The Suburban Times
A community bulletin board for Western Pierce County.
Joseph Boyle · · ·
Our The Suburban Times Editorial Cartoonist, SWS, strikes again. This cartoon proves that anyone or any topic can end up on the sharp point of the Shake’s Spear spear.
Yes, even the publisher of The Suburban Times, Sir Benjamin Sclair, becomes a target.
Joseph Boyle · · ·
My title is the name of a song, When I Am Gone. Well, I am not gone yet, but I am getting older. One of the fun things about getting older — yes, there are some fun things — is having long term friendships.
In 1975, my daughter, Paige Evers, met a little girl in Judy Drysdale’s Oakbrook Children’s Center pre-school, named Jenny Hammond. They were only 3 years old.
Joseph Boyle · · ·
Lakewood City Council, please be careful. An article appeared in the Suburban Times titled, Cottage Housing Code (click the link to see the earlier story).
While I did not feel like I had time to deal with yet another challenge to our community, my 40 plus years experience working around small size, low cost housing as a Real Estate Broker, investor, landlord and property management company owner along with 23 years in law enforcement compelled me to share my thoughts on the cottage zoning issue being voted on by Lakewood City Council on Monday, October 5, 2015.
Joseph Boyle · · ·
If you missed Parts I – V including Westside Story – On The Road 75 Years Later – Alternate Ending, click the link if you wish to catch up with the full story.
Yes, it is true. Some gangsters tried to rob and kill me and three of my pals back in 1965 while we were walking on Fullerton Avenue Beach at Lake Michigan in Chicago. Eventually we returned to our home states of New Jersey and Washington; alive I might add. But before we could return home, we were in for some more drama.
Joseph Boyle · · ·
Tacoma greed is at full speed.
I recently received notice from the City of Lakewood regarding a Public Hearing to consider a Resolution expressing opposition to the City of Tacoma’s Proposition No. 3. If you are a Tacoma Power customer living in the City of Lakewood, I encourage you to attend the hearing.
Joseph Boyle · · ·
It is fair to say that any one of us, including me, can be guilty of illiterate expression. Conversely, most of us are not charged with the professional responsibility of teaching language arts to our children. It seems to me we should not tolerate Clover Park Schools teaching our youth, by example, how to be illiterate.
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Lakewood First Lions Club members recently gathered to sort eyeglasses collected from the Lakewood community.
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On the first day of school at Four Heroes Elementary School in Lakewood, more than fifteen members of the Lakewood First Lions Club and the Dupont Lions Club gathered to perform sight and hearing testing on some 585 students.
Joseph Boyle · · ·
If you missed Westside Story – On The Road 75 Years Later – Part 4, consider clicking on the colorful (PGE approved) link to catch up.
One of our faithful The Suburban Times readers, David Wilson, submitted a comment to my August 4, 2015, article, Westside Story – On The Road 75 Years Later – Part 3 as follows.