What comes to YOUR mind when you are reading this week’s prompt and invitation to switch off your phones and screens to ponder? Here’s what comes to mine. First and foremost, I never had paper bag lunches until I came to live in the U.S. My mother packed me second breakfasts for kindergarten and school, […]
Lakewood
“Springsteen on Broadway” Comes to Lakewood!
Submitted by Greg Rediske. Sort of. It’ll actually be at the Lakewood Playhouse, not in New York on Broadway. And Bruce Springsteen won’t be there. It’ll be better, because there will be FOUR musical performers, not just that one guy! And tickets won’t be $1000 or more, but a measly $50, which includes a Scotch […]
Letter: Kindness is Holding Hands
Every morning a husband and wife each enjoy a large cup of hot, black brew, coffee for him, tea for her. If you drive slowly enough and happen to glance in that direction, on a sunny day you’ll see them seated close together at the round table in the side yard. If it’s raining, they’ll […]
Jazz Night & Car Show
We’re kicking off our summer event season with a Jazz Night & Car Show Saturday, June 1, 2024 at Colonial Plaza on Motor Avenue. Join us from 4-7 p.m. for this free, family-friendly event. Enjoy live music with TPC Jazz from 4-5 p.m., followed by Michael Powers from 5:30-7 p.m. There will be food trucks, […]
Letter: Housing densities in Lakewood and a proposed tax incentive for multifamily housing
I’m way overdue on posting an update to an issue I raised here in April. Thanks for your patience. This has to do with the proposal to create financial incentives for developers to build apartments and condos in the pink spaces you see in the map. Here’s what’s going on: – A divided City Council […]
The Lakewood Elks Memorial Weekend Upscale Resale
Submitted by Ciara Musgrove, Lakewood Elks #2388. Huge Upscale Resale Memorial Day Weekend. Open to the public from 12 pm-5 pm, Friday and Saturday, May 24-25. Prices starting at $5. Designer Wear, shoes and hand bags. Home decor, jewelry, heels, shoes and boots! Men, women and children clothes. The Lakewood Elks #2388 is located at […]
Partners for Parks campaign tops $2 million in Community Support
LAKEWOOD — Partners for Parks is pleased to announce they have received a $350,000 capital grant from the Norcliffe Foundation. Partners for Parks is deeply grateful for this extraordinary grant and vote of confidence taking fundraising for the H-Barn Project at Fort Steilacoom Park to more than $2 million in gifts and multi-year pledges. […]
My Career: Pierce College alumna turns her experience into thriving career
In 2015, Shontieka Adeogun was a student at Clover Park Technical College studying nursing. She’d already finished earning her GED from CPTC but was starting to feel like nursing wasn’t for her. That’s when she was introduced to Pierce College’s emergency management program. “When I started in emergency management, I had no idea my […]
Across the Fence: Liedermacher
I had no idea that the German term for singer-songwriter has made it into the English language. A liedermacher (pronounce approximately: ‘leader-ma-her) is basically a song maker, thus the literal meaning. The word only came up after WW II, notably introduced by German musician Wolf Biermann. Being of a more conservative family background, I wasn’t […]