New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Yvette Marie Miller; Charlotte Ann Shaw; Josephine Weiss; Irene Schafer Willmann; Madeleine Marcel Fabel; Bryan Michael Campanoli. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Anthony Joseph Milas; Rosetta Sepich; Monroe James Summers III; Pamela Earline Reed. Mountain View Funeral Home: Kiwan Calvin Brown; William Clowney; Michael G. Meines. Powers Funeral […]
Pierce Transit introduces expanded Runner service
A press release from Pierce Transit. On Sept. 1, Pierce Transit resumed Runner service in the Ruston/Point Defiance area and began new Runner service to the Tideflats/Port of Tacoma area. These services and “JBLM Runner” service between Lakewood and JBLM are operating under the Pierce Transit Runner brand. Pierce Transit recognizes the need for innovative […]
DuPont’s Deputy Chief of Police to Retire
Submitted by City of DuPont. City of DuPont Deputy Chief of Police Ted DeHart has announced his retirement effective August 31st, 2021. Deputy Chief DeHart was appointed as the Deputy Chief in May 2019 after 27 years with the Washington State Patrol (WSP), departing there as a sergeant. “We were very lucky to have Ted […]
Overhead catenary wire installation on Martin Luther King Jr. Way from S. 16th St. to S. 8th St.
A press release from Sound Transit. Crews will install catenary wires over the tracks along the route on MLK Jr. Way from S. 16th St to S. 8th St. This work begins on Monday, Aug 30 and runs through Thursday, September 23. This work will be completed at night from 9pm-6am and in most of […]
Letter: CPSD – Office365
I recently read a Suburban Times letter from a Candyce Hernandez. It’s about an email she sent to CPSD which was quarantined and sent to a spam folder. I read the response she posted which she stated came from Superintendent Banner which explained… since CPSD was hacked they are now using Office365 and the software […]
Lakewood United back at Burs Sep. 2
An announcement from Lakewood United. After more than a year, Lakewood United is back in action this week. Sep. 2 – “Lakewood United Celebrates 25 years of City Hood” – Mary Dodsworth and Linda Farmer (Kris Kauffman – MC) The Lakewood United meets on Thursdays at 7 AM at Burs Restaurant (6151 Steilacoom Boulevard SW, Lakewood). […]
Siblings share Puyallup Fair memories
A story submitted by Tim J. Marsh. Mayo Marsh, Clover Park High Class of 1962, and her brother, Tim Marsh, Lakes High Class of 1966, “talk” about some of their common experiences growing up in Lakewood. MAYO: We both matriculated in the Clover Park School District. I went to kindergarten and first grade before we […]
Jim Meck – THE PIANO MAN – Pedestrian Serenades & Musical Gigs
I first heard of Jim Meck, The Piano Man, while having coffee with this wife, Kimberly at The Spar Tavern Coffee Shop in “Old Town” (Tacoma, Washington). We were discussing video production for the Alliance of People with disAbilities, but I was equally interested in her Piano Man, Jim. My mother took me screaming and […]
FAB Evening Film on October 8, Edge of Your Seat Thriller
An announcement from Phil Raschke. On Friday, 8 October the annual Film, Art and Book (FAB) fest will present the exciting thriller “Sicario, Day of the Soldato”. This edge of your seat thriller involves an attempt by the U.S. to kidnap the young daughter of a Mexican drug cartel chief. The kidnapping is planned to […]