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The Halloween season brings trick-or-treat events downtown and at Uptown, the Witches Brew, Jack-o-Lantern Jubilee and much more.
Read More about Halloween Happenings | Trick or treats, harvest festivals and more options for spooky fun
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Read More about Gig Harbor Now and Then | Stop signs didn’t always look like this
Franklin Park in Tacoma has all the makings of a fantastic kiddo destination … slides, swings, and an unexpected tie-in to Gig Harbor. (That last one is a prerequisite on what’s considered cool, right?) Plus, Clara and Wyatt have already asked to go back.
Read More about Two In Tow & On The Go: Tacoma’s Franklin Park has Gig Harbor ties
Our weekly roundup of what’s happening around Gig Harbor.
Read More about Harbor Happenings | Tracing the history of Northwest rock ‘n’ roll
The Art in the Park show helps inaugurate PenMet Parks’ new headquarters building — and its partnership with Peninsula Art League.
Read More about PAL’s new Art in the Park show includes paintings, pyrography and prizes
The nonprofit founded by Gig Harbor native Scott Smalling hosts two showings of a new documentary next week as a fundraiser.
Read More about Relief Beds, a Pierce County nonprofit, helps people without a home find rest
Local organizations are celebrating Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month and gearing up for Halloween with mask making events, costume parties and painting experiences. Veteran tours The Gig Harbor BoatShop hosts a fall colors tour of Colvos Passage aboard the historic purse seiner Veteran on Sunday, Oct. 13. The tours run from 10 a.m. to 1:30
Read More about Harbor Happenings | Mask-making, boat tours and more
Remembering the halcyon days when one could get lutefisk whenever one wanted in Gig Harbor.
Read More about Gig Harbor Now and Then | The lutefisk slander has to stop
Tacoma’s Chutes and Ladders to the east end of the Wilson Way bridge is the fun way to quickly get down to the marina complex below. Each slide has a set of stairs next to it for those who prefer a slower route.
Read More about Two In Tow & On The Go | Fast times on Tacoma’s Chutes and Ladders
How much would you pay to own one-of-a-kind pieces of fishing, environmental, scientific and literary history? Could you be an “angel?” Those are questions inspired by a Wauna man’s quest. Michael Hemp, a vibrant, engaging and consistently curious 81-year-old whose business card lists him as “Historian, Heritage Marketing & Communications Consultant, Researcher, Archivist, Lecturer, Novelist,”
Read More about Local man helping auction relics from Western Flyer, a boat famously connected to Steinbeck