Communities In Schools of Lakewood announcement. Join the Lakewood community as we come together to surround students with a “community of support” and celebrate the 2022 Champions for Youth awards and scholarships – for our annual fundraising breakfast. This year’s annual fundraising breakfast will hosted virtually, LIVE on Zoom. Zoom link will be provided to […]
Lakewood Student Graduates from UW-Madison
Just over 1,800 students received degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison during a commencement ceremony at the Kohl Center on Dec. 19, 2021. The ceremony for doctoral, bachelor’s, master’s and professional graduate marked a sweet return to an in-person celebration at the Kohl Center following a one year pause and a virtual winter commencement in […]
Governor adjusts mask mandate end date
Office of Governor Jay Inslee announcement. In light of new [CDC] guidance and continued decreases in hospitalization rates, WA – along with OR and CA – will be adjusting the timing of our statewide mask requirement to end after March 11. Learn more here. Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department’s Dr. Anthony L-T Chen will lift his […]
Obituary Notices – March 1, 2022
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Armontae Jaylin Greysmith; Patricia Catherine Light. Gaffney Funeral Home: James Joseph Harrison. Week’s Dryer Mortuary: Bruce Thomas Caldwell; Norma Lee (Harris) Coleman. Scott Funeral Home: Syretta Roshona Lorrine Brown.
WSP seeks help to find shooting suspect
Washington State Patrol social media post. Washington State Patrol is looking for witnesses to a potential road rage incident on Southbound I-5 near Bridgeport Way SW on Feb. 27.
Correction: What’s in a name?
I have to confess that there is a typo in the item I sent to The Suburban Times about the upcoming Book Doctors event (Thursday, March 3, 2:00 pm, PST.) The flyer was no sooner in the mail when Lon S. himself pointed out that his name is spelled with a K instead of a […]
Dine Pierce County creative sabbatical
Sometimes retooling is good for the soul. For two years I have invested personal labor in building my dining news website dinepiercecounty.com. It has been a giant effort on my part and I know my labor has benefited small business owners because they tell me so. I love writing about the scrappy underdog. While I have […]
Lakewood’s ‘Secret Garden’
Submitted by Jim Endicott, Kiwanis Club of Clover Park. Did you know that Lakewood has a community garden? Way back in 2013 former Lakewood mayor and current Pierce County Council member Doug Richardson and many of the members of the city council and a few other community leaders attended a ribbon cutting at the opening […]
The Steilacoom Town Council March 1 Meeting Agenda
The Steilacoom Town Council will hold a Regular Meeting on March 1 (6:30 PM). Access the agenda and access instructions here.