Forest Park is in trouble. We can’t afford to maintain it—or leave it alone.
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Can’t Save the Forest or the Trees
Forest Park Scrapes by on FEMA Money and Volunteers
Stefan Kamph
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The Haters are Coming to Grant High School
Proper learnin’ I feel conflicted posting about this again, as it’s just adding fuel to a mindless quest for attention, but maybe you’re interested. As previously reported, the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas (a.k.a. the “God Hates Fags” crew) is coming to picket outside Grant High School tomorrow. Why, you may ask, do they […]
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BREAKING: Keaton Otis Was “Still Moving” Four Minutes After Police Shot Him
Today the Portland Police Bureau released an audio recording (we’ll post it here shortly) of police radio correspondence in the immediate wake of the police shooting of Keaton Otis on May 12. According to Police spokesperson Mary Wheat, Otis “pulled out a handgun and shot one of the officers. The officers returned fire and shot […]
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Good Morning, News!!
The top kill failed. They’re trying another containment dome in 4-7 days. It will probably fail. We might be looking at another two months of 12-20,000 barrels a day. Surprise! Processed food tastes like “warmed-over” shit without all the salt they pump into it. A storm in Central America kills at least 16. An aid […]
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Marshall High School to Portland Public Schools: Shape Up or We’re Leaving
Portland Public Schools (PPS) Superintendent Carole Smith wants to close down the three small schools operating at the Marshall campus in outer Southeast, and use some of the space for a tiny magnet school. That has Lents residents and the school community up in arms: they say that if PPS doesn’t want to put in […]
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Good Morning, News!!
Officials say the top kill effort on BP’s gushing oil well appears to be working. Maybe. We’ll know later. Meanwhile, BP has redirected its live video cams to show a bolt and some bubbles. Thanks! Scientists say the leak was two to five times larger than BP’s pathetic estimate of 5,000 barrels a day. Meanwhile […]
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TriMet Augments Your Reality
AUGMENTATION ENGAGED Luckily, this TriMet update doesn’t involve anyone getting hit by a bus. Or any bus lines being cut. This one’s more fun. And geeky. TriMet is partnering with mobile software company junaio to bring you an augmented-reality transit tracker app—another step in their efforts to make transit data app-friendly. The junaio app works […]
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TriMet Approves 5¢ Fare Increase, Cuts
TriMet announced today that its Board of Directors has approved fare increases and service cuts to take effect September 1. These measures are intended to address the agency’s $27 million budget shortfall this year. Jonathan Sperry Fares for Adult, Honored Citizen and LIFT tickets will rise by five cents each, bringing a standard two-zone fare […]
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Woman on Motorized Scooter Hit by Bus
A woman on a motorized scooter was hit by a bus on SE Holgate Street this morning. She was not badly injured. From KATU: Holly Manley said she was traveling along the sidewalk in her motorized wheelchair when a bus leaving the TriMet bus lot near Southeast Holgate street slammed into her. She hurt her […]
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Governor Announces Budget Cuts
In response to a predicted $563 million state revenue shortfall in the next year, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski today announced that he’ll use his authority to enact a nine-percent budget cut across the board, affecting all state services. Oregon gets most of its revenue from personal and corporate income taxes. If people are making less […]
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Fill-in-the-Blanks News! All right!
In Matt’s honor, a post criticizing some reporting from the Oregonian. Today there’s this headline: “Taxi slams into pedestrian railing on Hawthorne Bridge.” The report quotes Multnomah County spokesman Mike Pullen, who told the paper that The taxi was traveling westbound in the lane closest to the curb when it bounced back and forth in […]