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Driver smashes car in front of Woodstock’s Subway restaurant

A single car accident that left a Toyota “Echo” high-sided in front of the Woodstock Subway restaurant puzzled ...

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‘Earth Day’ celebrated at Reed College

On the campus of Reed College, the “Quad” was teeming with activity as an “Earth Celebration” was underway ...

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Woodstock ‘Hope in Despair’ book reading by local author

Those present for a book reading by Brentwood-Darlington author Kristen Magis, this spring at the recently-opened “Shop Halo ...

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Nineteenth ‘82nd Avenue of Roses Parade’ called best one yet

Nary a raindrop fell from the overcast sky on Saturday morning, April 26th, as the 19th Annual 82nd ...

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Mayor Wilson chooses Franklin High for ‘State of the City’ address

On Friday, May 2, Portland’s new Mayor, Keith Wilson, delivered his first “State of the City” address, under ...

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Home gardeners learn to tame stormwater at Creston-Kenilworth workshop

Ironically, an epic thunder-and-hail storm predicted for Wednesday afternoon, March 26, kept away many of those who’d signed ...

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Warner Pacific University on SE Division reopens renovated library

In what was called a “celebration of community collaboration and educational enhancement”, by Warner Pacific University’s officials on ...

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Easter Eggs and trash – a winning combo for Brooklyn

Saturday, April 19th, was a busy day at Brooklyn Park! Children gathered at the top of the hill ...

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Dairy delivers thousands of ‘empties’ for Milk Carton Boat Races

Neighbors out for a stroll with their dogs were startled to see thousands of milk cartons – all ...

Here’s the currently-proposed “look” of the new two-block-long, seven-story-high apartment house planned for the edge of the Oaks Bottom Bluff on the west side of Milwaukie Avenue, between Ellis and Insley Streets at the north end of Westmoreland. (Courtesy of City of Portland)

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Plan for 7-story building on edge of Oaks Bottom Bluff advances

A seven story building is to be built on the lip of Oaks Bottom's bluff, in a known ...

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In the OMSI lobby outside the “Jurassic World” exhibition, this realistic LEGO model stops people cold, as they pass by.

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OMSI opens ‘Jurassic World’ LEGO exhibition

Imagine fifteen life-size dinosaurs, all constructed of LEGO bricks, roaring into the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry ...

A Central Precinct officer examined the smashed and wedged-in van, while waiting for a second and larger tow truck to arrive to remove it from the sidewalk on Milwaukie Avenue near S.E. Nehalem Street in Sellwood.

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Van misses curve in Sellwood, hits bollards, gets stuck on sidewalk

The driver of an older-model Chevrolet van, going south on Milwaukie Avenue, was apparently unprepared for the point ...

At Oaks Amusement Park, while scouting locations for their exhibition at the upcoming Multnomah County Fair, “Big Tsuky” – founder of “Portland Lucha Libre” – gave an impromptu “wrestling lesson” to Friends of the Multnomah County Fair President Larry Smith.

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Volunteers prepare 119th ‘Multnomah County Fair’ at Oaks Park

Visitors to the Fair will recognize the familiar Multnomah County Fair outdoor layout at Oaks Park, with vendors, ...

Portland Police accuse this man, Feng Sheng Chen, of sexual abuse at a Woodstock massage business – and they say there may additional victims they’ve not yet identified, which is why they released this Multnomah County booking photo of Mr. Chen.

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Woodstock masseuse charged with sex abuse

It took months of investigation, but on April 3rd, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) revealed that a massage ...

This is Dora McCormick, here shown inside Sellwood-Westmoreland’s fourth library, at S.E. Milwaukie and Lexington, in 1968. (Courtesy SMILE History Committee)

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SOUTHEAST HISTORY: Women who made history here!

Because March was Women’s History Month, and May is Historic Preservation Month, this story celebrates some notable female ...

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SOUTHEAST HISTORY: One ‘kinda super’ market, 125 years ago

SOUTHEAST HISTORY: One ‘kinda super’ market, 125 years ago

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Volvo-only car repair specialist opens beside Brooklyn Park

“TVG Motors”, which specializes in Volvo car repair and maintenance, has opened in the former Majhor Murray location ...

Brian Monihan, at the award presentation.

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Business BRIEFS

BEE publisher honored by Lake Oswego: Brian Monihan, for the past quarter century, has been Publisher of THE ...

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Sellwood-Moreland: Another Multnomah County library is closing for renovations

Sellwood-Moreland Library will close to the public starting Friday, June 6, as part of a series of bond-funded ...

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Sports car on test drive rear-ended, driver hurt, on 17th

On the sunny Sunday afternoon of April 13th, Portland Police Bureau officers, and an ambulance, were dispatched at ...