The most curious coincidences create lasting impressions and terminology. In 1856, in a German valley between the towns of Erkrath and Mettmann, Italian lime miners excavated bones that looked as if belonging to a human skeleton. The valley’s name was Neandertal – back then written as Neanderthal –, pronounced nay-‘under-tul, which means valley of Neander. […]
Buffalo Soldiers Visit DuPont Historical Museum
Submitted by DuPont Historical Society. The DuPont Historical Society and Museum invite you to a fun history event for the entire family. Reenactors from Buffalo Soldiers of Seattle will share living history from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. at Robinson Park, adjacent to the museum. A permanent Buffalo Soldier exhibit at the DuPont Historical Museum was […]
Pierce Transit Offers Free Express Service to JBLM Air Show
Pierce Transit is proud to provide express bus service to and from the 2023 Joint Base Lewis-McChord Airshow & Warrior Expo on Saturday, July 15 and Sunday, July 16. The 2023 JBLM Airshow & Warrior Expo is free and open to the general public. It’s Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s way of thanking the Puget Sound community […]
Tacoma ranked as top place to live by “The Today Show”
Tacoma was ranked one of the top five places to live by NBC’s “The Today Show,” which comes as no to surprise to the people who live here. The rankings were released Monday and compiled by Frances Katzen, a real estate broker with Douglas Elliman Real Estate. Considered “booming” cities seeing the most growth in […]
Summer Brings Preventative Road Maintenance to University Place
The City of University Place contracts with Pierce County Street crews to apply chip seal on streets in four U.P. neighborhoods beginning July 26. Seal coating will be applied the following week. Chip sealing involves laying asphalt oil and rock over the existing road to seal the surface. Chip sealing can extend a roadway’s service […]
Movie Night – Ring of Fire
Join Tacoma Historical Society for snacks and a FREE showing of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s 1961 film Ring of Fire on July 21, 2023 at 6 pm at the THS Museum (406 Tacoma Ave S). In this thrilling train adventure, two sheriff deputies arrest three teenagers for robbery but are overpowered and taken hostage while forest fires rage all around […]
Obituary Notices – July 13, 2023
Mountain View Funeral Home: Imogene Eustella Kady. Powers Funeral Home: Richard Norman Curran. Hill Funeral Home: Yvonne Ray Bentley/Richardson; Cynthia L Miller. Week’s Dryer Mortuary: Jeannette Marie (Finney) Esser.
Carts for Kids raises $120,000 (and counting) for Mary Bridge Children’s
Submitted by Kortney Scroger. In March 2021, Mary Bridge Children’s announced a new and unique partnership with Waste Connections (locally known as Murrey’s Disposal and LeMay Pierce County Refuse) – a Mary Bridge Children’s inspired recycle cart. With a $200 donation, customers within the service area could complete a form to request a special purple […]
Music Man at Tacoma Musical Playhouse – Review
By Don and Peggy Doman and Lavinia Hart. We got our tickets and waited in the lobby for seating. An old friend came over and asked “Is this the actress?” We had kept after my cousin Lavinia Hart to join us for The Music Man. We introduced the two of them. As an actress, director, […]