Gig Harbor Now and Then | Location of Mystery No. 4 looks very different today
Oct 19, 2026This week’s column reveals Greg’s latest Location of Mystery and recalls a 1953 Civil Defense drill.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | Maybe this column will make you want to yell at me
Oct 04, 2026This week, Greg Spadoni discusses the government-ordered destruction of a work of art and introduces a new location of mystery.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | Commercial fishermen wanted a new dock. For decades, governments told them, ‘go fish’
Sep 21, 2026The city announced plans to build a commercial fishing homeport 14 years ago. But the fleet has been waiting much longer than that.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | Barged from Bremerton
Sep 07, 2026At least seven homes, built during Bremerton’s World War II-era boom, were barged to Gig Harbor in 1954. It wasn’t an easy trip.
A super(ette) history of the Island View Market building
Sep 02, 2026The building that is now the Island View Market began life in the mid-1950s as McClay’s Superette.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | Pinning down the location of interesting things found in Gig Harbor
Aug 24, 2026Also, our next question of local history involves three Gig Harbor houses that shared something interesting back in 1954.
A look inside 3509 Harborview Drive
Aug 18, 2026Greg Spadoni spends his time chronicling and preserving Gig Harbor’s history. But after taking a look inside 3509 Harborview Dr., he says the home deserves a decent burial.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | One man’s ambitious plan for the town of Artena
Aug 10, 2026The building looked better in this photo from 2004, but the El Camino looked worse.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | A new location of mystery and how the California Gold Rush drove growth in Gig Harbor
Jul 27, 2026A great many people will know where this building is. But do you know what its longest use was before it was vacated?
Gig Harbor Now and Then | Our not-so-mysterious Location of Mystery and the origins of Bay-Island
Jul 13, 2026The location of Mystery No. 2 revealed.