There’s a memorial pool near my wife’s gravesite. A meandering stream of water finds its way over moss covered rocks and drops into the pool causing tremulous reflections on the surface. As a modernist painter might sweep with purposefully erratic and bold strokes of his brush, the vibrancy of daffodils and trees become abstract splashes […]
Lakewood
City of Lakewood Public Briefing on Tax Increment Finance Area
Notice is hereby given that a public briefing will be held by the City of Lakewood on Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. to review a proposed Tax Increment Finance area within the City of Lakewood. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. If you would like to provide virtual Public Comment during the meeting, […]
Lakewood Rotary Club Presents 2nd Annual Wine & Beer Festival: An Evening of Community, Cuisine, and Charity
The Lakewood Rotary Club is thrilled to announce the return of its highly anticipated event, the 2nd Annual Wine & Beer Festival, set to take place on April 27, 2024, at the McGavick Center. After the resounding success of last year’s inaugural festival, the Lakewood Rotary Club is proud to invite members of the public […]
Letter: Through Fire and Flood
Life is sometimes like going through fire and flood, which is to say, desperate circumstances and grief sometimes, many times, join us as uninvited traveling companions. Our husband leaves, in fact maybe he was not really present even when home. Our wife dies, and though the pleasant memories do indeed come flooding back, so do […]
The Lakewood City Council March 30 Meeting Agenda
The Lakewood City Council will hold a Retreat on March 30 (8:30 AM). Access the agenda and access instructions here. Topics of discussion include: Downtown Center-Park and Uses, 2024 Comprehensive Plan, City City, H-Barn, and more.
Letter: More apartments for Gravelly Lake Drive by the mall and high school
I’m reaching out for anyone who lives in the area of Gravelly Lake Drive as pictured in the map. I’m looking for you! Or if you know someone who lives in this area, please alert them. You might also want to read this if you are interested in the main Lakewood Library. The City of […]
Lakewood Police Department program supports Lakewood’s most vulnerable
Lakewood Police Department Officer Savannah Brown was recently featured on the Lakewood Police Department’s social media for taking initiative to support some of our most vulnerable residents: Children experiencing trauma. Officer Brown proposed and then established a program to provide Lakewood police officers the tools they need to support children they help when called to […]
Letter: Twice Upon a Time
How will your life’s story end? What if, in the admittedly unknown time you have left, you had a wish-come-true opportunity to live life, if not all over again, at least fully, ‘twice upon a time,’ not just once? What would you do differently? Who might you love passionately? How would your new-found life change […]
21st annual Easter Egg Hunt serves 250+
Submitted by Eric Warn. More than 250 Lakewood underserved children and parents participated in the Caring for Kids/Lakewood First Lions Club 21st annual Easter Egg hunt at Springbrook Park near Joint Base Lewis McCord on Saturday, March 23. In addition to Easter egg buckets, the children received hot dogs and chips, drinks, crayons, pencils and coloring […]