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Arson suspected in Dougy Center fire

By David F. Ashton / The Bee Wed, Jul 1, 2009

Neighbors in the Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood, along S.E. 52nd Avenue just south of S.E. Foster Road, are worried. They say they’re …

Impassioned testimony for and against renaming S.E. 39th

By Merry Mackinnon /
The Bee
Wed, Jul 1, 2009

In a sign of how impassioned many Portlanders are about the proposal to rename 39th Avenue, City Council chambers overflowed with citizens on Tuesday …

Honors presented to childrens’ river rescuers

By David F. Ashton /
The Bee
Wed, Jul 1, 2009

Although they had little to say, after being awarded medals by the Portland Police Bureau on June 10th, Cheryl Robb and David Hagg are widely …

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Street Rods cruise in to Oaks Park for Rose Festival

By Rita A. Leonard /
The Bee
Wed, Jul 1, 2009

June 7 marked this year’s date for the Rose City Street Rods Invitational “Cruise-In” -- when about 100 street rods in all colors …

Milk Carton Boats splash again — at Westmoreland Park’s casting pond

By David F. Ashton /
The Bee
Wed, Jul 1, 2009

The milk-carton-less silence of seven years of Rose Festival was shattered at Westmoreland Park’s casting pond on June 7th, when the return of …

Tomei bill addresses “Residential Treatment Facilities”

The Bee
Wed, Jul 1, 2009

Perhaps inspired by the Ardenwald neighborhood controversy about the siting of the Balfour “Treatment House” at 2808 S.E. Balfour Street …

S.E. property finally purchased for “Train Museum”

By Eric Norberg /
The Bee
Wed, Jul 1, 2009

Two different groups of train enthusiasts have been working for years to obtain land in two different places for a Portland Train Museum. The need …

- Tomei bill addresses “Residential Treatment Facilities”

- Now preschoolers, too, are immersed in Chinese in Woodstock

- Ceremony marks official closure of Southeast Precinct

- Local green space demonstrates natural gardening techniques

- Woodstock is home to new Waldorf school

- Portland man fights gangs fulltime

- Sellwood resident granted Ford Family Foundation scholarship

- Sellwood Middle School unveils life-size, life-sciences mural

- Southeast Uplift names new Executive Director

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Officials say this young man, 17-year-old Fernando Chavez, was deceased when officers arrived – but, so far, they decline further comment on the case.

Portland Public Schools

CHS student with “star potential” slain chasing intruder

By David F. Ashton / The Bee
Wed, Jul 1, 2009

In the wee hours of Saturday, June 6, at about 3:30 am, a shot rang out in the 5500 block of S.E. Knapp Street, in the Brentwood Darlington …

• U.S. Marines launch key operation in south Afghanistan

• U.S. job losses spike in June, dampen recovery hopes

• Vice President Biden visits Baghdad

• Cash-strapped California sets interest rate on "IOUs"

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Annual Duniway Parade races the raindrops

By David F. Ashton / The Bee
Wed, Jul 1, 2009

No one’s sure, but the best guess is this year’s Duniway Elementary School Parade made it a 20-year tradition. Under a sky threatening …

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Thousands flock to Oaks Park’s 104th birthday party

By David F. Ashton / The Bee
Wed, Jul 1, 2009

The hot spring weather helped to kick off the season for historic Oaks Amusement Park in a big way in May – by bringing in crowds of families, …

Families enjoy end-of-school fun at Llewellyn Carnival

By David F. Ashton / The Bee
Wed, Jul 1, 2009

Organizers say they always plan for poor weather for the annual Llewellyn Elementary School Carnival – but this year, they were enjoying a …

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BUSINESS BRIEFS

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Wed, Jul 1, 2009

Rearranging the home office for productivity. The area-wide Association of Home Businesses, the business association for those who work at home, …

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