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Inside Gig Harbor Real Estate: Let’s talk about first-time home sellers

Apr 05, 2023

Paige Schulte, founder of the Neighborhood Experts Real Estate office in Gig Harbor, writes a monthly column for Gig Harbor Now about the local real estate market. This week, she

Guest editorial: Adding context about Arts Commission deliberations

Apr 03, 2023

Submit guest editorials or emails to Gig Harbor Now by emailing to [email protected]. In response to “Spring Market planned for mid-May near Civic Center” (March 28, 2023): Your article proclaimed

Gig Harbor High School Athletes of the Week for week of March 27

Mar 31, 2023

The Gig Harbor High School Booster Club is providing Gig Harbor Now with the winners of each school’s athlete of the week awards. Award winners are selected by the coaches

Guest editorial: Bridge of Hope offers honest, respectful dialogue

Mar 30, 2023

Editor’s Note: Lew Napolitano of Tacoma is involved in the YMCA’s Bridge of Hope initiative. He provided this report on the initiative’s progress and plans. Click here for our earlier

Gig Harbor High School Athletes of the Week

Mar 27, 2023

The Gig Harbor High School Booster Club is providing Gig Harbor Now with the winners of each school’s athlete of the week awards. Award winners are selected by the coaches

Guest editorial: Artificial intelligence and the end of freedom of thought

Mar 23, 2023

I am writing regarding the March 16, 2023 article, “Peninsula School District embracing potential of ChatGPT.” Artificial intelligence is deadly poison, not a shiny new toy for kids to play

Guest editorial: What happens globally affects families locally

Mar 22, 2023

Heather Maher is a local Gig Harbor mom and resident for the past 14 years. She is also a member of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition’s NextGen class of 2023.

Gig Harbor’s Christensen marathons her way into Guinness Book of World Records

Mar 16, 2023

Editor’s note: This piece was submitted by community member Lee Jorgenson, who is a personal friend of the subject of the article.  Tami Christensen of Gig Harbor recently returned from

Guest Column: How zoning could limit our Incredible Expanding and Shrinking House

Mar 13, 2023

Marlene Druker, AIA is a registered architect based in Gig Harbor. As part of her work, she has read the definitions in, and “kicked the tires” of many (maybe too

Wellness Wednesday: Healthy nutrition habits while busy

Mar 08, 2023

The Wellness Wednesday column is written by Scot Fleshman, an advanced registered nurse practitioner and board-certified family nurse practitioner. Fleshman and his wife, Jessica Hopkins, own Gig Harbor Primary Care.     March