At the first of Key Peninsula Volunteer Park’s “All-Hallows Harvest Celebration,” despite an on-again-off-again Saturday night drizzle, the spirits of some 30 attendees were not dampened in the least.

Howl for Halloween! I love it. Halloween is so fun in this town. Kids and adults alike use this goofy holiday to express themselves in ways no one can get away with the other 364 days of the year.

The First Saturday Art Walk in Gig Harbor is scheduled for 1 to 5 p.m. this weekend.

Car crash Oct. 17 — Firefighters responded to a one-car injury collision and found a 39-year-old woman up and walking around. She told paramedics that the only injury she received was an abrasion on her arm from the airbag deployment. She was treated at the scene and released.

Car prowl Oct. 9 — A woman called police to report the break in and theft of items from her vehicle parked at a local chain store. The woman had left her door unlocked for the thief to take a jacket, a $20 bill and a MP-3 player from the vehicle. No suspect was known to police who will be reviewing store surveillance recordings in an attempt to identify and nab the suspect.

The moviegoers who were sitting in theater No. 8 Friday night came to watch a cartoon image of a pink panther dance upon the screen.

The two candidates vying for Gig Harbor City Council Position 1 got their chance to meet face-to-face last Thursday to discuss their plans for the city.

The Gig Harbor Peninsula Symphony Orchestra will play on, despite being short a few members. “We’re challenged by not having enough musicians to form an orchestra,” conductor Louie Labayen said. “But we have a strong trumpet section, so we’re highlighting that this season.”

The 15th annual Peninsula Schools Education Foundation fundraising breakfast at Canterwood Golf & Country Club earlier this month was attended by nearly 200 people.

Paul Kadzik likes to know what’s happening in the City of Gig Harbor, and that’s one of the reasons he’s running for another term on the Gig Harbor City Council.

Pressure from a Crescent Valley landowner has forced Pierce County to amend a proposed rezone.

In 1982, Ray and Patricia Vellinga hopped aboard their 41-foot Formosa Ketch sailboat and set out on a voyage through the Mediterranean. The couple, true DINKS — double income, no kids — wanted to spend 1 1/2 years exploring the sea, the ports and the people of the region.

A common societal misconception regarding facial rejuvenation is that the majority are driven by vanity or the idea of re-living or restoring “lost youthfulness.”

Vernon Young of Gig Harbor knows how hard it is to get people to volunteer.

Women dressed to the nines, and men — some in tuxedoes, some retired, some wearing active duty military class A uniforms — comprised about 150 people earlier this month for a Gig Harbor Lions Club roast of war hero Arch Carpenter at Canterwood Golf & Country Club.