Donuts and Pilates: Do they spell a turnaround at Peninsula Shopping Center?
May 28, 2025 | By: Ted KenneyFusion Donut Café and Club Pilates are moving in to spaces at the Peninsula Shopping Center on Judson Street.
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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.
Cushman dams now produce more history than power for PenLight
May 27, 2025 | By: Ed FriedrichThe 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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Gig Harbor Real Estate | Inventory rises, but competition keeps prices climbing
May 21, 2025 | By: Alison PaoliIn 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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Female farmers look to grow community (and grow their businesses) with co-operative booth at market
May 19, 2025 | By: Vince DiceLocal 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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Get on the bus for the 2025 Waterfront Farmers Market
May 19, 2025 | By: Vince DiceThe 2025 Waterfront Farmers Market season launches Thursday, May 22. Shuttles will bring customers to the market from these churches.
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With Maví closure, Gig Harbor down to four galleries
Apr 28, 2025 | By: Carolyn BickLiz 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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Gig Harbor Real Estate | Early spring housing activity picks up steam
Apr 24, 2025 | By: Alison PaoliThe 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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Two In Tow & On The Go | $2 movies and the Skittles machine
Apr 04, 2025 | By: Tonya StricklandFor 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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How the current site of Gig Harbor High School nearly became a cemetery
Mar 27, 2025 | By: Ted KenneyA funeral home wanted to build a cemetery on Rosedale Street in the mid-1960s. The community organized to stop it.
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Texas mystery-developer plans 31 houses next door to Gig Harbor High School
Mar 26, 2025 | By: Ted KenneyThe project is proposed for 39 acres on Rosedale Street, directly west of Gig Harbor High. Developers are asking to deviate from city rules on altering topography and on the required size of the vegetation buffer between the property and the high school.
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