Read the Lakewood City Manager’s (John Caulfield) September 27 Info Bulletin to the Mayor and City Council online by clicking here.
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New mural on Lakewood Playhouse
If you’ve passed by the Lakewood Playhouse recently, you may have seen the beautiful new mural adorning the front of the building. Designed and painted by Godspell’s scenic designer, Jeremy Gregory, this mural celebrates the community, the arts, and is bringing vibrant new life to the exterior of the Playhouse. Made possible by a City of […]
Let’s Talk! – Running in the Rhythm of the Dark
Are you ready to switch off your screens and ponder or discuss another writing/conversation prompt from my friend Tyrean Martinson’s book? Here’s my take on it. I’m NOT a runner, let me tell you that. I used to be a decent sprinter when we still had sports at school. I long gave up running, even […]
Thomas Middle School: The “Best” of the Worst?
Submitted by John Arbeeny. Lakewood CARES will be providing an academically based response to schools highlighted in the Clover Park School District (CPSD) “#SuperSchoolShoutOut“ articles in The Suburban Times. This is data you will not find elsewhere in CPSD public relations pieces, Board meeting agendas or “Inside Schools”. This week’s CPSD “beaming with pride” article […]
Letter: The Frog Prince, A love Story, and What Really Happened
His eyes bulged, his lips were bulbous, and his chin – if it could be identified as that – drooped and dragged in the dirt as he occasionally, but very rarely, pushed himself along, the quite ugly toad’s much preferred preference being the lily pad upon which he now reclined, though how his overlarge body […]
Free Premarital Class
Submitted by Lake City Community Church. Healthy marriages start long before the wedding. Couples who participate in pre-marital counseling experience an increase in marital fulfillment over those who do not. Merge prepares seriously dating and engaged couples for marriage by addressing common challenges from a biblical perspective. Classes include: Whether you go to Lake City […]
LPD Lost and Found Property
The Lakewood Police Department has found property. To claim the property, contact the Evidence Room at 253-830-5000 with a description of the item and place lost. For further information contact Dallas Allen at 253-830-5061.
Fall wellness programming in Lakewood
Fall is here and it’s time to return to your wellness routine. The City of Lakewood offers recreation programming focused on wellness and overall well-being. Registration is now open for the following: Sound Healing Bath Sept. 29 Join yoga instructor Patrea as she leads you through 60 minutes of sound healing and yin postures in […]
Across the Fence: Schadenfreude
You probably have heard this Germanism in the English language before: Schadenfreude (pronounce: shah-den-froy-duh, meaning glee bout damage). And probably hardly anybody is immune against it, unless they are saints. Though, allegedly, there are such people. Apparently, the term turned up in the German language around 1740, about a century later in the English language. […]