Gig Harbor Now reporters cover community events and efforts that benefit and entertain the community.
Sue Scanlon beat breast cancer in her 40s. By comparison, learning to ride a motorcycle in her mid-50s wasn’t that big a deal. She and other survivors created the Wigged Out Ride after Scanlon and her husband Pat discovered a passion for motorcycling in 2014. And that is a big deal. This year’s ride, which
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While most Western countries mark the fall equinox as the height of the harvest season, in Korea it’s celebrated with a full-blown festival known as ChuSeok. Gig Harbor’s third annual ChuSeok Festival happens from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, at Skansie Park. It follows a similar event held in Tacoma last week.
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The 2023 Gig Harbor Film Festival drew hundreds of cinephiles to the Galaxy Theatres Uptown for its four-day run last week. “We truly had a memorable event and it was our most successful yet. Filmmakers came from as far as Connecticut and one even drove up from Texas,” said Pam Holt, the festival’s executive director.
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The previous history questions in Gig Harbor Now and Then were several. They concerned part of the old Jerkovich dock, which is now incorporated into the city of Gig Harbor’s Ancich Waterfront Park. It is used today only by seagulls and crows for breaking clam shells. The questions: Who paved the old dock? When was
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Tall, dark, and handsome describes Gig Harbor’s latest new retailer One:11. Located on Harborview Drive, this “gentlemen’s den” offers customers a curated assortment of men’s clothing and accessories. With a distinct vintage-meets-contemporary vibe, it’s hard to miss the nods to bygone eras. Mounted on a hunter-green wall, a vintage car door hangs above an aged
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The Gig Harbor Tides (3-1, 2-0 South Sound Conference) put it all together in a 52-15 thrashing of the Capital Cougars (2-2, 1-1) at Roy Anderson Field on Friday, Sept. 22. Confidence is defined as “a feeling of self-assurance arising from one’s own abilities.” That aptly describes the way the Tides are playing since quarterback
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The Fish Bowl boys water polo match between rivals Peninsula and Gig Harbor on Sept. 14 was an intense, one-point contest that saw the Seahawks complete a thrilling six-goal comeback to knock off the previously unbeaten Tides. Peninsula could have gone away quietly after falling behind by a wide margin. Instead they changed strategy, tightened
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The Washington state Department of Corrections is considering closing the Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women in Belfair and relocating women housed there to the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor. Department leaders held an online meeting with interested parties about the possibility of folding Mission Creek into the Gig Harbor women’s prison
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Conservation Futures funds became available to add the two properties after it wasn’t used during the 2021-23 cycle.
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Editor’s note: This story deals with mental health issues, including suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Suicide has been on the rise since the hands of time clicked over to a new millennium, but the risk increased during the pandemic. Between 2021 and 2022,
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