🌱 Driving SR 7 through Parkland? These new signals change your routine
Parkland, Washington Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Parkland! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Driving SR 7 through Parkland? These new signals change your routine
- How a stolen Parkland pickup turned into a chainsaw-tossing chase
Also on today's calendar: 2nd Annual DuPont Chili Cookoff returns on Saturday, May 2 and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Breezy with showers around, with a high of 59 and low of 44 degrees.
- Thursday: Times of sun and clouds, temps: high: 65, low: 40.
- Friday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 68 and low of 39 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• SR 7/Pacific Highway Crossing and Signalization (wa.gov) — If you drive, walk, or roll along SR 7 in Parkland, new overhead pedestrian signals and turn restrictions are now active at 11 intersections shared with Spanaway. The project adds safer crossings, updated ramps, and median changes, though most left turns are now blocked except southbound at Violet Meadow Street South, so expect a different traffic pattern. 
• Deputies say multiple large chainsaws were thrown from stolen truck during Parkland chase (king5.com) — A late-night police chase began when a pickup was reported stolen from a Parkland apartment complex, then sped through local roads and onto I-5 with chainsaws and climbing gear thrown out during the pursuit. Deputies and JBLM police eventually arrested two men after the truck got stuck near the base, and prosecutors have filed multiple felony charges against the alleged driver.
📸 Around Parkland
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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2nd Annual DuPont Chili Cookoff returns on Saturday, May 2
1425 Wilmington Dr, DuPont, WA 98327,
12:00 pm
Saturday May 2
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Other local events
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Wisdom Cafe @Fern Hill
Fern Hill Branch Library , 765 South 84th Street , Tacoma
10:30 am -
Play to Learn
Fern Hill Branch Library , 765 South 84th Street , Tacoma
10:00 am -
Spring Play
WHS Theater
7:00 pm -
Madison Zantello Sr BA Voice Recital
Mary Baker Russell Music Center & Lagerquist Concert Hall , 868 Wheeler St S , Parkland
7:30 pm -
Baby Storytime
Fern Hill Branch Library , 765 South 84th Street , Tacoma
1:00 pm -
Up and Atom: Springtime Slime
Fern Hill Branch Library , 765 South 84th Street , Tacoma
3:30 pm -
Drop-In Tech Help @Fern Hill
Fern Hill Branch Library , 765 South 84th Street , Tacoma
6:00 pm -
Family Storytime
Fern Hill Branch Library , 765 South 84th Street , Tacoma
6:00 pm
Thursday April 23
Friday April 24
Saturday April 25
Sunday April 26
Tuesday April 28
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Community Compass
Mottet Branch Library , 3523 East G Street , Tacoma
12:00 pm -
Social Work Support with Samie
Moore Branch Library , 215 South 56th Street , Tacoma
1:30 pm -
Up and Atom: Balloon-Powered Cars with LeMay - America's Car Museum
Moore Branch Library , 215 South 56th Street , Tacoma
4:00 pm -
Spanaway Lake vs Bethel
Spanaway Lake High School , 1305 168th St E , Spanaway
4:00 pm
Wednesday April 22
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🗞 Nearby News
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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