Destruction of mail boxes and stealing mail are felony offenses. Unfortunately, it is happening on a regular basis in unincorporated Pierce County. Many Parkland residents have been having their multiple unit boxes, supplied by the USPS, mangled and destroyed by thieves. Afterward, residents are required to pick up their mail at the Post Office. The…
Our 11th Anniversary
The Pierce Prairie Post, a production of the Spanaway Community Association, debuted August 14, 2012. Assisted by Ben Sclair of the Suburban Times, Marianne Lincoln embarked on the effort of providing news to unincorporated Pierce County about local events and issues that were not making it into any other local papers. Although some have lamented…
Garfield Street Fair absence sprouts alternative
In 2023, the Garfield Street Fair in Parkland is not happening. So the newly established Parkland Community Association took matters and the date, as an opportunity to talk about how much the community could benefit from a new community center in the form of the old Parkland School building at a rally August 19, 2023….
Editorial
[Please read the article – Not This Time – before these comments from Cindy Beckett to understand what is going on.] By Cindy Beckett I keep saying this ad nauseum……I don’t care who it is – the Tacoma rescue bunch, the executive and his lying planning dept, or the so-called lead for HUD in WA…
Not This Time
In case you have not seen it, Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier wrote an op-ed in the Suburban Times of Lakewood. If you are from Parkland-Spanaway-Midland, it is critical you read it. If you are a county voter, you should also know this about what is happening in the county. Here is a previous press…
August 10-13, 2023 Pierce County Fair
The County Fair is the most local event for all those who love to compete from livestock to flowers and things that grow from pumpkins and flowers to apples and zucchini. Preserves, cookies, pies, there is all manner of ways to compete for a blue ribbon in the fair. Of course, entries have passed and…
I think I can – nope, maybe not right now
By Marianne Lincoln Three years ago, April 2020, I was helping a friend move out of her home into assisted living. I had lots of boxes, because I had just moved myself the summer before. She really needed the help because of lung cancer and COPD. There was no one to warn me about the…
Help or a grandfathering trick?
Stripping Away the Protections of the Residential Resource Zoneby Claudia Riiff Finseth In March, the County Council amended the Residential Resource code for Parkland-Spanaway-Midland (PSM) to allow “shared housing,” that is, high density micro-home villages on an important and fragile Spanaway wetland.Once the tiny home village development was vested as a done deal, the County…
Puyallup UMC Bazaar August 5
The Puyallup UMC RUMMAGE SALE is Back for 2023! After a 4-year absence, our Rummage Sale has returned and will be held SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 8AM-5PM at Puyallup United Methodist Church, 1919 W Pioneer, Puyallup, WA. Donations benefit Family Renewal Shelter, PUMC Youth Ministries and various Local Pierce County Non-Profit Organizations. Find your Treasure from an abundance of Clothing, Shoes, Linens,…
More than a risky, bad idea, developing in critical wetlands
The proposed Tiny Home Village, or Pierce County Village that the County and Tacoma Rescue Mission are working to locate between Spanaway Marsh and Spanaway Lake is addressed in these comments by Cindy Beckett, Master Watershed Steward. In Cindy’s words: I hope you know that this is being challenged in a court with representation by…
Family Promise of Pierce County seeking CEO
Family Promise of Pierce County is hiring for a Full-Time Chief Executive Officer About Family Promise of Pierce County:Family Promise of Pierce County (FPPC), an affiliate of the national Family Promise program, isdedicated to preventing and ending family homelessness in the Pierce County area through acommunity-based response. We provide housing, meals, case management and community…
Pacific Ave. lane closures for sewer at 129th St.
Parkland/Brookdale Sewer Interceptor Phase 3 Update As part of Pierce County’s Parkland/Brookdale Sewer Interceptor project, traffic on state Route 7 at 129th Street South will be partially closed during: For the first weekend from July 28 to 31, crews will work on section C1 along the west side of SR 7. The southbound SR 7 traffic…
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