A downtown booze ban gets the thumbs up from retailers who won’t be affected.
Stefan Kamph
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NE Portland Plunges into Darkness!
Productive time at the Mercury offices (stop laughing!) came to an early end today when the power went out around 3 pm. KATU fired up their diesel generator across the street, but us humble print-media folks aren’t so well-equipped. Biking is a challenge, as all the traffic lights on NE Sandy from 12th through the […]
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Good Morning, News!!
PEEKABOO!!!!! It’s Palm Sunday! El Papa says he will “not be intimidated by petty gossip.” Well. Tack så mycket, China! Supposedly Swedish automaker Volvo gets handed off from Ford to… China. A glider carrying the 27th most powerful person in the world crashes into a Moroccan lake. Question: WHY IS THE 27TH MOST POWERFUL PERSON […]
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Boner Patrol
SW Portland School Bans Hugs
No more hugging at a SW Portland middle school.
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Water, Water Everywhere
Seattle Times The bottled water monster takes over Seattle Aah, water. Nature’s Gatorade. The stuff of life. With the recent kerfuffle about bioswales and mounting opposition to bottled water, it’s an interesting time to ponder the future of our water supply. A symposium coming up this weekend at the University of Portland focuses on water […]
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The Sign Shall Remain
Commissioner Randy Leonard, lover of all things neon, has a new blog post up announcing a deal to save the iconic “Made in Oregon” sign atop the White Stag building. The sign, which most recently advertised the Made in Oregon retail outfit, has taken on many guises over the years: In 2009, the University of […]
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A Cop Shooting by Any Other Name
In the hours after the first reports of a shooting involving police yesterday at Hoyt Arboretum, news outlets used caution in referring to the incident. We didn’t actually know that an officer shot somebody until around 5 pm. At that time, I changed our headline from “Police Involved in Shooting at Hoyt Arboretum” to “Police […]
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Good Morning, News!!
Well, it is Sunday again. Go figure. It’s also cloudy and chilly outside after a couple glorious days here in Portland. So you might as well put on some coffee, sit around and read the news. Hey, yeah! That sounds like a great idea! WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE: Bart “I love fetuses” Stupak and […]
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Good Morning, News!!
Wake up, sleepyheads! As a journalist, I have a duty to remind you that daylight savings time started last night, so go find the one device you still own that doesn’t update itself and crank that baby forward. Savor it: this is a pleasure that Arizonans never get to know. Let’s do the news. Tragedy […]
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Harsh Lessons
Has Our School District Learned from Past Mistakes?
Portland Public Schools tries to avoid the past’s mistakes.
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Good Morning, News!!
Hi Will! Hi Liane! …It’s GMN Weekend Edition, just in time for you to read on your mobile device as you look under the bed for your warm-weather leggings and squabble with your S.O. about where to get brunch. Ah, Sundays. Now to the downers: Polls close in the Iraqi election, after explosions in protest […]
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Legislative Rodeo
A Special Session Scorecard
The legislature passed bills to help job applicants… and kill babies?