Search Results for: Greg Spadoni

Gig Harbor Now and Then | A glimpse of Gig Harbor in the 1970s

Jun 16, 2025

Greg Spadoni compares scenes from “Hit,” the movie filmed in Gig Harbor, with current-day photos of the same locations.

Behind the Finds | Every picture has a story

Mar 24, 2025

In their latest storytelling collaboration, Gig Harbor Now writers Tonya Strickland and Greg Spadoni launch a new series where they tell the stories behind old photographs sold at second hand stores.

Gig Harbor Now and Then | Behind the Finds: Every picture has a story (even if I have to make one up)

Mar 24, 2025

None of the stories Greg Spadoni wrote about the photos he found in a second-hand store are true. But they are funny.

Two In Tow & On The Go | Playing Nature Bingo with two new flora fans

Jul 12, 2024

Lush and green or prickly and purple – Washington people LOVE their plants. Rosedale native Greg Spadoni and the kids work to identify the peninsula’s diverse array of big leaf maple, Douglas fir, wild huckleberry and more at Sehmel Homestead Park with a captivating game of Gig Harbor Nature Bingo! Follow along and download your own free Bingo card here.

Gig Harbor Now and Then | Meet the Swede who pioneered flight on the peninsula

Nov 03, 2025

Gustav Stromer likely built the first “aeroplane” in the Gig Harbor area, though he shipped it to Tacoma before it took off.

Gig Harbor Now and Then | Aeroplanes and dental drool

Oct 20, 2025

When was the first aeroplane built on the Peninsula, and by whom?

Gig Harbor Now and Then | Grave matters of life, death and debt

Oct 06, 2025

John Giblin’s grave isn’t lost after all. Neither is that of John Farragut (or Farrague?), but the man buried there is owed some money.

Gig Harbor Now and Then | Dying was trying in the early days of the Peninsula

Sep 22, 2025

In the days before the Gig Harbor Peninsula had cemeteries or funeral homes, passing away was a real hassle.

Two in Tow & On the Go | A towering view, with a visit from Mr. (or Mrs.) Chonky

Sep 12, 2025

Who knew a fun afternoon of seal-spotting and crane-watching with two kids and a local dude who counts The Three Stooges as his personal heroes could double as a crash-course in global trade?

Gig Harbor Now and Then | How the story of the Donkey Creek Bridge took a sharp turn

Sep 08, 2025

Why did so many people crash off the old wooden bridge in the 1920s and ’30s? You might say it’s Bremerton’s fault.