Submitted by Sgt. Charles Porche, Lakewood Police. On Monday January 22 just prior to 7:00pm, Lakewood Officers were dispatched to multiple reports of shots fired in the 5100 block of Chicago Ave SW. At approximately the same time dispatch also received a call from a female who stated she was driving on Pacific Hwy SW […]
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Lakewold Gardens Wants to Hear from You
Submitted by Susan Warner, Executive Director. As we enter 2024, the Board and staff at Lakewold Gardens are reflecting on the past year–what went well, where we can improve, what we want to build on in the days ahead. As part of this process, we invite you, our Lakewold family of volunteers, supporters, members and guests, to share your […]
2024 Lakewood Baseball Club to Focus on the 3 AAA’s
Submitted by Paul Nimmo. Three A’s? Lakewood Baseball Club (LBC) is striving to keep Baseball in Lakewood Accessible, Affordable and Alive. Registration for the 2024 season of Baseball is now open. LBC has been serving the community since 1991 and strives to instill in our youth the belief in good sportsmanship, honesty, loyalty and a […]
Letter: Salamanders In Your Boots
By David Anderson, with a splashing puddle full of thanks to Marloes Deeterink. What is it about puddles and raindrops, blue rubber boots with green frog designs, and yellow rain jackets with hoods not up that beg for a leap-flying, pigtails-scattering, peals-of-laughter-the-air-splitting, water-and-mud-splattering (them and us and the camera lens) kersploosh that is so beautifully, and […]
Clover Park Rotarians Host Annual Fundraising Event
Clover Park Rotary is bringing back one of our most exciting FUNdraisers on March 8th, 2024! CPRI (Clover Park Rotary Invitational) is a raffle style game board with 100 spots. Some are winners – and some are losers. There are fun prizes from gift cards to wine to cold hard cash – with the top […]
Letter: Beachwood Elementary School: Successful within a failing Clover Park School District
Submitted by John Arbeeny, LakewoodCARES.org. Each week as a public service Lakewood CARES will be providing the real academic situation in response schools highlighted in the Suburban Times by Clover Park School District (CPSD). This is data you will not find elsewhere on the CPSD website, Board meeting agendas or “Inside Schools”. This week’s CPSD […]
Letter: Need To Get Away?
If you are planning on visiting Mount Rainier this summer, you’re going to need a reservation according to the National Park Service. Evidently there are too many people all at once wanting to get away from it all only to discover everybody else does too. Where do you go when your heart is overwhelmed, when […]
January 2024 Business Showcase: Veterans Roofing
Veterans Roofing started in Lakewood 14 years ago, but owner Jose Gonzales is a life-long Lakewood resident. He graduated from Clover Park School District schools and chose to return to Lakewood to start his business. An Army veteran, Gonzales wanted to name his company something that reflected not only his values and experience, but those […]
Lavinia Hart, actress, director, beloved cousin & friend, leaving Lakewood for Los Angeles
As a youngster my grandmother, Mary Lavinia Coker, traveled from Texas to New Mexico with her family in a covered wagon. As an adult she moved on to Oklahoma where she married and gave birth to twins, Lavinia and Virginia. Her husband abandoned her and the children and went to Hollywood, where he thought he […]