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June 07, 2013
Sellwood Middle School parade raises funds and celebrates the…
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The Sellwood Middle School (SMS) Appreciation Parade in May has become a happy sign that the school year is about to conclude for its students. But this year, months in advance, while SMS Board…
June 07, 2013
Sellwood team scores big at OHS 'Doggie Dash'
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For the second consecutive year, team “JabberWalkies”, led by Sellwood resident Renée Stilson and her 12-year-old Australian shepherd/Blue heeler mix Kassie, took first place at the Oregon…
June 07, 2013
Brooklyn deep in MAX issues: Development, zoning, parking
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Attendees at the May 22nd Brooklyn Action Corps meeting re-elected the Executive Board for the coming year, then listened to a Portland Bureau of Planning & Sustainability representative discuss…
June 07, 2013
Sleepy driver pops power poles on SE 82nd Avenue
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There weren’t any skid marks on the road after a 1997 Ford Taurus was involved in a one-car crash which took out utility poles – and power – on S.E. 82nd Avenue at Clatsop Street on Wednesday,…
June 07, 2013
'Woodstock Gateway' block: Change in plans
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When “for sale” signs went up recently in front of the two historic houses on Woodstock’s “gateway block”, questions began to fly. Weren’t these homes part of the deal closed recently by…
June 07, 2013
Inner Southeast drill at closed school trains emergency…
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'ACTIVE SHOOTER..!' Just after the start of the school day in the Portland Public Schools system, on Thursday, May 23, members of Portland Police Bureau (PPB) and Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R)…
June 07, 2013
Eastmoreland's Queen Kate savors her royal year
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As her year-long reign comes to an end, 2012 Portland Rose Festival Queen of Rosaria Kate Sinnott – an Eastmoreland resident – looked truly regal as she waved to the estimated 8,000 folks who…
June 07, 2013
Grinding T-bone crash startles neighbors on SE 52nd
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Minutes after it occurred – and before emergency responders arrived – the sound of a car wreck in the intersection of S.E. 52nd Avenue and Flavel Drive had drawn a crowd of neighbors. It was…
June 07, 2013
So...just how dry HAS it been here, so far?
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The consensus last fall at the Oregon Chapter of the American Meteorological Society’s “What Will Winter Be Like” weather forum in the OMSI auditorium, from the participating meteorologists, was…
June 07, 2013
Ospreys' nest overlooks S.E. light rail project
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A family of ospreys has settled in on top of a cellular telephone tower behind the Wireless Plus store at S.E. 11th and Milwaukie Avenue, just north of Powell Boulevard. The impressive and noisy…
Jun 07, 2013
Woodstock's 'Story Lady' begins her last chapter
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A number of people who work in libraries, and who go on to earn a Masters of Library Science, decide on their career simply because they like to read. “That isn't the case for me,” revealed…
Jun 07, 2013
Two wounded in 82nd Ave gang shooting at Powell
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Gunshots rang out at 9:20 pm, breaking the relative stillness of the balmy evening of Saturday evening, May 11th, in front of the 7-Eleven Store on the northeast corner of S.E. 82nd Avenue and…
Jun 07, 2013
Designer refines Sellwood Bridge 'public art' project
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“We are meeting one milestone, contractually,” Mikyoung Kim said, at a May 1 meeting held at Sellwood’s SMILE Station. She was talking about her Sellwood Bridge Public Art Project. “That…
Jun 07, 2013
Blustery wind topples tree onto Woodstock car
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The unusually gusty windstorm that blew through Inner Southeast Portland on Monday, May 13th, toppled a couple of trees – including one that took down power lines in the 6300 block of S.E.…
Jun 07, 2013
Reopened Southeast Precinct hosts drug turn-in
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Having reopened last fall as a police substation, the Portland Police Southeast Precinct hosted its first-ever “drug turn-in” on April 27. “This is an event for prescription medication…
Jun 07, 2013
BUSINESS BRIEFS
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Eastmoreland composer releases CD, tours Korea. Michael Hoppe, an Eastmoreland resident, whose release of his album “Tapestry” was reported in THE BEE a couple of years ago (he performed on it…
Jun 07, 2013
FROM THE EDITOR
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Websites, and searches, and e-mail addresses, oh my Computers have become integral in our lives, and most people make considerable use of them these days. Although, there is some indication that…
Jun 07, 2013
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Pet snake found in Westmoreland Editor, I found this Western Hognose snake in my back yard on May 7. Calls to Multco Animal Control had an officer out in 30 minutes. The Hognose is a native of…
Jun 07, 2013
Southeast manhunt on for 'Bad Tan bandit'
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Perhaps to bolster his sagging self-confidence, or maybe just as a disguise, a man accused of robbing the Bank of the West branch located at 8135 SE Division Street on May 15 apparently decided…
Jun 07, 2013
Culvert work to impact travel on SE Tacoma this summer
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This summer, drivers will need to know that the Tacoma Culvert Replacement Project will be underway, according to representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and City of Portland Bureau…
