“LAKEWOOD, Wash. — A Lakewood man is fighting to keep his home after the city ordered it to be condemned and demolished to make way for a parking lot that’s part of a plan to improve access to Lake Steilacoom. “When Ebrahim Mirjalili first bought his home in 2009, he said he couldn’t move in immediately. […]
Riding my Sears J. C. Higgins bicycle – bought in 1963 at Sears & Roebuck in Lakewood on South Tacoma Way – into the sunset
Story and photos by Tim Marsh, Lakes High Class of 1966. I rode my Sears J. C. Higgins bicycle — bought in 1963 from the Sears catalogue and paid for and picked it up at Sears & Roebuck in Lakewood at 8720 South Tacoma Way at the “U.S. 99 at Lakewood cutoff” – off into […]
March Session Recap
Office of Senator T’wina Nobles announcement. The 2024 legislative session officially ended earlier this month! I’m elated to share our progress with you and want to thank everyone who engaged in the legislative process — our work was made better because of YOU. Scroll down for a recap of what we accomplished in 2024, details for our […]
Pierce County Parks Summer Hiring Expo happening April 3
Pierce County Parks is hosting a Summer Hiring Expo aimed at filling temporary positions within the department. The Expo will be held on Wednesday, April 3, from 3 – 7 p.m. at the Lakewood Community Center, 9112 Lakewood Dr SW in Lakewood. Interested candidates must apply online by March 27th to be scheduled for an […]
Obituary Notices – March 28, 2024
Mountain View Funeral Home: Shane DeSouza; Susanna Hongyee; Ronald E Klapperich. Week’s Dryer Mortuary: Douglas D Carbaugh.
Letter: Senator, you’re no . . .
Submitted by Aaron Arkin. Recently, for two days the entire Town of Steilacoom intermittently lost electric power, leaving me without a hot supper and several hours of free time to contemplate in the dark who knows what or why. It was during one of these meandering states that I began to think about the famous […]
Obituary Notices – March 27, 2024
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Dean Johnson; Tong Suk Om. Mountain View Funeral Home: Dakota Feeney; Myrtle Fredson; Kelly Hite; Kevin Kimbrough; Catherine Kozloff; Ethel Mae Price-Mitchell. Powers Funeral Home: John Frederick Seaman. Gaffney Funeral Home: Kayla Michelle Neujahr; Robert Wesley Jenkins. Scott Funeral Home: Tashylah Michelle Combs. Scanlin Cremation & Burial: Jenny Lynn […]
Letter: More apartments for Gravelly Lake Drive by the mall and high school
Submitted by Walter Neary, Lakewood. I’m reaching out for anyone who lives in the area of Gravelly Lake Drive as pictured in the map. I’m looking for you! Or if you know someone who lives in this area, please alert them. You might also want to read this if you are interested in the main […]
Get Schooled Receives $300,000 Donation from KeyBank To Improve College and Career Access for Underserved Youth
Submitted by KeyBank. TACOMA, Washington – March 22, 2024 —Get Schooled has received a $300,000 grant from KeyBank to further its outreach to first-gen-to-college youth in the Pacific Northwest. Get Schooled provides personalized support along three journeys including helping prepare them to continue their education after high school, throughout the first year of higher-ed, and […]