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Theresa Marchetti
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Portland’s Pot Regulations Might Freeze Out New Businesses
The City’s About to Give Medical Dispensaries Exactly What They Want
WHEN IT COMES to pot, no place in the country feels as rife with opportunity as Portland. Next month, anyone 21 and older will be able to walk into one of the city’s rapidly proliferating dispensaries and buy a quarter-ounce of weed. And next year, a whole new class of recreational pot shops will increase […]
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Hot Time in the Old Town
Street Closures Could Be Spark for Much Larger Nightlife Zone
Old Town’s street closures will continue. And they might be just the beginning.
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Fly in the Ointment
OLCC Rebuffs City, Okays Beer Buses
The OLCC, once again, rebuffs the city over a food cart beer permit.
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Hall Monitor
This Explanation’s All Wet
Portland explains its freakout over food-cart booze—and it’s all wet.
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Putting the Squeeze On
Portland Freaks out as OLCC Readies Its First Food Cart Liquor License
The OLCC gets ready to give a liquor license to a food cart—and Portland freaks out.
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On the Rocks?
Downtown Booze Ban Won’t Be Ready This Fall
Amid big changes, Portland’s plans for a downtown malt liquor ban won’t be ready this fall.
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Hall Monitor
This Beer Frame Doesn’t Fit
Out of bounds: A look at why downtown’s would-be ban on booze sales doesn’t walk a straight line.