http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128370879209882700 2010-09-06 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128370879209882700 en-us The one-stop center for domestic violence services that opens Wednesday is only the latest in a series of offices supported by Portland and Multnomah County at a campus for family services in Southeast Portland. The Gateway Childrens Center is on Southeast Burnside at the 102nd Avenue MAX stop. It ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128354052084072000 2010-09-06 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128354052084072000 en-us When Sharon Cresalia was undergoing treatment for her second battle with breast cancer in 2006, she probably had a lot of ideas about how the disease might change her life. Getting her on a dragon boat — full of competitive female paddlers — wasn’t one of them. Four years later, ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128371279002584400 2010-09-05 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128371279002584400 en-us TriMet cut MAX and bus service on Sunday to help close a $27 million shortfall on the fiscal year budget that took effect on July 1. The reductions affect all MAX lines and dozens of bus routes, including some that have been completely eliminated. According to the regional transit agencies, the ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128353539140385200 2010-09-03 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128353539140385200 en-us Mayor Sam Adams showed up at the city’s long-running gang violence task force Friday morning, two weeks after outreach worker John Canda called him out for his not attending the regular meetings. “Thank you for coming; I apologize for the way it had to happen,” Canda told Adams ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128352938551660400 2010-09-03 08:56:25 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128352938551660400 en-us Beaverton’s School Board will ask voters this fall to eliminate local school committees because of the election costs. School district officials filed a measure Wednesday, Sept. 1, with the Washington County Elections Office to put the issue on the Nov. 2 general election ballot. If ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128344692994806900 2010-09-02 10:02:09 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128344692994806900 en-us A public hearing next week could decide the fate of local TV. Public Access TV programs in Tualatin Valley may be significantly reduced if a recommendation to the Metropolitan Area Communications Commission (MACC) is put into action. Tualatin Valley Community Television may have to drastically ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128336261574771700 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128336261574771700 en-us It was one of those quintessential lightbulb-over-the-head moments. Casey Dennis, under instruction from his brother, Mike Dennis, who owns Oregon Aero with his wife, Jude, was tasked with finding a new business venture for the manufacturer. The company is known for creating comfort and safety ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128336395337588300 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128336395337588300 en-us The Columbia County Health District will have to wait another month for a decision from the Oregon Department of Health and Human Services regarding the district’s proposed hospital in St. Helens. Oregon DHS is still reviewing the district’s hospital application to determine whether it ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128336822890057700 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128336822890057700 en-us One year after city officials in St. Helens decided to convert three of the city’s fleet vehicles to a compressed natural gas dual-fuel system — an untested-yet-costly gamble at the time — the pilot program continues to impress those closest to it. The program saves the city ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128336179993692700 2010-09-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128336179993692700 en-us In today’s business world, green is red hot. Companies and corporations big and small are quick to pledge their commitment to sustainability. And, while for some these promises may be attempts to improve their public image, for others they represent an environmental consciousness that goes ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128337804185816600 2010-09-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128337804185816600 en-us A true milestone for the Lake Oswego Interceptor Sewer Project begins Sunday when work starts on lowering Oswego Lake. The lake must go down 24 feet for the city’s old sewer system to be taken out and a new one put in for this all-important project, and the LOIS staff has been on a rapid ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128331854244879700 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128331854244879700 en-us Voters won’t get a chance to weigh in (again) on a two-cent-per gallon gas tax in Cornelius until 2012. A Monday ruling by Washington County Circuit Court Judge Charles Bailey spiked an effort by opponents of the tax to put a measure on the November 2010 ballot to repeal the tax. Bailey ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128337849034852100 2010-09-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128337849034852100 en-us Lake Oswego and Dunthorpe residents recently formed a licenced nonprofit corporation to oppose the streetcar alternative to the Portland to Lake Oswego transit project. The group, Keep Lake Oswego Liveable, hired Portland political consultant and lobbyist Len Bergstein of Northwest Strategies, to ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128337197459536900 2010-09-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128337197459536900 en-us Although general election campaigns don’t traditionally kick into high gear until after Labor Day, some Democrats are worried that John Kitzhaber’s race for governor is not generating much excitement among rank-and-file party members. Because this is not a