Mayor Ron Frederick and DuPont resident Larry Metzler, Captain, USN (Ret), have been invited to travel on a special San Diego Honor Flight to Washington D.C., April 26-28. This is a first of its kind Honor Flight as it includes only Navy Veterans who participated in Naval Special Warfare combat operations during the Vietnam War. […]
Letter: Loving in the Rain
“Singin’ in the Rain” was the centerpiece of the film by that title (1952) in which Gene Kelly memorably dances to the song “while splashing through puddles during a rainstorm in California.” “Why am I smilin’ and why do I sing?Why does December seem sunny as Spring?Why do I get up each morning to startAnd get […]
Letter: Lakewood – Sometimes It’s The Small Things
Submitted by KM Hills. I enjoy water features. For years, I have enjoyed watching koi glide through the water, as a waterfall makes a relaxing splashing sound. Some of you may recognized a few of the Lakewood water features in the included pictures. For me the most iconic Lakewood water feature is the fountain on […]
Daytime closure scheduled for SR 7 ramp to southbound I-5
TACOMA – People who use the State Route 7 on-ramp to southbound I-5 in Tacoma will want to plan additional travel time Wednesday, April 24. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Washington Department of Transportation maintenance crews will close the ramp. During the closure, travelers will detour via northbound I-705, SR 509 and southbound I-705. […]
Letter: To The Hearing Examiner
Submitted by Claudia Riiff Finseth. Please, protect the waterat the heart of our community—The Spanaway Marsh may mean little to some,but not to us. It is our arterial blood,our breath, our home. We are done with the hundred-year destructionof filled-in wetlands, re-routed streams,toxic human pollution and buildings too closeto these arteries of life. We are […]
Choir Dessert Auction
Submitted by SHS Music Boosters. Join us Friday, May 3 from 6-8:30 p.m. for an evening of musical theater-themed entertainment by the Steilacoom High School Choirs. Dinner provided by Sodexo (menu below). Following dinner, donated desserts will be auctioned off, along with reserved seating at the end-of-the-year choir concert. Menu:Penne with Marinara or Pesto Alfredo […]
2024 Fireworks Display
Summer in Steilacoom wouldn’t be the same without our Fourth of July celebrations and fireworks. Most people assume the Town of Steilacoom pays for what many have called the best fireworks show in the south Puget Sound area. Nope – It’s funded by YOU! Each year the Steilacoom Citizens Fireworks Committee organizes and fund […]
Cirque Park’s Future Discussed at Community Meeting
Members of the U.P. community were presented with a variety of visions for the future of Cirque Park at an April 11 meeting in the City Council Chambers. Representatives of ARC Architects, the firm hired by the City to help identify ways to improve Cirque Park, shared sketches of potential enhancements based on feedback from […]
Volunteer Profile: Brittney Polly, Wildlife Champions Assistant
Second graders at Arlington Elementary School got decked out in matching blue coats. There were excited giggles and chatter as they prepared to leave their classroom and venture into their South Tacoma neighborhood park for hands-on learning. “Miss Brittney, can you help me with my jacket?” one child asked. “Me, too,” others chimed in. Miss […]