Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle As a Starbucks aficionado, I try to keep up with the world of Starbucks all around the world. While it is a big world out there, we have a lot going on right here on our home turf.
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Westside Story: NOTACOP
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle During my 20 years in law enforcement, I spent my days searching for “Probable Cause” which often lead to uncovering someone committing a criminal act. I am retired now, so I no longer get to do that. What I do now is look for “Probable Cause” which might lead […]
Westside Story – Retired Six Months
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Today is October 1, 2013. It is amazing to me that I have been retired for six months. April Fools’ Day, 2013 seems like such a long time ago.
Westside Story – New Wedding Tradition
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle We were invited to my nephew’s East Coast wedding. Rather than fly directly to Boston, Massachusetts, where he was to be married, I took my wife on a circuitous route to the wedding. We flew to Montreal, Canada. From Montreal, we took a seven-day Holland America cruise through Southeast […]
Letter: $100,000 for Lakewood’s Election
By David Anderson The City of Lakewood is contemplating a special election on Feb.11, 2014, likely for the purpose of raising property taxes to pay for street improvements. The election would cost Lakewood taxpayers an estimated $99,515.50 according to figures supplied by the Election’s Cost department of the Pierce County Auditor’s office. In contrast, had Lakewood’s City […]
Letter: When is a Survey not a Survey?
By David Anderson There is a troublesome juxtaposition of recent goings-on at Lakewood City Hall. Page 11 of the city’s “Fall 2013 Newsletter and Recreation Guide” delivered to mailboxes throughout the city in recent days indicates there will be a “Street and Parks Survey Coming Soon.”
Westside Story – Daughter, Harleys & Beer
By Joe Boyle I remember it like it was yesterday. In September, 1997, the last thing my daughter said to me before she trudged off to seminary to become a Lutheran minister was, “Now Dad, what ever you do, don’t buy a motorcycle. She did not want me to buy a motorcycle because she was […]
Letter: Council Candidates Respond
By David Anderson Bikini barista stands to gambling taxes to how to pay for repairing potholes. Now that both John Simpson and Bryan Thomas have published their reviews (those reviews found by clicking on their respective names) of the forum hosted by the Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association (TWNA) this past Thursday evening in which the two candidates for Lakewood City Council […]
Westside Story – Waffle Express & Creperie
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Have you visited the City of Lakewood’s Farmer’s Market yet? Learn more about our own Farmer’s Market here. There are lots of fun things to see and the market offers a variety of fresh food products, art, crafts and an entertainment stage. You can have lunch at the market […]