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Book examines business marketing Local authors Ely Delaney and Cindy Clemens were featured at a book signing March 5 at Origins Coffee and Tea House in Gresham Town Fair. The two were there to promote...
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Damascus Middle School students embrace anti-bullying messages During Red Ribbon Week last fall, a team at Damascus Middle School sought to make lessons more interactive and personal. Enter a lesson...
View ArticleDamascus schools to merge this fall
School Board votes to form a K-8 school at Damascus Middle School With Deep Creek Elementary and Damascus Middle School at 50 percent capacity, the Gresham-Barlow School Board has agreed to combine the...
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Nonprofit promotes college education College Possible Portland is in the process of recruiting low-income sophomores from Barlow, Davis Douglas, Gresham and Reynolds high schools who have a desire to...
View ArticleReaders Theatre presents sole Eugene O'Neill comedy
'Ah, Wilderness!' on stage March 17 For St. Patricks Day, fans of Readers Theatre, Gresham, can take in the great Irish-American playwright Eugene ONeills comedic Ah, Wilderness! The...
View ArticleGresham Elks honor community members for unflagging service
Wills selected as citizen of the year for civic involvement The Gresham Elks Lodge honored its own as well as others in the community at its annual awards banquet Saturday, March 8, with more than 100...
View ArticleArea leaders receive Boy Scouts highest volunteer award
Three area Boy Scout leaders recently were honored for receiving the organizations highest volunteer recognition, the Silver Beaver Award, according to the Cascade Pacific Council of Boy Scouts of...
View ArticlePower plant hearing canceled
Hearing for Troutdale Energy Center will likely reconvene at end of the month A prehearing scheduled Wednesday, March 12, in Fairview for the contested Troutdale Energy Center case has been rescheduled...
View ArticleFire districts consider becoming one entity
Boring, Clackamas district voters must first approve merger A feasibility study completed earlier this year recommends legally merging the Boring and Clackamas fire districts. But it will be up to...
View ArticleEast County Fire Calls
Between Feb. 28 and March 6, the Gresham Fire Department responded to 304 incident calls that included seven fire calls, 199 rescues and calls for Emergency Medical Services, four calls for hazardous...
View ArticleOne woman's crusade against elder abuse
- Loved ones in care facilities have a new advocate Statistics compiled by the U.S. Senate Committee on Aging indicate that elder abuse can be found in one in three nursing homes nationwide. Closer to...
View ArticleConstruction starts on I-84 and Marine Drive
Road improvements bring nightime and weekend delays and closures A project has begun to improve the Interstate 84 interchange at Exit 17 and Northwest Marine Drive, according to officials at the Oregon...
View ArticleGresham senator gives legislative roundup
Monnes Anderson speaks on Cover Oregon, healthcare bills and work ahead during the interim Despite what some criticized as a less than fruitful short session, Sen. Laurie Monnes Anderson believes it...
View ArticleTroutdale city attorney resigns
Firm hired to serve as city's interim attorney David Ross has resigned his position as Troutdales City Attorney, and the city is in the process of recruiting a replacement. The city is hiring the firm...
View ArticleFairview plans Park Cleone updates
Public can offer input at city hall meeting Monday, March 17 Fairview is planning further updates for Park Cleone and would like your input. The city plans to install additions to the park this spring...
View ArticleEveryone gets to be Irish on St. Paddys Day
- Holiday rooted in ethnic pride, immigrants past Everyone is Irish on St. Patricks Day, or so it seems. St. Patricks Day parades are held in many cities throughout the U.S. and people from all...
View ArticleAuthor asks judge to reconsider ruling
Ann Rules attorney has filed a motion requesting that a judge reconsider last months decision to dismiss Rules defamation case against an Eagle Creek man who penned a scathing newspaper article...
View ArticleOvercoming adversity to earn accolades
- MHCC student Sule Whitlock is named a 2014 New Century scholar One night after Mt. Hood Community Colleges library closed, Sule (pronounced Shoe-lay, which means flame in Turkish) Whitlock drove out...
View ArticleBirth
BURRI Ruby Jeanne Burri, the daughter of Sara and Matt Burri of Brightwood, was born at 2:23 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center in Gresham. She weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce....
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Barn Museum hosts Mega Floods of the Gorge talk The Troutdale Historical Society and The Vista House have invited Jim Urbaniak from the Bonneville Power Administration to speak about Mega Floods of...
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