Gresham charter students receive grant to explore careers in art
Students will help Troutdale Historical Society promote highway exhibit With digital media paving the way of the future, Troutdale historians turned to Gresham web design students for help in marketing...
View ArticleGresham-Barlow seeks adult volunteers for reading program
The OASIS volunteer program and Gresham-Barlow School District seek adult volunteers who can spend one hour a week during the school day, working one-on-one with children between first and fifth...
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Saturday, Jan. 4 Gresham High School Bands Christmas tree, bottle and cans recycling event 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Division Street parking lot of the high school. The suggested donations of $5 will go...
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Power of the Pen series continues The Power of the Pen series will continue on the first Wednesday of each month with readings and book signings by local authors at Courtyard Fountains, 1545 S.E. 223rd...
View ArticleHoops Classic gets a top-10 clash in Saturdays finale
Portland Lutheran advances to the title game with a 59-47 win over Hosanna Christian The Portland Lutheran boys rushed out of the gates and never looked back during a 59-47 win over Hosanna Christian...
View ArticleTwo 13-year-old Gresham girls found
Two missing 13-year-old Gresham girls have been found and reunited with their parents. The Gresham Police Department had asked the public to help locate Malia Sherman and Skyler Taylor. They were last...
View ArticleNew Year's resolutions: easy to make, hard to keep
Its 2014 already, so how are those New Years resolutions working out? Not so good? No worries. Even if youve already failed to quit smoking or go on a diet or run a mile every day, two Gresham...
View ArticleSigala returns to head up MHCC Foundation
Al Sigala, the former director of media and public relations at Mt. Hood Community College, has been named executive director of the MHCC Foundation. Sigala worked at the college in his previous role...
View ArticleMissing Gresham girls come home safe
Two 13-year-olds were gone overnight Two 13-year-old Gresham girls who were missing overnight came home of their own accord, according to Gresham police. After Malia Sherman and Skyler Taylor didn't...
View ArticleEast county welcomes first new resident
Infant puts the happy in Happy New Year for local family Despite the efforts of his mothers induced labor on Dec. 31, Greshams first baby of 2014 apparently wanted nothing to do with the outgoing...
View ArticlePerennials and lots more are popping at iconic nursery
Al's Garden Center expansion provides more room It may not look like spring outside, but at Als Garden Center in Gresham, the new season is already sprouting in greenhouses. And so too, is an...
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Chamber Calendar Connect with Success AM meeting, 7-9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 10, Office Depot, 2205 N.E. Burnside Road, Gresham. Connect with Success AM meeting, 7-9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 17, Pacifica Senior...
View ArticleWho ya gonna call when mobility matters?
Gresham physical therapy clinic has been helping people move and move on with their lives for 50 years Physical therapy has changed dramatically since George Eischen first hung out his shingle in 1985....
View ArticleDamascus cop rescues dog trapped for days
Sampson, a black lab, had been missing since New Years Damascus Police Officer Jerry Rippe is a hero, at least to a dog named Sampson. Rippe rescued Sampson Dec. 6 from a steep, rocky ravine where he...
View ArticleExploring imagination through games
- Game Education PDX launches inaugural Rockwood camp Sixteen students gathered around laptops and prepared for the days adventure: creating video games with SNAP, a visual programming software....
View ArticleEngagement
McManus-Johnson Katie McManus and Chad Johnson are engaged to be married Oct. 4, 2014, at Langdon Farms Golf Club in Aurora. The daughter of Mark and Nancy McManus of Gresham, Katie is a 2005 Gresham...
View ArticleThird time's a charm
– Acoustic music series Rockwood(Stock) takes place Saturday, Jan. 18 For the third consecutive year, Park Place Coffee celebrates local acoustic music and the neighborhood in which its located with...
View ArticleMayor Jeremy Ferguson opts out of county race
Milwaukie Mayor Jeremy Ferguson announced Tuesday that he has pulled out of the race challenging Clackamas County Commissioner Jim Bernard to focus on immediate personal and family needs. West Linn...
View ArticleGirl grabbed by stranger while walking home from school
Gresham police seek tips on unidentified attacker A 15-year-old girl was able to pull away from an attempted abductor Tuesday, Jan. 7, as she was walking home from Springwater Trail High School, 1440...
View ArticleMissing mans wife suspects heart attack
Mike Shettel was working on a houseboat when he disappeared All Ginger Shettel can do for now is wait. Her husband Mike, 58, disappeared into the Columbia River on Dec. 16 while working on a houseboat...
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