Gig Harbor Now and Then | The aftermath of the Harbor Inn dump truck crash
May 04, 2026A brick planter now stands in front of the former Harbor Inn. Is it sturdy enough to prevent a tragedy like the one that happened there in 1989?
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Gig Harbor Now and Then | An eyewitness account of the aftermath of a tragedy
Apr 20, 2026The dump truck that crashed into the Novak Building in 1989 did not lose its brakes, it missed a shift. Greg Spadoni, who helped with recovery efforts on the day of the wreck, explains how he knows this.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | Double-clutching, Fitzgerald Ford and mismatched masonry
Apr 06, 2026Fitzgerald Ford, Fred Meyer, and a discussion of double-clutching are among the topics of this week’s column.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | Our first Historical Location of Mystery
Mar 23, 2026Can you guess where this photo was taken in the late 1970s or early 1980s?
Gig Harbor Now and Then | An explosive answer to our Item of Mystery question
Mar 09, 2026Our second Item of Mystery is neither an ancient pooper scooper nor a giraffe shoe horn. Here’s what it is.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | A new Item of Mystery
Feb 20, 2026It’s obviously a tool of some sort. It’s equally obvious that it is homemade. But what IS the Item of Mystery?
Gig Harbor Now and Then | Gig Harbor Clay Company, Part 3
Feb 09, 2026The Gasloli and Johnsoni families lived in Mexico after leaving Gig Harbor, briefly crossing paths with Pancho Villa along the way.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | The Gig Harbor Clay Company, Part 2
Jan 25, 2026The Gig Harbor Clay Company never could produce high-quality brick, leading to a business failure and a family schism.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | The Gig Harbor brickyard
Jan 12, 2026Albert Jonsoni and Luigi Gasloli came to America from South Africa (with a few stops along the way) in the early 20th century and later founded a brickyard in Gig Harbor.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | The big tree the Meyers did fall
Dec 29, 2025The story of how a group of friends cut down a very big tree in 1982, in annoying rhyming verse.