Youth baseball fans in new competition

By Kara Hansen /
The West Linn Tidings
Thu, Jul 29, 2010

With their season barely over, West Linn youth baseball fans have found themselves in a new match-up. It’s the city of West Linn vs. West Linn …

Gresham Mayor Bemis plans run for re-election

By Sanne Godfrey /
The Gresham Outlook
Tue, Jul 27, 2010
Updated 11.3 hours ago

Gresham Mayor Shane T. Bemis has announced his bid for re-election, saying he wants to continue the city’s efforts at job recruitment, economic …

Read the sign: Arts Commission launches new project By Evan Jensen / The Estacada News Wed, Jul 28, 2010 Updated Jul 28, 2010 About three years ago, longtime Estacada residents Gloria Polzin and her husband, Jerry, took a trip to the east coast to take in the fall colors of …

Ride of a Lifetime

By Evan Jensen /
The Estacada News
Wed, Jul 28, 2010
Updated Jul 28, 2010

When Bill Mattes arrived for his first day of work in the Estacada School District 11 years ago, he was expecting to spend the day organizing his …

Community celebrates at ‘Furnace Blast’ By Linda Hundhammer / The Lake Oswego Review Thu, Jul 29, 2010 More than 250 people gathered on the lawn at George Rogers Park Saturday morning to celebrate the completion of the seven-year restoration of Lake …

Our Lady of the Lake kicks off phase one

By Rebecca Randall /
The Lake Oswego Review
Thu, Jul 29, 2010

Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Parish in Lake Oswego ripped into the two homes at the corner of Evergreen Avenue last week, commencing its first phase …

West Linn developer denies intent to cut trees

By Kara Hansen / The West Linn Tidings
Thu, Jul 29, 2010

Joe Chan didn’t mean to let crews chop down two protected Douglas fir trees in his backyard, his attorney said last week. Chan didn’t …

Piece by piece By Rebecca Randall / The Lake Oswego Review Thu, Jul 29, 2010 In most scenarios, bulldozers and wrecking balls topple old, unwanted buildings and clear the land for the next generation of construction. But last …

Gales Creek watering hole seeks city oasis

By Ashley Pennington / The Forest Grove News-Times
Wed, Jul 28, 2010
Updated Jul 28, 2010

The Gales Creek Tavern is a hub of activity for the small rural community whose name it claims. But the watering hole is in trouble: county health …

National Guard helps build Jeff Lucas stadium By Rob Cullivan / The Gresham Outlook Wed, Jul 28, 2010 Updated Jul 28, 2010 Chief Master Staff Sgt. Jeff Roy of the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Civil Engineers Squadron has worked on military construction projects …