New Tacoma Cemeteries and Funeral Home: Willie Arlandus Baylis; Jeralee Helen Folsom (Weston); Dorothy Louise Loveless. Edwards Memorial Funerals Homes, Chapels and Crematories: Jackie J Bentz. Mountain View Funeral Home: Merlin “Mack” R McKenzie. Gaffney Funeral Home: Leonard James Laudadio.
Hope, dignity and purpose
Pierce County Executive, Bruce Dammeier announcement. This last Wednesday I delivered my annual State of County Address at the Steilacoom Town Hall. I was honored to be joined by Nisqually Tribal Chairman Willie Frank III, Bobby Whitener from the Squaxin Tribe, Judges Tim Ashcraft and Kevin McCann, Auditor Linda Farmer, Council Chair Ryan Mello, Councilmembers Dave […]
Steilacoom Town Administrator March 17 Report to Council
Read the Town of Steilacoom Administrator’s March 17 report to the Town Council by clicking here.
Nighttime train and track testing will start up as early as next week
Sound Transit announcement. Most of the civil construction is complete, with N. I Street and Yakima Avenue restoration being the largest activity along the alignment. Testing will start up at night next week, so expect a rolling traffic control effect, along with vehicles, equipment and crews throughout the Hilltop Tacoma Link Extension area. Also, the […]
Meet Trista Duval – Artistic Director of Centerstage Theatre
Written by Peg Doman. When I first talked over the phone with Trista, I realized she was one of the most energic and vivacious person I’ve ever met. She talks quickly; after all, she has so much information to share. I asked her how she got into theatre arts: grade school plays, high school or […]
Letter: Do You Feel You Are Being Overtaxed?
Submitted by Spanaway Concerned Citizens Group. Do you feel you are being overtaxed? On March 21, 2023, at 3 pm, the Pierce County Council is meeting to approve Proposed Ordinance No. 2022-81s. An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Levying an Additional Sales and Use Tax of One-Tenth of One Percent for Housing and Related […]
Letter: The Red Helmet, Part II
The baseball players of the Clover Park High School Timberwolves take the field today for the first game of their 2023 season. The Lil’ Crushers t-ball team from Tillicum also step onto the diamond today for their first ever opportunity to play organized baseball. Like the connection between a 74 mile per hour fastball and […]
Partners for Parks Announces Historic H-Barn Restoration Project
Partners for Parks announcement. One of Lakewood’s most historic buildings, the H-Barn at Fort Steilacoom Park, is preparing to undergo a major restoration designed to benefit the entire Lakewood community and beyond. Partners for Parks, a nonprofit focused on enhancing the quality of life for Lakewood residents, is launching a fundraising project to support a $7.5 million […]
In the Book Nook with … J.D. Howard
Author J.D. Howard, among others a retired real estate broker, was born in West Seattle but grew up in Everett during the 60s/70s; he currently lives in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains north of Monroe, WA. He started writing poetry in high school in the early 70s and published his first novel of now […]