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Also coming up this week: the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation’s Crab Fest, Harbor WildWatch beach walks and more.
Read More about Harbor Happenings | Circus of Second Chances visits Gig Harbor
In their latest storytelling collaboration, Gig Harbor Now writers Tonya Strickland and Greg Spadoni launch a new series where they tell the stories behind old photographs sold at second hand stores.
Read More about Behind the Finds | Every picture has a story
None of the stories Greg Spadoni wrote about the photos he found in a second-hand store are true. But they are funny.
Read More about Gig Harbor Now and Then | Behind the Finds: Every picture has a story (even if I have to make one up)
The first day of spring is Thursday, March 20. It’s time to start going outside again.
Read More about Harbor Happenings | Take a peak under the sea on the last day of winter
Somehow, it’s that time again—to register kiddos for a local lineup of 2025 summer camps. Here’s a closer look at the camps available in and around Gig Harbor.
Read More about Two In Two & On The Go | Our 2025 guide to summer camps for kids
Runners take to the Cushman Trail on Saturday for Shamrockin the Harbor, a fundraiser for the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation’s senior center.
Read More about Harbor Happenings | Run ’til you’re green at Shamrockin’ the Harbor
Even if it’s literally carved in stone, sometimes a homestead is not a homestead.
Read More about Gig Harbor Now and Then | The homestead confusion
The cultural access program would support local nonprofits and provide educational program. The city council must decide whether to put the question before voters.
Read More about Council seeks comment on cultural access program proposal — and a sales tax to support it
Also this week “Mauritius” at Peninsula High, an award-winning GHHS band performance and more.
Read More about Harbor Happenings | Restaurant Week starts soon; here’s who is participating
We escaped the 28-degree days in Gig Harbor over Mid-Winter Break in favor of taking Clara and Wyatt to Disneyland for the first time!
Read More about Two In Tow & On The Go | Disneyland … in the rain