City of Lakewood announcement. The city of Lakewood is celebrating a recent announcement by U.S. Rep. Marilyn Strickland that she secured $2.5 million in federal funding for a city road project that will bring dramatic improvements to Lakewood’s International District. Strickland’s office announced this week that Lakewood was one of 14 South Sound communities to receive funding […]
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Sounder trains available for Seahawks vs. New York Jets
Sound Transit announcement. Seattle sports fans can save on travel time, parking and gas by taking Sound Transit’s popular Sounder trains to this weekend’s Seahawks game. Special Sounder service is in addition to regular Link light rail, ST Express and King County Metro service to and from Lumen Field. The special service will be available […]
Lakewood Playhouse Auditions
Lakewood Playhouse announcement. Lakewood Playhouse will host auditions for Much Ado About Nothing on January 3 and 4 (starting at 7 pm). Performances will be March 3-26. Much Ado About Nothing, written by William Shakespeare and directed by Scott Campbell. Gender neutral casting. All BIPOC Actors are strongly encourages to audition. Lakewood Playhouse is located […]
Letter: Where Dreams Come True
When the tasks for the day are done and I return home, wearily tossing my coat over a chair, I look across the room to where she awaits my reading of another chapter in the novels of Harold Bell Wright. “Set amid the grandeur and the beauty of these vast deserts, lonely skies and wild […]
Day Island Residents Battle Rising Tides
West Pierce Fire & Rescue announcement. On Tuesday morning, residents on Day Island in University Place found many of their homes with water inside due to the king tides rising from Puget Sound. Fortunately, there were no injuries or rescues necessary. West Pierce Fire & Rescue (WPFR) responded to a service call on Day Island, […]
2022; the Year in Release
Submitted by Chas. Ames. Not much early in the year (compared to the last). Then at the end of February, Russian president-for-life Putin coincidentally orders military exercises at the border of Ukraine, which, coincidentally becomes an invasion, sorry, “special military operation.” Now let’s see, who signed The Budapest Memorandum… Putin attacked hospitals and orphanages and […]
System outage still impacting City of Lakewood
City of Lakewood announcement. We continue to experience an outage with our email. Phones are operational, but we aren’t receiving emails at this time. If you need to reach someone at the city, please call them.
Winter Classes for 2023 Announced for Aspiring Actors
Registration is open! Introducing “Pay-what-you-can” tuition. LIT (LAKEWOOD INSTITUTE OF THEATRE) is dedicated to making theatre and theatrical education accessible to all, and is open to all those who wish to participate in a class/camp/workshop regardless of their family’s financial situation. This quarter our after-school production camps will be offered at a sliding scale to […]
Thank You
Submitted by Barlow Buescher. I want to express heartfelt thanks to Ben and all who help him make The Suburban Times a valuable resource to our communities. I love starting each day with the edification and sense of community the publication provides.