Pierce County Executive, Bruce Dammeier announcement. While it’s a rather indelicate topic, properly disposing of human waste while on a boat is no laughing matter. Okay, you can giggle a little bit. Back when I was a boy on our sailboat, the marine toilet discharged directly overboard – gross and bad for the Sound! Today, […]
Lakewood City Manager September 9 Info Bulletin
Read the Lakewood City Manager’s (John Caulfield) September 9 Info Bulletin to the Mayor and City Council online by clicking here.
Eastbound Division Ave. and Northbound MLK Jr. Way will open as early as Sept. 9
Sound Transit announcement. Construction activities are occurring throughout the Hilltop Tacoma Link Extension project area that include crews continuing to finish the roadway restoration, working on station finishes, adjusting utilities, paint striping on the street, systems testing, installing crosswalks in various locations along the Hilltop Tacoma Link project area. Please allow for extra travel time […]
Steilacoom Town Administrator September 9 Report to Council
Read the Town of Steilacoom Administrator’s September 9 report to the Town Council by clicking here.
Letter: At least 2× rent and no evictions?
Submitted by Gary Davis. It’s wonderful news that we are building more “Low-income Housing” in Pierce County. However, if you must make at least 2× the amount of rent, and cannot have any evictions on your rental history, then it doesn’t matter how many “low-income” buildings you have. There will never be an end to […]
Tidy-Up Tacoma
City of Tacoma social media post. We collected 3,100+ lbs of garbage & 2,000+ lbs of vegetation debris in August through the Tidy-Up #Tacoma initiative. Here are some before & after from the Dome & McKinley Districts and around our welcome signs. More info on this clean up effort http://cityoftacoma.org/tidyup
Across the Fence: First Days of School
Submitted by Susanne Bacon. Labor Day is gone. Here come fall and a new schoolyear. As we are driving through our neighborhood on our way to wherever, we encounter school buses again. Or groups of moms and kids waiting for them either to pick up one of theirs or to drop them off. It makes […]
Anton Dang got his start at Pierce College
Pierce College story. Anton Dang, 23, arrived in the United States from Vietnam with his family at the end of 2018 and beginning of 2019, with little more than dreams for a new future in America. He enrolled in English as a Second Language (ESL) courses at Pierce College, and never looked back. “My first […]
Play To Learn
City of Puyallup announcement. Join the fun as the team from Greentrike (formerly the Children’s Museum of Tacoma) provides activities, songs, and stories. The program is designed for children 6 and under and their families. Registration is required on the Greentrike website. Register here.