Celebration kicks off new Sellwood Bridge's construction

By David F. Ashton /
The Bee
Tue, Jan 31, 2012

On December 16th, officials from Multnomah County, the City of Portland, and the State of Oregon gathered — along with neighbors, and a number …

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Almost-shuttered Llewellyn Elementary now bursts at the seams with students

By David F. Ashton /
The Bee
Tue, Jan 31, 2012

It’s ironic to some parents, and perplexing to others, that Portland Public Schools (PPS) only six years ago made a case for boarding up …

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Final wall of Historic Sellwood Carbarns may come down By Eileen G. Fitzsimons / The Bee Tue, Jan 31, 2012 Unless a donor with deep pockets comes forward to help, the final piece of the historic Sellwood Carbarns, at S.E. 13th Avenue between Linn and …

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Intrepid paddlers row into New Year, near Oaks Park

By David F. Ashton /
The Bee
Tue, Jan 31, 2012

On the chilly and clear New Year’s Day morning, when many revelers were recovering from their late-night party, a group of valiant rowing …

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Elderly driver hits, hits, hits, hits, hits — then crashes By David F. Ashton / The Bee Tue, Jan 31, 2012 The multiple-vehicle accident on Tuesday, January 17th, started in the Mt. Scott-Arleta neighborhood — and ended up in the Foster-Powell …

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Brooklyn neighborhood blaze displaces house full of folks

By David F. Ashton /
The Bee
Tue, Jan 31, 2012

The last of three house fires that Portland Fire & Rescue battled — across the city, all within an hour — broke out on December 28, …

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- Local scouts “clean up” by recycling Christmas trees

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- Stabbed man staggers into Woodstock convenience store

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- Tree stops car from smashing into Franklin High

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- A look back at Southeast Portland’s “La Nina” weather year

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- Police arrest drunk father, with kids in car, at Sellwood Bridge

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- Park worker saves hypothermic man at Sellwood Riverfront Park

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- Crime wave hits a block of houses in Woodstock

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- Four tons of flooring — at Woodstock Community Center

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- Speeder’s arrest on Powell Blvd. follows a two-county chase

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Bequest provides new instruments for budding S.E. pianists

By David F. Ashton / The Bee
Tue, Jan 31, 2012

The young students, now able to take their piano lessons on brand new Yamaha Arius digital instruments, looked delighted — as they took their …

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Carjacking tavern robbers nabbed in minutes By David F. Ashton / The Bee Tue, Jan 31, 2012 Within minutes of each other, Portland Police Bureau East Precinct officers were dispatched to two different calls in the Powell-Foster neighborhood …

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New S.E. rescue boat again rapidly responds, when seconds count

By David F. Ashton / The Bee
Tue, Jan 31, 2012

Portland Fire & Rescue’s specially-designed river rescue boat, the “Eldon Trinity”, dedicated in December 2010, was again put …

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Truth about lies: Eastmorelander publishes “Lie Detector” book By Rita A. Leonard / The Bee Tue, Jan 31, 2012 Eastmoreland resident Jim Wygant, a retired Polygraph examiner, recently published his third paperback book: “Confessions of a Lie Detector: …

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- Police seek Creston-Kenilworth stick-up bandit

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- “Human Solutions” reopens its fire-damaged building on Powell Blvd.

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- Foster crash, driver’s 11th DUII, nets a 6-year prison term

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- Bandit botches ATM boost, on S.E. Division

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- Speeding Woodstock Blvd. driver hits — and runs

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- Car misses road, hits wall, in the Brooklyn neighborhood

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- Woodstock therapist in group that helps Haitians

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- Fireplace sets Foster-Powell home ablaze, a week before Christmas

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