City of Lakewood social media post. Registration for the City of Lakewood’s upcoming short film festival is filling up fast! Only a few more team registration slots are open.
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Lakewood to Form Ad Hoc Committee to Review Tree Preservation Code
Committee to represent diverse stakeholder perspectives; those interested have 30 days to apply. Lakewood, Wash. – The City of Lakewood will convene an ad hoc committee to review current tree preservation code and prescribe revisions to be considered by the Lakewood City Council. The Tree Advisory Ad Hoc Committee will be comprised of up to 13 […]
Lakewood City Council Summary: Monday, Dec. 20
City of Lakewood announcement. The final meeting of the year began with public comment and approval of the consent agenda. Notable were the authorization for up to $12.2 million in bonds to be sold to finance capital improvement projects, and the approval of various capital improvements projects to be funded with Transportation Benefit District revenues. The City Council approved […]
What Sound Transit heard during fall engagement
Sound Transit announcement. Sound Transit is improving access to South Tacoma and Lakewood Stations to make Sounder train and regional bus connections more convenient for all. In October 2021, we asked for community input on possible improvements. We hosted an online open house from October 6 – 26 where over 900 people viewed project details […]
Calls for help up in 2021
West Pierce Fire & Rescue social media post. More calls for help in the first 11 months of 2021 compared to all of 2020.
Is snow in our near future?
City of Lakewood social media post. Remember this from 2018? What a beautiful sight.
Wreaths and Flags placed at Old Settlers Cemetery
Submitted by Tom Riggs. Saturday was a wet, windy, frigid day here in Lakewood, but that did not stop Sons of the American Legion Squadron 53, with the help of Brownie Troop 46990, Cub Scout Pack 472, and the JROTC Honor Guard from Lakes High School from honoring the final resting place of Veterans interned […]
Letter: Room for Discussion – The Mascot Matter and What It Has to Do with Education
Submitted by David Anderson and Paul Wagemann. In the December 13, 2021, meeting of the Clover Park School Board, the directors were unanimous in pausing the end-of-year deadline by which to have selected the new mascot of Clover Park High School. As the school board director who initiated this recommendation that the deadline be extended, […]
Kid Life; The Car Cigarette Lighter Circa 1964-ish
The old man was a lifer in the US Army and stationed at Ft Lewis, as such when it was time to get groceries we always went to the Commissary. Mom always did the deed when I was in school, but in the summertime, she drag me with her unless she stopped on the way […]