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 […]
Westside Story
Westside Story – Free Defensive Firearms Classes
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle Back in the early 1990s I met a cool guy by the name of Deputy Dan Hacker. He was cool then and he is cool now. Dan, always looking for a way to be a helpful to our community, serves as a Pierce County Sheriff’s deputy. For as long […]
Westside Story – Crash-Art Finger Painting
Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle It is interesting to me that every human being making foot prints on our planet has a life story. The story is not always heard or told or written, but everyone has a story. In fact, having said that, if you have a story you might like to share […]
Westside Story: Black & White Vs. Black & White
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle The day I arrived by motorcycle in the southern town of Clarksdale, Mississippi I checked into The Shack Up Inn, which is a historic cotton plantation. I spent a week living in a rustic sharecropper shack on the plantation. The shack was named Legends after icon Bluesman Buddy Guy’s […]
Westside Story – Car Con Victimizes Women
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle This morning I was dropping my Ford truck off at Ray’s Auto Center when I was given some disturbing news. Debbie at Ray’s told me two of Ray’s customers were approached by a con man out on the public roadway in Lakewood. The con’s M.O., (police talk for method of […]
Westside Story – Raven Gets Jump On Life
Photo, Video & Story – Joseph Boyle A couple days ago I was at Starbucks minding my own business when this guy named Richard, drove up in a beautiful 1980 Rolls Royce. What a fun car. We got to talking. He told me he had heard of me, the oldest living cub reporter this side […]
Westside Story – Young Author / Pogo Stick
Story by Raven, Photos – Joseph Boyle If you got a chance to read my previous story titled Raven Gets Jump On Life, you will already know what I am up to. I am very excited to give up some of my writing space for a young author whose first name is Raven. Raven is […]
Westside Story – Classic Car Show
Story & Photo – Joseph Boyle It’s coming! Saturday, August 17, 2013, from 10 am – 4 pm, the 17th Annual South Tacoma Way Business District Car Show. Find the fun on South Tacoma Way between 50th St South and 56th St South. The South Tacoma Business District Association and corporate sponsor, Heritage Bank, along […]
Westside Story – Three Dimensional Art
Story & Photos – Joseph Boyle On Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. I attended another of Barista Edra Zook’s Art Nights at the Starbucks Community Art Wall. Edra’s guest artist was Ms. Gail Janes. You can view some of her art pieces on the Starbucks Community Art Wall at the Towne Center Starbucks […]