Less than a week before Right 2 Dream Too is supposed to leave its longtime home, the six-year-old camp is facing formal eviction. R2DToo Chairperson Sarah Chandler confirms to the Mercury that the homeless rest area was served last week with notice to vacate the property by landowner Michael Wright. Others, including a spokesperson in […]
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Hey, Southeast Portland! Here’s the Locked, Unmanned Kombucha Facility You Didn’t Ask For
Today, at my neighborhood bus stop, I witnessed something terrible. Here it is: FUCK THIS SHIT. MB That’s right! It’s an unmanned Kombucha taproom you have to use your credit card to get into. It’s like a locked ATM but without the warmth. Obviously, this is a microcosm of everything that people complain about w/r/t […]
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This Week’s Letters to the Editor: “VAGINA! It’s Okay to Say!”
ALLISON KEREK RE: This Week in Vaginas [March 22], Courtenay Hameister’s column, in which Hameister wrote about being asked, “Are you aware that the title of this column is incredibly trans-exclusionary?” “Well, fuck. NO. I wasn’t. Until now. Because you told me,” replied Hameister. “I mean, now that you’ve told me, I totally see it. […]
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AMF Pro 300 Fights Back Against News of Closure
Landlord Maintains That a New Tenant Is Planned
Top: Google Maps / Bottom: Jason Desomer Earlier this week, the Mercury and other media outlets reported that the AMF Pro 300 bowling alley on SE Powell would be closing later this year. Today, Bowlmor AMF, the owner of the AMF Pro 300 business, released the following statement, which contradicts the landlord’s assertion that the […]
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Portland Brown Berets to Lead Candlelight Vigil for Victims of Guatemalan Shelter Fire
Courtesy YouTube Earlier this month, 40 teenage girls died in a fire set ablaze at Guatemalan shelter, Hogar Seguro Virgen de la Asución, following a riot in response to the institute’s ongoing abuse allegations and poor living conditions. Located on the outskirts of Guatemala City, the uprisings began on the evening of March 7 and […]
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The AMF Pro 300 Bowling Alley on Powell Is Going Away
UPDATE Sat March 25: Bowlmor AMF, owner of AMF Pro 300 Lanes, released a statement pledging to stay open in spite of MAJ Development’s plans for the property. That full story is here. Soon to be a 24 Hour Fitness, or Panera Bread, or Gentle Dental, or something similarly bland and horrible! Google Maps Nooooooooooooooooooo….. […]
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Portland’s Anarchist Pothole-Fillers are Holding a Public Meeting
The Portland Anarchist road crew, who went rogue and started filling potholes in the city’s absence, are still fairly mysterious, even after granting an email interview to The Oregonian, being written up by VICE, and getting a stern talking to from the Stranger‘s Charles Mudede. From Portland Anarchist Road Care Facebook Want to know more […]
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This Week On Nextdoor: “Can I Borrow A Lemon?”
Fucking Nextdoor. A hub for every person in Portland with too much time on their hands, something super lame to get rid of, or a suspicion that every person that walks in their neighborhood is scoping their house. Here are just a few maddening emails I’ve received this week: This one took longer to type […]
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Since Google Won’t, It’s Time for Portland to Invest in Fiber
“Beep boop beep! Time for publicly owned fiber optic internet!” Three years ago, Denis C. Theriault and I cowrote a story for the Mercury about Google Fiber. At the time, Google had just announced Portland as one of a handful of cities that might get its ultra-high speed internet. Despite Portland having already suffered a […]
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This Week’s Letters to the Editor: “As an ‘Alternative Weekly,’ Your Paper Has Been a Sincere Disappointment”
RE: “A Note to Our Readers On A Day Without a Woman (Or, Why There Are No Men in This Issue)” [Letters, March 8], Senior Editor Megan Burbank’s introduction to our March 8 issue, which contained stories, art, and photographs exclusively by women and nonbinary contributors. I moved to Portland in 2004—back when Division Street […]
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Friends on Bikes Is a New Collective of Femme Cyclists of Color Redefining Portland’s Bicycling Scene
Friends on Bikes Though Portland has one of the largest bicycling scenes in the US, there’s something to be said for its lack of diversity, especially when it comes to women of color. While some might attribute our city’s overwhelmingly white and male cycling scene to cultural barriers, cost, or safety concerns, there’s a new […]
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Need a Pothole Fixed? Maybe a Portland Anarchist Can Help!
Not all heroes wear capes, some wear face masks. A new Facebook page has appeared touting the handiwork of Portland Anarchist Road Care, an organization who claims to be taking “the state of the roads of PDX into the hands of the people.” From Portland Anarchist Road Care Facebook After this year’s rash of winter […]