Community

Gig Harbor Now reporters cover community events and efforts that benefit and entertain the community.

Day Tripper | MOHAI and some old friends

Dec 30, 2025 | By: Mary Williams

This month’s Day Trip features Seattle’s struggling Pacific Place, a downsized Parade of Gingerbread Houses and MOHAI on South Lake Union.

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Locust Cider closing four tap rooms, but keeping Gig Harbor location open

Dec 30, 2025 | By:

Gig Harbor-based Locust Cider grew quickly before the pandemic, inflation and changing consumer habits forced a recent retreat.

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Harbor Happenings | Plunge into 2026

Dec 30, 2025 | By:

The annual Olalla Polar Bear Plunge starts at around noon on New Year’s Day.

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Outgoing councilmember Woock plans to ‘unplug’ from city politics for a while

Dec 29, 2025 | By:

After two terms on the council, Jeni Woock hopes to focus on her artistic ventures after leaving office.

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Gig Harbor Now and Then | The big tree the Meyers did fall

Dec 29, 2025 | By: Greg Spadoni

The story of how a group of friends cut down a very big tree in 1982, in annoying rhyming verse.

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Freestanding ERs proliferate on the peninsula

Dec 23, 2025 | By:

Freestanding ERs offer emergency care in buildings detached from a hospital campus, and three of them are now open in Kitsap County. Here’s how they work.

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Harbor Happenings | Christmas Eve services at Gig Harbor churches

Dec 23, 2025 | By:

Christmas Eve services, the gnome hunt continues and holiday movies.

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Waterfront Alliance promotes Clare Dunis to executive director

Dec 22, 2025 | By:

Dunis, the organization’s special projects and outreach manager, replaces Carrianne Ekberg, who is stepping down to spend time with her young family.

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Ferguson proposes $3 billion plan to preserve bridges and roads, build new ferries

Dec 22, 2025 | By: Jerry Cornfield and Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard

The governor would raise the money with the sale of bonds backed by proceeds from a slew of new and increased taxes and fees lawmakers approved this year.

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Sports Beat | Masini scores 38 points as Gig Harbor defeats Silas

Dec 19, 2025 | By:

An update on the early weeks of basketball season for the Peninsula and Gig Harbor boys and girls teams.

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