presidential election year, ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128337188967606800 2010-09-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128337188967606800 en-us Mayor Sam Adams’ plan to reduce gun violence is not just drawing objections from defenders of the Second Amendment – it also is generating opposition from the other end of the political spectrum, including civil rights advocates. On Aug. 20, Adams introduced his five-point proposal ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128337184580913400 2010-09-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128337184580913400 en-us Oregon’s “Ban the bag” campaign is getting some support from the suburbs this month as the nonprofit Tualatin Riverkeepers lobbies to raise funds for the cause at its annual music festival. The Riverkeepers group, founded in 1993, hopes to raise $10,000 to support efforts to get ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128337191106651000 2010-09-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128337191106651000 en-us Mike and Penny Moreau know what the parents of Kyron Horman are going through. The Moreaus’ 21-year-old son, Tim, disappeared in Portland in January 1990. It took police eight years to solve the case. During that time, the Moreaus worked hard to keep local reporters interested in the story, ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128337195480559800 2010-09-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128337195480559800 en-us Once or twice a month, and usually on a Monday morning, Robert Schultz does his best somewhere in Portland to help a few commuters feel a little bit better as they head to work. Usually, he succeeds. Schultz, a Southeast Portland resident, was laid off from his job as a construction inspector, but ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128337193360646300 2010-09-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128337193360646300 en-us Linda Loeffler still doesn’t remember one word of what she said, or why she changed her mind. But she did change her mind, and she did speak up, and partly as a result, there will be one more place for homeless Portland families to stay overnight this fall and winter. Poets would have us ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128337199679185900 2010-09-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128337199679185900 en-us Back in the heady days of the modern environmental movement in the early 1970s, Jim Huffman bicycled to work as a new Lewis & Clark law professor. Rather than see his faculty parking spot sit empty, Huffman and his students planted a vegetable garden atop the asphalt. The move made national TV ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128337186877495900 2010-09-02 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128337186877495900 en-us Will Pinckney’s mom might wear a uniform and badge to work, but he’s still a typical teenager. “If my mom didn’t care about me, I’d do stupid stuff, get in trouble,” says the 18-year-old Benson Polytechnic High School senior who plays running back, slot and free ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128336661974313900 2010-09-01 11:43:39 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128336661974313900 en-us The mini-Mt. St. Helens sculpture in the city of St. Helens, located in the Houlton Business District, was intended to draw visitors down to Olde Towne. What it’s drawn instead is ire from city councilors upset that it was installed without first going through the city’s Arts and ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128331934145850700 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128331934145850700 en-us After the long Labor Day weekend, school bells will ring once again next week in Forest Grove, Banks and Gaston. Teachers have been hired, classrooms have been prepared, students have their bus schedules – and budgets have been slashed. The question is, in light of Oregon’s worsening ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128331880659534700 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128331880659534700 en-us Joshua David Nicholas was scheduled to be released on Aug. 27 from prison, but Forest Grove Police had other plans. Instead of going free, Nicholas was arrested by police and charged with the aggravated murder of Lori Fitzgerald, 47, who lived in the 2700 block of Sycamore Court in Forest ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128329906833950700 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128329906833950700 en-us When Book Nook Manager Linda Arnett learned the building that has housed thousands of donated books for the last 18 years and has helped raise money for the Estacada Public Library Foundation would be sold, with changes in the lease imminent, she knew it was time to relocate. So she went to work ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128329811481029000 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128329811481029000 en-us The Estacada Public Library Board of Trustees rejected a request from a parent and library patron last week to provide parents with the ability to restrict Internet access to their children on an individual basis. When Eagle Creek resident Lynne Kamerman presented her request to the library board ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128268769080359900 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128268769080359900 en-us HAYHURST – Portland just got a little greener. Measuring 7,200 square feet, new garden space was added to the Vermont Hills Community Garden on Aug. 28 with the help of DePave, a project of City Repair focused on removing unnecessary asphalt from urban spaces. It was the non-profit ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128268371084663500 2010-09-01 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128268371084663500 en-us HILLSDALE — From long-term development plans to acceptance into the Portland Main Street Program, in recent years Hillsdale’s focus has been separating itself from the pack. But the neighborhood’s Town Center Plan for new streets and multi-story developments remains years away ...