Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on our blessings and to share memories with our loved ones. During this holiday season and throughout life’s journey, we are here to help provide you and your family with services, benefits, and information about our programs. Social Security is more than just a retirement program. We provide services […]
Obituary Notices – November 23, 2024
New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Victoria Lee Shilley. Mountain View Funeral Home: Arthur R. Graveseth; Sonny Mitchell Smith.
Becoming reality
Submitted by Bruce Dammeier, Executive. Grabbing a shovel and helping turn the dirt that will become the Good Neighbor Village was a fantastic way to begin the holiday season. We are a week away from the day our nation sets aside to be thankful for the many blessings we enjoy. However, for the men and […]
Pierce Prairie Post: Good Neighbor Village breaks ground, construction begins
SPANAWAY – A pair of stories on the Pierce Prairie Post detail the Nov. 21, 2024 invitation-only groundbreaking for the Good Neighbor Village and the start of construction activities. “Good Neighbor Village, the village of tiny homes that the Tacoma Rescue Mission and the Pierce County Executive’s office are trying to build in Spanaway, had a groundbreaking today, November […]
Lakewood City Manager November 22 Info Bulletin
Read the Lakewood City Manager’s (John Caulfield) November 22 Info Bulletin to the Mayor and City Council online by clicking here.
Steilacoom Town Administrator November 22 Report to Council
Read the Town of Steilacoom Administrator’s November 22 report to the Town Council by clicking here.
Singing Handel’s Messiah brought me joy in a difficult time
Submitted by Sylvia Allen. Ours is a military family and like most military families, we moved many times over our combined 40 years of activity duty and civilian careers. And as most military families will tell you, some moves are definitely easier than others. Our move to Washington in 1983 was a particularly bad one: […]
Let’s Talk! – A Snoring Dog
Are you ready to switch off your screens and ponder or discuss another writing/conversation prompt from my friend Tyrean Martinson’s book? Here’s my take on it. Having no dog of my own, I have only ever experienced watching other people’s sleeping dogs. I’m not sure that I ever heard any of them snore. I remember […]
Local Author Susanne Bacon at SHMA Holiday Store
Have you got all your Christmas gifts and decorations yet? If you have only started (just like I), you will definitely want to check out the Steilacoom Historical Museum’s Holiday Store for some wonderful and unique items. And, maybe, for some cozy mystery book for the bookworms among your loved ones. On Sunday, November 24, […]