Search Results for: Greg Spadoni

Two In Tow & On The Go | Playing Nature Bingo with two new flora fans

Jul 12, 2024

Lush and green or prickly and purple – Washington people LOVE their plants. Rosedale native Greg Spadoni and the kids work to identify the peninsula’s diverse array of big leaf maple, Douglas fir, wild huckleberry and more at Sehmel Homestead Park with a captivating game of Gig Harbor Nature Bingo! Follow along and download your own free Bingo card here.

Gig Harbor Now and Then | The local history of telephones, cars and telephones in cars

Feb 10, 2025

Cross-Narrows phone service has been available since 1907. To call a car dealer, people in those times needed only to dial ‘1’.

Two in Tow & On The Go | Plush animal scooters at the Kitsap Mall

Jan 31, 2025

Folks can drive electric ride-on cars and plush animals through the inside of the Kitsap Mall in this kid-friendly activity.

Gig Harbor Now and Then | Tree rings reveal many mysteries

Jan 27, 2025

Tree rings tell a lot about not only the life of the tree, but also some of the events that occurred on the land it grew on.

Gig Harbor Now and Then | Pioneers’ names got lost in translation

Jan 13, 2025

Why were the names of so many local pioneer families often spelled several ways in official documents? Many didn’t read or write, and many were not native English speakers.

Gig Harbor Now and Then | The history of this beach of dreams

Jan 10, 2025

The mostly-underwater Beach of Dreams was once part of a sawmill, then bought by a 3-year-old, who was eventually sued by her own father.

Two In Tow & On The Go | You could own this lot for just $9,999 (but it’s mostly underwater)

Jan 10, 2025

For sale is a 3,520 square foot triangular-shaped waterfront lot, located behind the stores near the Purdy Bridge. It’s cheap and mysterious.

Gig Harbor Now and Then | Sometimes, it seems like this is the only building in town

Dec 29, 2024

Monty’s Furniture was located (you guessed it!) at the corner of Pioneer Way and Harborview Drive in 1952.

Gig Harbor Now and Then | How Leonard Bolton ended up on the naughty list

Dec 16, 2024

The Key Peninsula resident and labor organizer murdered his mistress near Horseshoe Lake on Christmas Eve 1941.

Gig Harbor Now and Then | When spelling was a track and field event

Dec 02, 2024

Our last column noted that in the early decades of the 20th century, athletic meets between Peninsula elementary schools often included non-athletic competitions. What non-athletic contests were frequently included at inter-school sports meets? A good variety of answers were posted to the Gig Harbor Now Facebook page — especially the Nerf War — but no