Gig Harbor News

I left on vacation Sept. 24, and it was still summer in Gig Harbor. I returned on Oct.

Hundreds of trick-or-treaters, big and small, scurried about the streets of downtown Gig Harbor on Saturday during the annual Trick or Treat in the Harbor event.

Gig Harbor Academy students held flags from a variety of Hispanic countries last Wednesday as part of the school's third annual Global Hispanic Festival.

Gig Harbor Chiropractic and Massage has found a way to give back to the community in a couple of ways.A From November 2-November 25, they are offering FREE spinal scan, exam, and X-Rays for all new clients!A All you need to do is bring in a bag of non-perishable food to be donated to the FISH Food bank.A What a win-win deal!A You get a several ...

Each year at Thanksgiving time, several Gig Harbor residents in need get doorbell ditched by the Thanksgiving Basket Brigade.A Volunteers from all over Gig Harbor get together, help assemble Thanksgiving baskets of food, clothes, and any other items of need, then head out to families in need, set the basket on the doorstep, ring and run!A If you're ...

Looking at home sales in Gig Harbor can be confusing at times.A Statistics can be twisted and presented in many different ways, not giving a misleading look at the market but various perspectives.A Below are a few charts that were shared with me that I found interesting.A Break downs of the various Gig Harbor zip codes , with waterfront home sales ...

Former Gig Harbor police Sgt. Matt Dougil returned to work Monday after being reduced in rank and suspended for four weeks for violating department policy, Chief Mike Davis announced in a news release.

With a thud, the City of Gig Harbor's 2010 preliminary budget was released at this Monday's City Council meeting.

Along with ranked choice voting, local voters also will decide the fate of two other proposed changes to the county charter: Proposed Charter Amendment 1 would give the county executive and council members more time in office.

From its beginnings as a fishing and boat-building village, Gig Harbor has been one of the most distinctive and picturesque communities in Washington.

Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble. - Shakespeare 'Macbeth' Howl for Halloween! I love it.

A developer filed a $15 million claim against Gig Harbor and its City Council this afternoon, contending they unnecessarily delayed construction of an affordable housing project for more than two years.

Another great fall in Gig Harbor seems to be on its way out.A The leaves are dropping and the bare trees show that winter is on its way.A I took my daughter and doggy on a nice walk through Canterwood the other day and got a few nice fall photos, and took some other pictures at the Chum Festival a week or so ago.A Any nice fall photos of Gig Harbor ...

These pilots are demonstrating an underrated skill of the modern flight-jockey: consciousness.

Vernon Young, president and founder of EnviroCorps, picks up a discarded plastic bag on the corner of 54th Street and Gustafson Drive last Wednesday.

Usually when the mother of a defendant gives a tearful plea in court, it's to ask for the judge's mercy.

The Gig Harbor Symphony Orchestra clarinet trio, left to right, Bryan Buchanan, Rebecca Stay and Kathleen Farrington, practice at Buchanan's Gig Harbor home for Saturday's concert.

Cottesmore of Life Care in Gig Harbor is celebrating 40 years of caring for seniors with an open house celebration next week.

A former Washington state man who was convicted of trespassing at an Enumclaw farm where a man was fatally injured while having sex with a horse in 2005 is accused of having sex with animals on a Tennessee farm.

Paradise Theatre has what one might call perfect timing. In 1998, the theater group bought an old home on Peacock Hill that had just landed on the market.