Hollyanna McCollom, editor-in-chief of PDX Magazine, announced the demise of the glossy local magazine this morning on the magazine’s blog: Our operation has always been quite small (usually a core group of 4-5 people assembling content/writing/editing/designing), and of late that has been to our benefit. When things got tough, we got creative. We buckled down. […]
Sarah Shay Mirk
Sarah Shay Mirk reported on transportation, sex and gender issues, and politics at the Mercury from 2008-2013. They have gone on to make many things, including countless comics and several books.
Posted inBikes
Best Weekend Ever.
Here’s the surprising news from the last three days: “It was a very peaceful weekend,” reports Mary Wheat, spokeswoman of the Portland Police Department. What? An estimated 5,000 people rode their bikes naked through the center of the city Saturday night, dancing in an abandoned warehouse until the sun rose at which point GLBT folks […]
Posted inFood and Drink
City Pulls Plug on Food Cart Parties
After hosting a series of epic till-4AM parties, the food carts at 12th and Hawthorne have gotten in some hot water with neighbors and the city noise enforcement officers. The scene at the carts on the corner of Hawthorne has heated up during the last year, with the arrival of vegan poutine slinging Potato Champion […]
Posted inNews
The End is Nigh!
Mysterious and evil forces are coming to destroy us all! From the fields of Springfield, Illinois rises a giant white demonic Obama head! via Wonkette And from the crack in the sidewalk outside the Mercury office swarms a hell-sent mob of ants! Okay, so the hell ants I have no explanation for. But apparently the […]
Posted inNeighborhoods
Fritz, Neighbors, Democrats Slam Stadium Deal
Forty Lents neighbors squeezed into the mirrored banquet hall at the New Copper Penny lounge last night, eager to discuss the controversial stadium deal with the Lents Neighborhood Association (LNA) Board. Unfortunately, it took 37 minutes for enough LNA board members to show up (six out of eleven) that the event could be considered an […]
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Good Morning News!
“The Pablo Escobar of medical marijuana”: Despite the new Attorney General’s lax attitude toward medical marijuana, feds sentenced a California grower to one year in prison. “We don’t want our country to be trapped in a no-hijab situation”: Long lines as pro-reform voters actually turn out to vote in Iran’s election. “Today you have let […]
Posted inCrime
What Ships Unearth
And now for some grisly news you didn’t want to know about Fleet Week. Sheriff’s department Lieutenant Mary Lindstrand called to inform us that every year the big ships coming into the port for Fleet Week churn up the bottom of the Willamette and up floats…. dead bodies that have been missing for months! According […]
Posted inNeighborhoods
A Negative Study, A Happy Duck: Things Officially Get Crazy In Lents.
Say hello to Portland’s other recall campaign. Smoking a cigarette last night on the bench in the small brick plaza of Lents Town Center, Lents Neighborhood Association member Jeffrey Rose held a recall petition with two signatures on it. “I pride myself on my diplomacy, but I’ve just had it,” says Rose. “It’s been a […]
Posted inBikes
Bike Myths Revealed!
Fact or Fiction—We Find Out!
The secrets behind bike myths… revealed!
Cycle Secrets
Posted inBikes
The Secret to NOT Getting Arrested, by Officer Robert Pickett
Keep Your Nose Clean and Safe
Friendly Officer Pickett keeps you out of trouble.
Cycle Secrets
Posted inBikes
The Secret to Getting Arrested, by Reverend Phil Sano
Surefire Ways to End up in the Slammer
Reverend Phil shows you the way.
Cycle Secrets