Submitted by KM Hills. Some of you may have read this article in the News Tribune. The article noted that Pierce County is requesting additional funds, from the State, to provide essential services. One of the essential services is for public mental health and therapeutic courts, even though both were to be funded by the […]
Lakewood
Hearing: Multifamily tax exemption amendments
The City of Lakewood, WA Planning Commission will be holding a public hearing for amendments to the multifamily tax exemption residential target areas on February 19, 2025 at 6:30 pm. All persons may submit written comments about the amendments no later than noon on February 19, or testify in-person or virtually during the public hearing. […]
The Lakewood City Council Feb. 10 Meeting Agenda
The Lakewood City Council’s next Study Session will take place on Feb. 10 (7 pm). Access the agenda and ways to attend here.
Proposed Lakewood Towne Center Apartments approved by Hearing Examiner
The City of Lakewood Hearing Examiner approved the Master Planned Development Permit for Alliance Multifamily (Lakewood Towne Center Apartments), a mixed-use housing project that will bring 309 market-rate apartments to the downtown area. As part of her ruling, Pro Tem Hearing Examiner Stephanie E. Marshall determined the project meets the city’s zoning and planning requirements, […]
Lakewood City Manager February 7 Info Bulletin
Read the Lakewood City Manager’s (John Caulfield) February 7 Info Bulletin to the Mayor and City Council online by clicking here.
Let’s Talk! – Skydiving
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: Have you ever been to a place where they do parachuting or skydiving? I have. There are a few around Western Washington, and the people […]
Clover Park School Board to Host Board Meeting on Feb. 10
LAKEWOOD, Wash. — The Clover Park School District (CPSD) Board of Directors will hold a regular meeting on Monday, Feb. 10, at 6 p.m. in room 4 of the Student Services Center located at 10903 Gravelly Lake Dr. SW, Lakewood, WA 98499. The meeting will also be live-streamed on Zoom and YouTube. Individuals can attend online by visiting […]
Lakewood City Manager John J. Caulfield announces retirement
City Manager John J. Caulfield announced this week he will retire on June 5, 2025, after almost 12 years of dedicated service to the Lakewood community. Mayor Jason Whalen shared the Lakewood City Council’s sentiments regarding Caulfield’s retirement: “It is with sincere appreciation as well as sadness that the Council received and accepted City Manager […]
Across the Fence: Darmstadtium
Admittedly, chemistry has never been my forte, though in ninth grade I started out quite passionate and strong about it. Nothing prepared me for a chemical element of the name of Darmstadtium (pronounce: darm’shtutty-oom), but I would have recognized immediately that this Germanism was to be found on the periodical table. Why? Because Darmstadt is […]