In the first month of 2012, the median price of homes in Pierce and Thurston counties are down. So are the number of new listings and homes actively listed for sale. However, the number of home sales pending has risen.
Fircrest’s roller-skating rink is back in business. The new operators, four skaters and longtime rink users, will celebrate the grand opening of Rollin’ 253 Skate and Community Center on Friday, about six weeks after the last rink closed. Rollin’ 253 has been unofficially open for a week as the new operators work out the rink kinks.
January’s snow, ice and wind took a heavy toll on the South Sound’s golf courses, stripping branches from thousands of trees and creating major cleanup and disposal problems.
Kids in at least two Pierce County school districts might be able to avoid making up some class days lost to the January snow and ice storm.
Washington’s Supreme Court ruled today the City of Tacoma is responsible for providing and paying for maintenance of water hydrants in Fircrest, University Place and Federal Way under franchise agreements between the municipalities.
Dawn hadn’t yet arrived Wednesday when South Sounders stepped outside to measure a night’s worth of snow, then figure out what to do with it, in it, about it.
The public is invited to attend a free fly-fishing demonstration Jan. 14, sponsored by the Puget Sound Flyfishers.
When Wendy McConkey decided it was time to lose weight, the idea of appearing on national TV and in magazines and newspapers didn’t cross her mind.
As the last choruses of “O Tannenbaum” fade from memory for another year, so, too, must you begin to undress your tree’s lovely branches and prepare it for disposal – or better yet, recycling.
Wheelz Skate Arena, one of Pierce County’s few roller skating rinks, abruptly went out of business last week after almost three years.
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