Gig Harbor Now reporters provide information about where people can eat, shop and seek professional services, which businesses are opening or closing, and explain local trends and their relation to the national economy.
As Kimberly Shaw recalls her arduous four-year journey to open the first licensed child-care center on the Key Peninsula, she holds an infant boy in her lap. Getting a permit for a child-care center has been more difficult than Shaw, director of the nonprofit Key Peninsula Cooperative Preschool, initially envisioned. The process has been filled
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Peninsula Light board member Paul Alvestad says the organization is planning a new administration building that is “overpriced by millions.”
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Fusion Donut Café and Club Pilates are moving in to spaces at the Peninsula Shopping Center on Judson Street.
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The Cushman hydroelectric project once was Peninsula Light Company’s sole source of power. Now it’s just one piece of a much larger energy puzzle. The local power provider and the Cushman dams are historically entwined. Tacoma Power began building its first dam on the north fork of the Skokomish River in 1924. It planned to
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In the first 20 days of May, 42% of pending sales received multiple offers — a sign of strong buyer demand despite tight inventory.
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Local women farmers are banding together to operate a co-operative booth at the Gig Harbor Waterfront Farmers Market, which opens this week.
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The 2025 Waterfront Farmers Market season launches Thursday, May 22. Shuttles will bring customers to the market from these churches.
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Liz and Mavi Ashe, who owned the gallery on Harborview Drive that closed late last year, hope to reopen on Soundview in 2027.
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The median home prices for a single-family home in the greater Gig Harbor area rose to a new record of $922,000 in March.
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For affordable kid fun, the $2 throwback films for kids at Galaxy Theatres are a sure bet each summer — and we’re currently enjoying the seasonal specials going on now for $2 per ticket for showtimes at this month’s Spring Fest.
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