This week, K9 Officer Kona officially retired from the Lakewood Police Department. Kona joined LPD in 2019, coming to the city from Slovakia. She was partnered with Officer Anthony Bucat, who trained with her when she first arrived. Together, Bucat and Kona completed 400 hours of training to prepare the two for the work they […]
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Lakewood City Manager March 21 Info Bulletin
Read the Lakewood City Manager’s (John Caulfield) March 21 Info Bulletin to the Mayor and City Council online by clicking here.
Caring for Kids Read Across America
Submitted by Diane Formoso. Read Across America is held every year on March 2. Caring for Kids celebrates by giving out books for students to take home. Once again this year we gave out almost 9,000 books to students from preschool to 3rd grade enrolled in Clover Park, Steilacoom and University Place school districts. We […]
Let’s Talk! – The Worst Commencement Speech
Are you ready to switch off your screens and ponder or discuss another writing/conversation prompt during dinner tonight? You want to know about my thoughts on it? Here’s my take: I have had four commencements in my life, if you will. The first one was after the traditional 13 years from my German grammar school […]
Letter: “Look Where I Am Now!”
The Facetime caller was from nearly 3,000 miles away. The very good friend from what seemed like forever wondered how she was doing. In answer she walked to the window – and later she would do so from the dock – and she turned her phone toward the view. She wanted him to see what […]
Breaking the Silence: Lakewood’s Bold Move on Public Lake Access
It’s time to give the last couple Lakewood City Councils and city staff credit for having more courage than past City Councils. And I say that having served eight years on four different councils myself. (in case you’re wondering about the math – you get a new council every two years after election, even if […]
Letter: Another Road Project, Another Struggle: How Much More Can Small Businesses Take?
Submitted by Sam Ahn. Hi I’m Sam. I’m the son of the owner of the Lucky Food Store on Hipkins Rd (right next to the Jack in the Box). After everything the business endured with the Hipkins Road construction, I never imagined we’d be facing the same nightmare again so soon. But here we are—another […]
Across the Fence: Turner and Turnverein
Have you ever run into a turnverein (pronounce: ‘toorn-fuh-ine) or a turner (pronounce: toornah) over here in the U.S.? The former means gymnastic club, the latter gymnast. And both are Germanisms in the English language. I haven’t met any so far. In the U.S., the connotation has become something different from that in Germany. As […]
Help identify future Neighborhood Associations in Lakewood
The City of Lakewood started a Neighborhood Connections Leadership Group to help guide the creation of new Neighborhood Associations in Lakewood. The group meets monthly to identify key priorities for Lakewood residents and to help facilitate information sharing and conversation between residents and city officials. The group created a draft map identifying neighborhoods and potential […]