Submitted by John Burns, Lakewood. The Lakewood City Council, on Monday, August 19 at 7 pm, will decide whether or not to sell a city-owned public use lakefront parcel on Steilacoom Lake. Two adjacent Homeowners have petitioned to purchase this valuable public property. I have conducted an examination of city documents related to the Steilacoom […]
Panda Express Opens Spanaway Location
Panda Express celebrated the grand opening of its newest location in Spanaway with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony with members of the Tacoma-Pierce Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, August 15, and the first lucky 88 guests received a free Panda Express branded t-shirt. Located in Spanaway at 20321 Mountain Highway East, the new Panda Express location […]
Letter: We need more deterrence on people who commit crime
Submitted by Danny Housden. I moved up here seven years ago from Lewis County. I have never seen so much crime. I am appalled but do respect our local law enforcement. I really think we could stop a lot of crime 😔 if we had the right prosecutors that would seek tougher penalties so when […]
Tacoma’s Slavonian American Society invites Old Town and beyond to Tall Tales
Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma announcement. Old Town Tacoma invites Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma audience and all others to hear the surprising history of Tacoma’s first neighborhood: Tall Tales from Tacoma’s Old Town a series on the 4th Thursdays at Slavonian Hall, 7:00pm, 2306 N 30th Street, Tacoma. The next in the series is Thursday, […]
Obituary Notices – August 15, 2024
Mountain View Funeral Home: Darlene Feller; Ludwig Zachariah Kurian; Finau Moananu; Marilee Anne Titus. Fir Lane Memorial Park: Brian R. Goings. Scott Funeral Home: Dione Alexander. Scanlin Cremation & Burial: Eddie Lee Washington.
Friends of the Lakewood Library Donation Dropoff, August 17
Submitted by Robert Estrada. In preparation for the October 18 and 19 book sales, donation drop off dates are the Saturdays of August 17, and September 21. Please bring your donations to the back parking lot of St, Mary’s Episcopal Church, 10630 Gravelly Lake Dr SW, Lakewood, from 11am to 1PM. In addition to books, […]
The Northwest Seaport Alliance Recognized as Top-Performing Port in Logistics Management’s Quest for Quality Awards
The Northwest Seaport Alliance announcement. The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) is proud to be recognized as the top-performing port on the West Coast in the 41st Annual Quest for Quality Awards, conducted by Logistics Management (LM). This prestigious recognition highlights the NWSA’s exceptional performance in delivering world-class port services. The Quest for Quality Awards is […]
Obituary Notices – August 14, 2024
Mountain View Funeral Home: Yon Hui Carter; Richard Dunbar; Lillian I Lupo; Marlon Rochelle Riley; Steven Sorensen.
The Steilacoom Historical Community Garden, Yesterday and Today
Submitted by Steilacoom Historical Community Garden. What a bloomin’ difference 11 months make. The first photo shows 2402 B. St in Cherrydale Park, Steilacoom on Sept. 18, 2023, less than two weeks after the Town of Steilacoom offered the garden this space where an abandoned water-well pumping station once stood. The second was snapped a […]