Drowning in Willamette River near Sellwood Bridge

By David F. Ashton /
The Bee
Tue, Aug 3, 2010

The return of summer heat brought at least five drowning deaths to the Portland region on July 24 and 25 — one of them off Sellwood. Whitney …

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Broken water main undermines McLoughlin

By David F. Ashton /
The Bee
Tue, Aug 3, 2010

Just as commuters started home on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 7, the northbound side of the 8300 block of S.E. McLoughlin Boulevard — in …

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Parade, fair, and fun found at this year’s Woodstock Festival By David F. Ashton / The Bee Tue, Aug 3, 2010 Music and mirth were at every turn, as the Woodstock Parade and Festival returned on Saturday, July 17. Sidewalk vendors were set up on S.E. …

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Public gets first look at new Sellwood Bridge design options

By David F. Ashton /
The Bee
Tue, Aug 3, 2010

The Sellwood Bridge Community Advisory Committee (CAC) reviewed design options for the new bridge at a SMILE Station meeting on Tuesday, July 13. …

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Water main upgrade causes break of old main in Westmoreland By David F. Ashton / The Bee Tue, Aug 3, 2010 Many Westmoreland restaurants and businesses near S.E. Bybee Boulevard closed early on Monday, July 19, when a water main in a construction …

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Post-earthquake impressions of Haiti, by Woodstock worker

By Elizabeth Ussher Groff /
The Bee
Tue, Aug 3, 2010

Twenty-year-old Parker Helland grew up in Montana, moved to Portland in 2001, went to Centennial High School in Gresham, and today works part-time at …

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- Brooklyn “Free Willy” house saved from blaze

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- Smokers’ carelessness leads to Brentwood-Darlington home fire

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- Mosquitoes pester, this summer — and, in one case, startle

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- Gunshots shut down Brentwood-Darlington streets on July 11

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- Dougy Center “deconstructs” its arson-burned building

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- Sellwood resident founds “hip hop alternative school”

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- Water project impacts S.E. 16th in Westmoreland through October

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- Trouble at the golf course — nutria at work!

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- New “top cop” named to lead East Precinct

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Unbidden sunflowers nearly overwhelm Sellwood yard

By Rita A. Leonard / The Bee
Tue, Aug 3, 2010

Bert Hansen’s front yard garden on S.E. Clatsop Street attracts a lot of attention. Tall sunflowers that came up by themselves are becoming a …

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Lego display draws a crowd on S.E. Division Street The Bee Tue, Aug 3, 2010 The annual Division-Clinton Street Fair, on July 24, again featured a display of Lego Physics constructions — built without kits, and displayed …

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Sometimes they just fall apart

The Bee
Tue, Aug 3, 2010

The sun was shining, the ground was dry, the temperature was 85 degrees, and the forecast east winds were still many hours away, when a large limb …

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Journey completed: From crime to “Café au Play”, at Tabor Commons By David F. Ashton / The Bee Tue, Aug 3, 2010 Since the “Drive-thru Wake-Up Deli” owner was busted for peddling pseudoephedrine for use in meth labs, the property at 5633 S.E. …

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- Colored glass wind sculpture spins on S.E 17th

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- The subject was "school food"

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