After years of planning, members of the Pierce County Council voted 4-3 on Feb. 17 to proceed with a major consolidation of county services into a new General Services Building. Councilmembers Rick Talbert (District 5), Connie Ladenburg (District 4), Derek Young (District 7), and Joyce McDonald (District 2) voted for the plan. Council Chair Dan Roach (District…
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LeMay ENews: Happy Valentines, Car Lovers!
Happy Valentine’s Day, Automotive Lovers! Hibernation is Over! Wishing all car lovers out there a Happy Valentine’s Day! If you are passionate about cars, be sure to visit us out here at Marymount for a tour of our collection, or check out our latest events – with the weather we’re having lately, it’s time to come…
Superintendent calls on Pierce County to reconsider zoning changes
BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT — Superintendent Tom Seigel has taken a stand against Pierce County’s efforts to make land zoning changes. By designating more property as Agricultural Resource Lands (ARL) there will be an adverse impact Bethel and several other county school districts. Today, in a letter to the County Executive and County Council, Seigel outlined the problems…
Sheriff’s Community Academy openings
The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department is looking for interested citizens to attend its winter Community Academy program. The University Place academy begins Feb. 19 and will meet each Thursday evening from 7 to 9:30 p.m. for 10 weeks. The South Hill academy begins March 18 and will meet each Wednesday evening from 7 to 9:30…
Emigration from Snertingdahl – PLU presentation
February 10 at 7pm, Finn Brobakken, a native of Snertingdahl, Norway will be at the Scandinavian Cultural Center at PLU. He will be discussing the people who left Norway for the united States in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. In less than 40 years time, almost half of the residents of this valley emigrated, mainly…
Ticketing begins in Bethel SD Feb 9 – Know your bus rules
Ticketing begins in Bethel SD District warns drivers to ‘know the law’ Starting Monday, Feb. 9, Bethel School District will go live with a new initiative aimed at keeping students safe. Approximately ten district buses have been outfitted with special cameras from American Traffic Solutions that will capture drivers who pass school buses illegally….
County Council seeks citizen member for Performance Audit Committee
The Pierce County Council seeks applicants to fill one position on the Performance Audit Committee, which studies county programs in an effort to improve economy, efficiency and effectiveness. The committee meets eight to 10 times a year to decide what should be audited, plan specific audits, acquire audit contractors through an RFP process, hear audit…
Feb 6-8 Ice Show!
Champion guest stars and local skaters featured in new ice show this weekend Professional performers will join members of the Lakewood Winter Club to present the 2015 ice show “Reflections on Ice – Entertaining America!” from Feb. 6-8 at Pierce County’s Sprinker Recreation Center. Five performances are scheduled, and each can accommodate up to 800…
What are those? Cameras?
PARKLAND, WA — You may have been noticing the construction around 112th Street and Pacific Avenue in Parkland lately. In the course of the changes in the underground utilities and the sidewalk disruption, several cameras appeared at the intersection. First, on the northbound lanes of Pacific; now, facing the eastbound lanes of 112th Street. Our first email…
Executive presents business plan for proposed general services building
Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy has negotiated a development and lease agreement for a proposed general services building that would dramatically improve customer service while saving taxpayers millions of dollars. If approved by the Pierce County Council, the $126.9 million project would consolidate 19 departments and divisions currently housed in 14 locations. The project would…
The 12’s LOVE their Seahawks in Parkland
PARKLAND, WA — Driving home from Tacoma this evening at about 117th and Pacific Avenue, the 12’s were out in force. Along side the road and a few in it, a large assembly of local folks were dancing in the streets. Let’s face it 50% of the teams in the Superbowl lose the game. But…
Goodbye Safeway Stores, hello Haggens
Thank you to Stan Lee for this update: In about 3 days Spanaway Safeway becomes Haggens officially. The Albertsons/Safeway merger was approved which means we bid farewell to our local Safeway store and Safeway merges under the operation of Albertsons. The Safeway banner remains, but it will be run by the company and hedge fund that owns…
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