Harbor Happenings | A discussion of pioneer families and a historic boat
Jul 22, 2025Stephanie Lile of the Harbor History Museum will discuss the Shenandoah, the island of Brac and the town’s pioneering families this week.
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PenLight celebrates a century
Jul 16, 2025Peninsula Light Co. was formed in 1925. Today, the utility continues to provide power to Gig Harbor, the Key Peninsula, Fox Island, Raft Island, Herron Island and a small portion of Ollala.
Harbor Happenings | Summer Art Festival at Sehmel Homestead Park
Jul 15, 2025The Summer Art Festival, Psychedelic Resource Fair, another Indivisible Gig Harbor Protest and more are planned for this week.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | A public service for the punctuation-addicted
Jul 14, 2025Whats’ the deal,, with “people” who OVERUSE punctuation!!?
Two In Tow’s Kid Picks | Family-friendly July events
Jul 11, 2025Summer is finally here and there’s no shortage of kid-approved adventures to check out near and far. From new baby meerkats to bouncy obstacle courses, here are some options to wow the kiddos in your life in the coming weeks.
Harbor Happenings | Time to start searching for Round Rock entries
Jul 01, 2025The Harbor History Museum will accept Round Rocks Contest submissions later this month, but it’s not to early to start looking for them.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | The lost machinist
Jun 30, 2025Albert Fleuss, a machinist whose work was critical to Gig Harbor’s early fishing fleet, deserves the same recognition as his successor.
Behind The Finds, Part 6: Don Wolford and his three-piece suits
Jun 30, 2025In the early 1900s when Tacoma was still figuring out what kind of city to be, Don Wolford knew exactly who he was. He became a longtime Tacoma businessman, married his longtime girlfriend, had a child and scored a beachfront property.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | A glimpse of Gig Harbor in the 1970s
Jun 16, 2025Greg Spadoni compares scenes from “Hit,” the movie filmed in Gig Harbor, with current-day photos of the same locations.
Two in Tow & On the Go | Tacoma’s Mountaineer Tree is a giant of the forest
Jun 13, 2025The Mountaineer Tree is an approximately 218-foot-tall living legend that’s called Tacoma home since the 1500s.