From Pierce County — Whether you are the office sustainability coordinator or the one keeping a watchful eye on things at home, this series of Sustainability classes is designed to help you live and work a more earth‐friendly way. Our environmental experts will teach the following series and try to answer all your environment related…
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Workshop focuses on holistic retirement planning
From Pierce County — Retirement is everyone’s goal. But good retirement takes good planning. And it isn’t all about money either. How people plan during the last two to five years of work before retirement can make a world of difference. “Retiring Soon? Prepare!” provides the tools and resources that everyone will need to use…
Allocation Advisory Committee for Prevention Programs volunteers sought
From Pierce County The Pierce County Department of Community Connections is seeking new members to serve on the Allocation Advisory Committee for Prevention Programs, an advisory body to Pierce County government on the use of tax dollars set aside for youth violence prevention programs. The Committee is seeking volunteers who live in unincorporated areas of…
Local candidates reveal positions at Graham Business Association meeting
The Graham Business Association hosted a candidates forum Wednesday morning, September 19. Participants included 10th congressional district candidates Denny Heck (D) via a proxy and Dick Muri (R). 2nd legislative district Senate candidates Randi Becker (R) and Bruce Lachney (D), 2nd legislative district representative candidate Gary Alexander (R) (currently 20th District Representative), County Executive candidate Bruce Miniker (R) and…
Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed Council meeting September 19
The mission of the Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed Council is to promote the protection and enhancement of the Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed. The Chambers-Clover Creek Watershed Council (CCWC) provides an opportunity for local agencies and citizen groups to coordinate their efforts to benefit the watershed. The Council is committed to improving the health of the watershed by…
Hearings on Permit to convert LRI landfill gas into electricity and compressed natural gas
Pierce County has issued a Public Notice for a project by SCS Engineers, 2405 140th Ave. NE STE 107, Bellevue, WA 98005. The applicant is planning to add a facility at the LRI Landfill in the Graham area. This facility will convert landfill gas into electricity and compressed natural gas. The electricity will be sold to Puget…
Candidates for office expected at Graham Business Association Sept. 19
The Graham Business Association their monthly meeting on September 19, 7:15 a.m. at the Graham Fire Station 21-4, 23104 70th Ave. E., Graham. The meeting fee is $10 for members and $20 for non-members. The fee includes a hot breakfast from the Flying Tomato. This month the meeting is a candidate’s forum. If you have…
County Council Meeting Agenda for September 18, 2012
AMENDED MEETING AGENDA September 18, 2012 3:00 p.m. 930 Tacoma Avenue South – Room 1045 Tacoma, WA 98402 Voice: (253) 798-7777 – FAX: (253) 798-7509 – Toll-Free: (800) 992-2456 – TDD: (253) 798-4018 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag To be followed by a Moment of Silence…
Get rid of unused medications Sept 29 at Sprinker
Help yourself and the environment: turn in unused, expired medicines The public is encouraged to safely dispose of unused or expired medicines – including controlled substances – during the nationwide drug “take back” day on Saturday, Sept. 29. This event will provide free, anonymous collection of unwanted or expired drugs between 10 a.m. and 2…
Sewer regulation changes proposed, send Pierce County your comments
All customers of the Pierce County Sewer Utility are invited to provide feedback on proposed updates to county regulations that deal with Sewer Utility operations. Suggested changes include bill payment clarifications and a simplified permit fee and connection charge structure for new developments. More details about the recommended changes are available at http://www.piercecountywa.org/codeupdate. “This represents…
District Court closure September 21
From Pierce County Pierce County District Court will be closed at noon on Friday, Sept. 21 for employee training. The court will reopen on Monday, Sept. 24. This closure applies to courtrooms and public service windows of all divisions of the Court, including the Civil and Infractions Division. We sincerely regret this disruption in service,…
Elections, get informed before voting, but please vote
Ballots for the November 6th election will begin arriving in the mail around the 19th of October. If you are overseas with the military, it will likely be even sooner. The POST wants you all to be informed voters so this is an article jam packed with links for you to get to know the…
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