Category: Parkland
Oops, there goes your house by the lake…
By Marianne Lincoln Pierce County is proposing to adopt a significant change to the rules and regulations that affect Spanaway Lake and its associated creeks. This change is being implemented by the creation and passage of the Shoreline Master Program. The proposed Shoreline Master program would change the existing setbacks to buffers. The difference is…
Northern Pacific Coffee Company
By Marianne Lincoln PARKLAND, WA — Saturday evening, December 28, NPCC on C Street and Garfield in Parkland had a big event to help raise funds for the business to pay its rent. With most PLU students off on Winter break and most other people focused on the holidays, business has been slow. Earlier in…
Nordic Christmas Fest
Saturday afternoon, December 21, the Scandinavian Cultural Center at Pacific Lutheran University held its annual Nordic Christmas Fest. Local members and their families attended and feasted upon Norwegian Goat Cheese (Gjetost), Swedish Farmer Cheese, Creamy Danish Havarti, Danish Bleu, Seedless Grapes, Pickled Beets (Syltede robeter), Crisp Bread (Knäckebröd), Danish Pumpernickel, Pork Liver Paté (Lever postei), Pickled Herring,…
Garfield Book Company Holiday Party
PARKLAND, WA — On Thursday at 2:00pm, the Garfield Book Company, 208 S Garfield Street, Suite 101, Tacoma, near PLU, will have a Holiday Party. John Sundstrom of Lark & Steve Roberts of Wine Trails NW will be here doing cooking demonstrations and wine sampling! Stop by for an afternoon of fun, food, drinks, raffles, door prizes, gifts…
12 mile backup on I-5 at Mounts Rd packs Pacific Avenue
On the radio they called it a 12 mile backup. The accident at Mounts Road between Dupont and the Nisqually River on Southbound I-5 has commuters scrambling for alternate routes. Pacific Avenue in Parkland and Spanaway is packed and cars are hardly moving at the lights. If you need to get to Spanaway or point…
Winterfest at the Parkland School
By Marianne Lincoln PARKLAND, WA — The line outside was long, luckily it was above freezing Saturday morning and there was no rain. Volunteers in red shirts were scurrying everywhere, carrying trays with cups of orange juice and baskets with sausage and scrambled eggs or fresh pastries for those waiting. Moms, dads and lots of children…
Update on Garfield Station
PARKLAND, WA — Thursday, the Post stopped by Garfield Street in Parkland. Many of the stores are decked with lights for the season. Work is continuing ont he new retail, office and residential space to be called Garfield Station. Here’s a photo of the current site where they are making forms and pouring concrete. In the extreme cold,…
Painting Community: Community Forum for Parkland Mural Project
By Carly Brook You are invited! We are looking for creative and committed Parkland citizens to participate in the development of a community mural! A community forum will take place at the Keithley Middle School Cafeteria on Wednesday, December 11th from 5:30-7:00 pm. The forum gathers people from Parkland to engage in conversation around several…
Sewer main work shifts to Brookdale Road in December
PIERCE COUNTY, WA — Construction crews replacing a sewer main along Brookdale Road in Parkland are shifting work to the eastern end of the project this month. The crews are replacing 5,000 feet of sewer pipe with a 72-inch diameter interceptor pipe. The project, managed by Pierce County Public Works and Utilities, is expected to…
McCarthy’s State of the County delivered in Parkland meeting
The Pierce County Council met in Parkland this evening, Dec. 4. All members except Stand Fleming were present. The County Executive Pat McCarthy was also at the meeting and provided a review of the past year in Pierce County. In the fifth years of her term, Pat McCarthy reported the State of the County. She…
County Council meeting Wednesday in Parkland
PARKLAND, WA — The weekly Pierce County Council meeting will be on Wednesday in Parkland at the Central Pierce Fire and Rescue Station at 100 South 114th Street (114th & A Street). The meeting is set to begin at 5:30 p.m. The agenda can be found here. I will draw your attention to the following item up…
Pierce Prairie Post 