The City of Lakewood started a Neighborhood Connections Leadership Group to help guide the creation of new Neighborhood Associations in Lakewood. The group meets monthly to identify key priorities for Lakewood residents and to help facilitate information sharing and conversation between residents and city officials. The group created a draft map identifying neighborhoods and potential […]
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Notice of Planning Commission Public Hearing
The City of Lakewood, WA Planning Commission will be holding a public hearing for the 2025 Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map Amendment docket list on April 2 at 6:30 pm. All persons may submit written comments about the amendments no later than noon on April 2, or testify in-person or virtually during the public hearing. […]
In the Book Nook with … Cyndi L. Stuart
Author Cyndi L. Stuart from Harstine Island in South Puget Sound, Washington, just recently sold an artisan farm in Puyallup where she and her husband ran a small nursery and pottery studio. After years spent as a garden speaker and horticultural writer, she now teaches an online continuing education class, The Journey from Idea to […]
Lakewood student receives graduate degree from Adams State University
Submitted by Adams State University. Adams State University, Alamosa, Colo., awarded Tracey Reynolds, Lakewood, received a Master of Science in Kinesiology/Sport Administration during the Fall 2024 Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 12, in Plachy Hall. Adams State awarded 111 undergraduate degrees including 28 associates; 45 Bachelor of Arts; 38 Bachelor of Science; and 29 post […]
Kiwanis of Clover Park Presents: 16th Annual Cops vs. Teachers Charity Basketball Game & Silent Auction, April 18
Submitted by Baron Coleman. Join us for a night of excitement, community, and heartfelt remembrance at the 16th Annual Cops vs. Teachers Charity Basketball Game and Silent Auction, hosted by the Kiwanis of Clover Park. This cherished event brings together residents of Lakewood and beyond to celebrate community spirit, honor our first responders, and support […]
Pierce College selected to India-U.S. Partnership Lab
LAKEWOOD, WASH. – Pierce College is proud to announce our selection to the inaugural India-U.S. Partnership Lab, a cohort-based program launched by the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) designed to establish sustained partnerships between U.S. and Indian higher education institutions to create a workforce to address growing challenges that transcend national borders. The Partnership […]
Letter: There Is a Place
Looking back down on the way I had come I knew the return would be tough. What got me here was going to be repeated. What goes up must come down. But for now, I rested. The view stretched forever. A snow-covered mountain glistened. The sky was eternally blue. A range of steep, forested hills […]
Local students named to dean’s list at Washington University in St. Louis
Submitted by Washington University in St. Louis. The following students have been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2024 semester at Washington University in St. Louis. Lakewood’s David Duong is enrolled in the university’s McKelvey School of Engineering. To qualify for the Dean’s List in the McKelvey School of Engineering, students must earn […]
Crime continues its decline in Lakewood
Police Chief Patrick D. Smith shared the Lakewood Police Department’s annual report and year-end 2024 crime summary with the Lakewood City Council at its March 10 meeting. Overall, the city saw its total crime rate drop 19% compared to 2023. This was the largest drop in crime in the last two years. In 2023 crime […]