Opinion

To PenMet Parks Commissioners, Executive Director Ally Bujacich and all staff: Thank you for the Betty Lilienthal Advocacy Award! I am truly honored, humbled, and grateful to be recognized by such a worthy organization.  Working with people I respect, believe in and admire is incredibly motivating. Thank you for your trust and attention, your willingness

I just came across a very interesting article on the Washington State Parks’ website.  You can find the article using this link: Action Trackchair comes to Lake Sammamish | Washington State Parks In a prior Letter to the Editor, I addressed PenMet’s costly, damaging, thoughtless, and needless plan to make the DeMolay Sandspit ADA accessible. 

The announcement of the partnership between PenMet Parks and the Peninsula School District is incredibly exciting for our community. Swim Safe Gig Harbor is proud to offer our congratulations to these two strong organizations for teaming up to provide great services to our community, which include a focus on offering swim lessons. As the Maritime

In this letter I am writing to my fellow conservatives and readership of Gig Harbor Now. I am growing deeply concerned about Michelle Caldier’s ability to represent the people of our district. I also want to point out that this is not a political influence type letter. We all understand that this is an election

Rachel Harter is an excellent choice for State Representative, 26th LD, Position 2. As we all know, career politicians tend to lose touch with their base over time and drift away from the stances they originally held. At those times, such voters start looking around for better candidates, but all too often, none are available.

We all love our life in Gig Harbor.  Let’s keep it that way. August 6 is Primary Election Day and the day our ballots are due on Gig Harbor Prop 1. This spring when you said no to increased property taxes, you also said you are willing to support our police with a smaller amount

Dismayed by a stale political status quo, last year I realized I was part of the “exhausted majority”. I acknowledged I had joined the two thirds of Americans who find themselves not completely aligned with either political party. I longed for a party that would put the power back in the hands of the American

Soon you will receive your ballot in the mail and will have the opportunity to pick those candidates to go on to the general election in November. When I look at the ballot, a deciding factor for me is a candidate’s stance on abortion rights. A little over two years ago, the Supreme Court made

I found it very interesting over the 4th of July long weekend that the Demolay Sandspit Park had cars parked in front of NO PARKING Signs and all down the street in front of homes. This was supposed to be solved with the signs. This is why it was suggested over & over by the