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HISTORY: 15 million came to America; some came to Portland, and stayed

From 1900 to 1915, more than 15 million immigrants traveled to America – drawn by labor opportunities and…

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HISTORY: The Great Migration to Oregon – and those who made it

We’ve regularly written in this space about the origins and growth of Inner Southeast Portland from its earliest…

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Record-setting Woodstock Neighborhood Plant Sale raises $10,000

In the eight o’clock hour on Saturday morning, May 10, the volunteers behind the annual Woodstock Neighborhood Plant…

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Its funding at risk, Creston-Kenilworth’s ‘Community Music Center’ celebrates 70 years

Tickets for the Community Music Center’s “70th Anniversary & Faculty Celebration” on Saturday, May 3, were “sold out”…

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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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MAY 31 “Share-It-Square” Paint Day in Sellwood: Today’s the annual repainting of Share-It-Square! All are welcome! This street…

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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Rose Fest Princess for Cleveland High School named

In the period before the school day ended on Thursday, March 20th, the Cleveland High School Auditorium filled…