Two in Tow & On The Go | Returning to Chambers Creek Regional Park
Oct 09, 2026 | By: Tonya StricklandThis story is part of a two-part feature on taking kids to Chambers Creek Regional
Park. This time, it’s all about the beach and love locks.
Arts & Entertainment
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Lighted Car Parade likely off for this year
Oct 08, 2026 | By: Vince DiceThe same four moms who started the Lighted Car Parade back in 2020 have organized it ever since. They’re looking for someone to take it over.
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Harbor Happenings | Retired Peninsula High teacher’s work on display at museum
Oct 06, 2026 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonRetired art teacher Curtiss Hall will discuss his work and his “watercolor batik” painting technique this week at Harbor History Museum.
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Day Tripper | A tombstone tourist visits greater Gig Harbor cemeteries
Sep 30, 2026 | By: Mary WilliamsOur Day Tripper columnist took a tour of Gig Harbor and Key Peninsula cemeteries.
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Harbor Happenings | Scarecrow Festival launches us into fall
Sep 29, 2026 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonPenMet’s Scarecrow Festival, the Downtown Waterfront Alliance’s Sip and Stroll and the first Pier Into the Night are all Saturday.
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‘Man or Mountain,’ ‘Radioheart’ each win two Gig Harbor Film Festival awards
Sep 28, 2026 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffThe 2026 Gig Harbor Film Festival wrapped up on Sunday, Sept. 27. These films won awards during the four-day celebration of independent films.
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Harbor Happenings | Film festival, Chuseok and more
Sep 22, 2026 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThe Gig Harbor Film Festival is Thursday through Sunday, while the Chuseok Festival is Saturday at Skansie Brothers Park.
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‘Man or Mountain’ ponders the final hours of a Northwest legend
Sep 21, 2026 | By: Carolyn Bick‘Man or Mountain,’ which debuts this week at the Gig Harbor Film Festival, imagines the final moments of Harry R. Truman, the 83-year-old man who refused to leave Mount St. Helens.
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The Big Cheese reveals the soft heart, true grit of cheesemongering
Sep 17, 2026 | By: Carolyn Bick“The Big Cheese,” a documentary about American cheesemongers, leads off next week’s Gig Harbor Film Festival.
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‘Amidst the Changing Tides’ shares stories of a personal connection to the water
Sep 16, 2026 | By: Marsha HartThe anthology, compiled by Drienie Hattingh of Gig Harbor, includes reflections on life along and in the Salish Sea.
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