Portland School District mulls fate of Franklin High — and Immersion Programs

By Merry MacKinnon /
The Bee
Tue, Feb 2, 2010

Heeding a call to show support for Franklin High School, over 2,000 people turned out on December 17th for a meeting at the school to hear Portland …

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Rosie, checking in -- for a boring job!

The Bee
Tue, Feb 2, 2010

“Rosie”, the huge excavating machine which has completed drilling the underground East Side Big Tunnel from near OMSI north to Swan …

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Two Franklin High students injured in crosswalk hit-and-run The Bee Tue, Feb 2, 2010 Two Franklin High School students were struck by a hit-and-run driver on Friday, January 22nd, at about noon, according to Portland Police …

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Unforecast snow during the Holidays

The Bee
Tue, Feb 2, 2010

The Qwest technician was smiling, as we snapped this shot — blurred by falling snow — at the end of his line repair, at S.E. Insley and …

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Styrofoam house near Reed College is both energy-efficient and elegant By Elizabeth Ussher Groff / The Bee Tue, Feb 2, 2010 It may seem paradoxical, but there is at least one use for hard-to-recycle Styrofoam that is very, very “green”. You can build houses …

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SE 17th Avenue gets “Pedestrian Mission” instead of marked crosswalks

By David F. Ashton /
The Bee
Tue, Feb 2, 2010

For years, Sellwood neighbors have been asking the City of Portland to paint crosswalk lines across S.E. 17th Avenue at one or two otherwise unmarked …

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- Westmorelander presents gift to Marysville School’s students and teachers

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- Second victim dies after Nov. 1 Foster Road crosswalk accident

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- 2009: The weather year, in Inner Southeast Portland

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- The future of bicycling in Southeast neighborhoods

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- Tragic mishap injures Westmoreland child

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- Sellwood musician makes melodic magic for movies and recording stars

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- Three-car crash on Powell snarls traffic

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- Windstorm topples Westmoreland tree, blocks S.E. 23rd

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- Pharmacy robbed for drugs

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Gardener has hands full maintaining Leach Botanical Garden

By Merry MacKinnon / The Bee
Tue, Feb 2, 2010

Fortunately for Southeast Portland’s Leach Botanical Garden, even when the economy takes a nosedive, people still get married. According to …

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Fast firefighting contains SE apartment blaze By David F. Ashton / The Bee Tue, Feb 2, 2010 Even though the initial call to 9-1-1 indicated the fire in a Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood apartment building was at S.E. 39th Avenue, Portland …

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Parents seek improvements at Woodstock Park

By Merry MacKinnon / The Bee
Tue, Feb 2, 2010

Residents who have lived for decades in Woodstock probably remember when the neighborhood’s bungalows and ranch houses were either rented out …

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New Commander takes charge of East Precinct By David F. Ashton / The Bee Tue, Feb 2, 2010 No sooner had Woodstock been shifted into East Precinct, as the Portland Police Southeast Precinct was deleted and its former territory split between …

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- Jay-walker struck on S.E. Foster Road

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- Reed aborts test of Kindle electronic books at federal request

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- Drunk brawler steals police car, stacks it up at OMSI

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- Cleveland High School’s sign damaged by weather

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- Wreck closes Johnson Creek Boulevard for afternoon

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- “Dignity Village” opens Springwater Trail snack cart in Sellwood

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- Scouts recycle Christmas Trees for cash

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- Southeast Portland meth lab surprises police

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- Secrets of Japanese cartooning revealed at Woodstock Library

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- Brentwood-Darlington’s volunteer-built park gets a new bench

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- Local playwright premières musical in Westmoreland

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- Despondent resident prompts SERT response in Creston-Kenilworth

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