Upcoming Meetings: Council Meeting – April 14, 2020, at 6:30 PM at Town Hall.Planning Commission – April 13, 2020 at 6:30 PM at Town Hall.Civil Service Commission – May 7, 2020 at 2:00 PM at the Community Center.Preservation and Review Board – April 22, 2020 at 6:30 PM at Town Hall. … [Read more...]
City Manager’s Weekly Bulletin, March 27, 2020
Read the Lakewood City Manager’s (John Caulfield) March 27, 2020 Info Bulletin to the Mayor and City Council online by clicking here. … [Read more...]
Comcast/Xfinty Offers Free Entertainment for WA Resident
Submitted by Comcast. Comcast on Thursday made the on demand catalogs from a series of premium networks and subscription video on demand (SVOD) services available for its Xfinity X1 and Flex customers to enjoy starting with SHOWTIME, EPIX, CuriosityStream, HISTORY Vault, Grokker Yoga Fitness & Wellbeing, The Reading Corner and DOGTV. … [Read more...]
45 new Pierce County COVID-19 cases reported March 27
We confirmed 45 new cases of COVID-19 in Pierce County, bringing our total to 231. We also confirmed 1 new death in Pierce County, bringing our total to 5. The University of Washington virology lab and the state Public Health Laboratories have tested 4,310 of our residents. More private labs are coming on line, which will add to testing capacity. Each day by 2 p.m., we post an updated COVID-19 … [Read more...]
American Lake Closed to Fishing
"Beginning at midnight March 25 and lasting until at least 5 p.m. on April 8, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is closing recreational fishing statewide in response to the governor's order to 'Stay Home, Stay Healthy' and limit the spread of coronavirus." This includes of course Bill's Boathouse in Tillicum where the notice seen below has been posted. … [Read more...]
Die Nibelungen (1924) Film Review
Die Nibelungen (“The Nibelungs”) is a series of two German silent fantasy films released in 1924 based on the epic Germanic poem Nibelungenlied (“The Song of the Nibelungen”), which was written around 1200 AD by an unknown author. It tells the story of a young hero named Siegfried (Paul Richter), son of King Siegmund of Xanten. While learning the art of sword forging from the great blacksmith Mime … [Read more...]
Across the Fence: Jumping the Hurdles
She describes herself as an author and filmmaker, but she is wearing so many more hats – from grip to screenwriter and performer, from puppeteer and sword fighter to caring pet sitter. Let me stick to her first two, though, because that is as whom I met Jolene Loraine for the first time last fall. And even then, she made my jaw drop just at the number of novels in her “Night Hawk” series she has … [Read more...]
Classy Chassis lives up to name “Classy”
Submitted by Jerri Ecclestone, Lakewood. Here's one for y'all. Kudos to the folks from Classy Chassis. I'm very sick. Dr sent a script to the pharmacy to be delivered the following morning. That didn't happen. Choices were wait for it be mailed or find someone to go personally to pick it up for me from the downtown Kaiser Permanente pharmacy in Tacoma, then drive it back to Lakewood for me. … [Read more...]
Dickey's BBQ Pit – Restaurant Review Tacoma
Over the years since I first dined at Dickey's BBQ we have bought holiday dinners to donate to various non-profits in the community and purchased certificates as Christmas presents for friends and relatives. Dickey's is easy to work with and they have such delicious food. They have a great variety of meats available, but my favorite has to be their brisket. I usually request two containers when I … [Read more...]
University Place Police Chief’s Corner
You may have seen in the State of Emergency Declaration that the City released last week that our administrative offices are now closed to the public due to the COVID-19 outbreak. But in all honesty, that’s about the only change we have made to our regular routines. … [Read more...]