🌱 How can Tacoma neighbors help 500 rescued cats right now?
Tacoma, Washington Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Tacoma! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How can Tacoma neighbors help 500 rescued cats right now?
- How has Tacoma’s oldest downtown jeweler managed to outlast the mall?
Today's riddle: Why did the fish blush ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Monday: Beautiful with clouds and sun, with a high of 70 and low of 50 degrees.
- Tuesday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, temps: high: 74, low: 54.
- Wednesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 80 and low of 53 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Tacoma Humane Society struggles to care for over 500 cats after the latest rescue (kiro7.com) — Tacoma and Pierce County Humane Society is caring for over 500 cats after two recent large rescues, including 101 seized from a local home, and urgently needs help from Tacoma-area residents. Locals can foster within about 25 miles, donate towels and blankets at the Center Street shelter, or give money and supplies online, while also learning about Tacoma’s six-pet household limit and available spay/neuter support. 
• They run the longest-lasting store in downtown Tacoma. Here's why they've stayed (thenewstribune.com) — Longtime downtown jeweler LeRoy Jewelers, now at 940 Broadway, remains one of Tacoma’s longest-running independent shops, focusing on custom designs and repairs even with limited public hours. Owners Steph Farber and Phyllis Harrison describe why they stayed downtown through the mall era, how their family business evolved, and why they’re content being the final generation at this Tacoma institution.
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- These two love each other so much!
The gray one hugged my last kitty all night as he was dying. Animals have such a keen sense. (Nextdoor Cloverdale Park) - Proctor Farmer's market today!
Im hoping to find kohlrabi and latticino kale. Also Creme Delice kefir yogurt!! Their fabulous yogurt flavors are not available elsewhere (Nutella,… (Nextdoor Stadium District)
- MultiCare posted a job opening for Housekeeper(Relief PICU/Med-Surg/Onc-Daily/DC) in Tacoma. Apply here.
- Osprey Management posted a job opening for Self Storage Facility Manager in Tacoma. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Tacoma here.
🗞 Nearby News
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- Crystal Grove Apartments - 2508-2512 Crystal Springs Rd W University Place WA (1 units available) (zillow.com)
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- High school football roundup, Week 1: Olympia handles Capital in Spaghetti Bowl (thenewstribune.com)
Lakewood
- Man convicted in Tacoma drive-by shootings on the run. Police seek public's help (thenewstribune.com)
- A canceled 911 call, an abandoned car in Lakewood: Police seek missing woman (thenewstribune.com)
- Volleyball Preview: Two Teams Coming off Routs, Mount Vernon and Squalicum, Square Off + Official Tickets (maxpreps.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It saw the ocean's bottom! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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