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We need your help with one of the best kept secrets in Lakewood! The Flett Creek Blueberry Farm behind Lochburn Middle School needs a little TLC to bring it back to its former high-producing glory. Help move wood chips or cut back invasive vegetation. Three hours of your gardening skills will make a...

Recently, three of our Lakewood Knights Lions were invited to be judges for Mrs McLeod's 8th Grade Class Science Fair at Mann Middle School. I don't know about my fellow Lion friends, but I was just a little apprehensive. It had been a very long time since I was involved in a classroom environment a...

Clover Park School District's annual Science Expo will be held Saturday, March 14 at Park Lodge Elementary School (6300 100th Street SW in Lakewood) from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Students from all grade levels will present display boards depicting various science topics and projects. "This is a wonderfu...

LAKEWOOD, WA -- Lakewold Gardens is hosting a spring showing of Elton Bennett's hand-silkscreened, purely northwest artwork March 13-15. The original artwork on display is from Evelyn Bennett’s personal collection who is Elton Bennett’s daughter. The show will include selected color variations f...

A major effort will be made at our next work party day to remove all the pruned branches from the second phase section before the new spring growth begins. We will also continue to move wood chips in our efforts to create a stable and weed-free foundation of pathways. The Parks department will provi...

Christian J. Doyle and Lisa LeVan as married couple John and Evelyn in Absent Friends currently at Lakewood Playhouse. Photo by Dean Lapin. By Russell Kasselman Awkward silences and twitchy conversations in the Lakewood Playhouse's presentation of Sir Alan Ackbourn's Absent Friends make for good lau...

Seven Clover Park High School seniors earned Act Six scholarships to local colleges and universities. From left: Kristin Manning, Kimberlie Hanes, Sam Smith, Darrell McKinney, Grace Brigham and Yessie Arellano. Jose Rodriguez is not pictured. Seven Clover Park High School students earned Act Six sch...

Since 2002, Pierce County School Retirees' Association has been involved in a program each year to award mini-grants to active teachers in Pierce County. This year 13 teachers in three districts, Clover Park, Peninsula, and University Place, were awarded mini-grants totaling $1,893. Those winners ar...

"There is no greater gift you can give than the gift of time." That sentiment is what Dave O'Keeffe and the Communities In Schools of Lakewood (CISL) staff and board of directors live by. CISL is actively recruiting new mentors, especially men. Meeting with a child one hour a week can mean the diffe...