A near capacity crowd of 140 filled Steilacoom Town Hall (above) Thursday, Oct. 28, to hear candidates for Congress and the state legislature discuss issues. Hosted by the Steilacoom Chamber of Commerce, all six candidates took part. In a show of hands, more than 50 percent of the attendees indicated they had not yet completed […]
Park bathroom underway
Ground preparations are underway for a long-awaited restroom facility near the Playground @ Ft. Steilacoom Park. The pre-fab concrete structure, similar to the restroom located near the baseball fields in the park, is expected to be delivered and installed sometime later in October or early November, according to Lakewood City Parks Director Mary Dodsworth. The […]
Lakewood Historical Society to discuss cemeteries at Tuesday meeting
By Dave Sclair Home of Peace, the Jewish Cemetery at Steilacoom Boulevard and Lakewood Drive, will be one of the four Lakewood cemeteries discussed during the Tuesday program of the Lakewood Historical Society. Held at the Lakewood Library, the program will get underway at 7 pm, is free and open to the public. A panel […]
$900 million all that’s needed to fix I-5
Lakewood Senior Planner Dan Penrose told a Lakewood United audience Thursday morning that a $900 million shortfall stands in the way of correcting the I-5 traffic problems through the city and into JBLM. He said over the next three years the city, state department of transportation and the military will continue studying the problems and […]
Did you know…
Did you know that today’s Lakewood Industrial Park and Clover Park Technical College once was a huge Navy depot where hundreds of tanks, trucks and other military equipment was readied for shipment during World War II? Part of the property later became the industrial park and a portion was turned into Clover Park Tech. The […]
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Concert in the park and farmers market pack them in
The Farmers’ Market and the final Concert in Steilacoom’s Pioneer Park drew a huge crowd Wednesday night to hear the Blues Brothers. This was the ninth and final concert of the year while the Farmers’ Market continues each Wednesday (3-7 pm) until September 8. This was the second year for the market and all indications […]
Lakewold Gardens ‘Picnic with a Purpose’
New Lakewold Garden members enjoyed a “Picnic with a Purpose” Wednesday, Aug. 18 at the gardens as they toured the gardens, enjoyed a light dinner and learned more about the Lakewood facility. A major purpose was to introduce the design for an upscale entry area. A granite slab engraved with Lakewold Gardens is to be […]
The Bair is back
If you live in Steilacoom or know anything about the town, you know The Bair has been a central gathering post for many, many years. Unfortunately, the place closed down a couple years ago and only recently was it reopened as The Bair Bistro. We stopped in the other day for a late lunch and […]