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Gig Harbor Now reporters chase down news that affects community residents, providing facts with context and perspective.

Three vying for PenMet commissioner seat

Jul 12, 2023 | By: Ed Friedrich

Madelyn Hunter, Steven Nielson and Billy Sehmel are competing for two spots in the Nov. 7 general election.

Harbor Happenings: Summer Art Festival runs all weekend

Jul 11, 2023 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

It’s a perfect week for music and arts lovers with live, outdoor concerts in three locations, two arts fairs – plus a chance to make-your-own sidewalk art.

Business Spotlight: Precious Collective offers style for all sizes

Jul 10, 2023 | By: Vince Dice

Young entrepreneur Josie Ciaciuch’s love of fashion and family inspired her to open Precious Collective Boutique, in Uptown Gig Harbor.

Food Backpacks 4 Kids serves free Lunch in the Park for students during the summer to help fill the gap for students who rely on meals provided by schools. There are four meal site locations, two in Gig Harbor, two on Key Peninsula. The summer meal program runs July 11 through Aug. 31.

Homeless students lose resources during summer break. Who’s filling the gap?

Jul 10, 2023 | By: Christina T Henry

When summer break comes, the connection with schools is disrupted, leaving homeless students potentially adrift, but the district and other organizations help with such things as food and transportation.

On Fox Island, an old Navy acoustics lab gets a new life

Jul 07, 2023 | By: Ted Kenney

As a youth, Ty Clarke liked to water-ski and wake-board from his parents’ beach on the southwest shore of Fox Island. Cutting through the glassy water of Carr Inlet, at the turnaround point on their runs, Ty and his friends couldn’t help noticing something off-putting: a neglected concrete box of a building squatting on the

Gig Harbor Police Blotter: Officer Tases suspect following assault

Jul 06, 2023 | By: Vince Dice

Police arrested a 26-year-old Gig Harbor man on suspicion of assault, resisting arrest and for an outstanding warrant following an incident on Saturday, July 1, on Hunt Street. The suspect, who officers wrote suffers from mental illness, fought with a man walking his dog along the road. He also threatened to assault a woman, who

The Battle for Carr Inlet pitted local community against the Navy

Jul 06, 2023 | By: Ted Kenney

Think the fight against Walmart in the 1990s, or the more recent flap over building 35 new dwelling units at the bottom of Harborview Drive, stand as the biggest citizen crusades in peninsula history? Those were minor disagreements when compared to the Battle for Carr Inlet, fought in the early 1950s. Decades before the term

Harbor Happenings: Summer music season begins

Jul 05, 2023 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

Summer music season kicks off Thursday, July 6, at Uptown Gig Harbor, with Adam Krum and the Highway 65 band bringing their brand of country to the Pavilion. The free Uptown Summer Concert Series performances run from 6 to 8 p.m. every Thursday through mid-August. The schedule: July 6: Adam Krum and The Highway 65

Jennifer Chushcoff: Hidden deserts in our midst

Jul 05, 2023 | By: Jennifer Preston

If you spend more time maintaining your lawn than enjoying it, it’s time to consider your alternatives. Removing a lawn, or at least a portion, is good for the planet and for you. Looking out the window, those lush lawns seem pretty harmless. That’s only because a glance doesn’t reveal the truth. A lawn is

Gig Harbor Now and Then: The Vine, government land and unpaid sailors

Jul 03, 2023 | By: Greg Spadoni

Two weeks ago, the debut column of Gig Harbor Now and Then featured three questions of local history. All concern the schooner Vine, the second ship built in Gig Harbor. This week we provide the answers. They are as follows: Question 1: Where in Gig Harbor was the Vine built? Answer: The Gig Harbor Lumber