward to the summer months, when we can be outside and relish the beauty of living in the PNW. When summer arrives, I find myself sighing with relief: finally, my children can play outside! But it has come to be an unofficial
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In the Margins: Bruce the boat whisperer keeps history afloat
May 17, 2023 | By: Chris PhillipsAsk those who have owned an old wooden boat, and it’s likely they will tell you a story involving family lore, lessons learned, and a few blissful moments on the water. In the 1920s and ’30s, when the Skansie brothers were building commercial fishing boats in Gig Harbor, another pair of boatbuilding siblings — the
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Letter to the editor: Lonergan will bring experience to Pierce Co. Council
Oct 14, 2022 | By: Brandie HerbertWith only weeks to go before the Midterm elections here in Washington, Paula Lonergan continues putting the word out about where she stands for the voters of Pierce County and District 7. As a Pierce County Council member, Paula would be responsible for passing legislation, setting county policy, adopting the county’s budget, and holding government
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