David F. Ashton

If you were reading THE BEE about this time two years ago, you may remember the photo accompanying this story. It showed one of the worst traffic crashes we’ve ever

The Brentwood-Darlington Community Center was buzzing with activity on the Saturday afternoon of March 23rd, as the “Spring Green 2024” fair was underway.

At multiple locations – and actually amid snow flurries – 252 volunteers showed up at one of the ten designated locations to participate in the Johnson Creek Watershed Council (JCWC)

In the midst updating the displays for springtime, and adding to their “Famous TV Puppets” exhibition, Portland Puppet Museum proprietor and curator Steve Overton was shocked to discover, when arriving in the morning of February 18th, that burglars had attempted to break into the unique Sellwood museum.

For the second year in a row, Woodstock Elementary School was the site of Mini Makers Market PDX on a Saturday earlier this year.

After the month-long teacher's union strike last November, PPS announced that meeting the terms of the new contract would require an estimated $30 million in cuts be made in the following school year. But, until lately, it has not been clear how these cuts would impact Portland schools.

April 8th was a somewhat overcast Monday morning, with rain showers promised. But, the possibility of witnessing even a partial eclipse of the sun drew a crowd of hundreds to the front courtyard of Inner Southeast's Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), on the east bank of the Willametter River under the Marquam Bridge.

It's amazing how an event that lasts only few minutes can delight hundreds of families, as did the 2024 SMILE Egg Hunt on Saturday morning, March 30, at The Oaks Amusement Park – on the east bank of the Willamette River in Sellwood.

Plans are nearly ready for the area’s 118th continuous annual celebration of community – the Multnomah County Fair. It’s again to take place over Memorial Day weekend – May 25

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