Did you miss Mayor Jason Whalen’s Community Coffeehouse this week? Long range planning and special projects manager Tiffany Speir shared information about new housing laws at the state level that will impact housing density in the city. In part, the laws require an increase in “middle housing” types in areas traditionally dedicated to single-family detached […]
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Letter: Awake! Awake!
It is a cry for help. A supplication from the depths of despair, a pouring out of grief even as the skies pour down an onslaught of side-ways driven rain. When? When will there be peace for this troubled heart? And where? Where will I find love again following so great a loss? The appeal […]
The Lakewood City Council Oct. 2 Meeting Agenda
The Lakewood City Council will hold a Regular Meeting on Oct. 2 (7 PM). Access the agenda and access instructions here.
Lakewood City Manager September 29 Info Bulletin
Read the Lakewood City Manager’s (John Caulfield) September 29 Info Bulletin to the Mayor and City Council online by clicking here.
In the Book Nook with … Jennifer Nightingale
Author Jennifer Nightingale grew up in Seattle, Washington, has explored beaches and bays from British Columbia all the way to Northern California, and has been living in Astoria, Oregon, at the mouth of the Columbia River for seven years now. She has worked in various administrative capacities in the healthcare industry for over thirty years […]
The Rotary Club of Lakewood – A Year in Review
Submitted by David Swindale. Rotary Clubs operate on an annual budget and club presidents serve one-year terms from July to July. Jason Whalen, Mayor of the City of Lakewood served as our club president from July 2022 to July 2023. During his tenure the club spent $98,813. for local, regional, and global programs and projects […]
Pierce County Manufacturing Day Expo
Head to Clover Park Technical College on Oct. 5, 2023 from 1-5 p.m. to learn about new frontiers in manufacturing. This includes automation, robotics, instrumentation and process control, and supply chain logistics equipment. While there, meet leaders in the industry and discover how to create, contribute, and connect in this growing sector. Lakewood Mayor Jason Whalen recently issued […]
Apple Squeeze Features Greater Gig Harbor Society Members
Steilacoom’s beloved Apple Squeeze will be back to its full former glory, this year, and – Steilacoom being the Town of Firsts – it will feature another one of these: the first appearance of members of the Greater Gig Harbor Literary Society with a booth of their own. The volunteer-operated 501 (c )(3) non-profit organization […]
Across the Fence: Oktoberfest
They are about to pop up everywhere these days – Oktoberfests. This Germanism is as Bavarian as it gets – the reminiscence of the then future-king Ludwig I of Bavaria’s October wedding to Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Even the venue to which the citizens of Munich were invited is the same historical site today – […]