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More ice cream, music, and fun at ‘Sundae in the Park’
Lovely weather made it a perfect Sunday afternoon on August 4 for the annual “Sundae in the Park” celebration held in Sellwood Park, on the bluff overlooking Oaks Bottom, Oaks Park, and the Willamette River. Indeed, real ice cream sundaes were back, scooped up by Sellwood Community House adult and teen volunteers – complete with toppings. “This is the 44th annual ‘Sundae in the Park’ – an annual tradition that...
Brooklyn’s tall new apartment building opens as ‘The Frankie’
The new apartment building that has been under construction for some months, in the space across from the Aladdin Theater, Brooklyn Pharmacy, and Brooklyn Park, where once there was a US Bank branch, is officially opening in September as “The Frankie”. The large new building at 3260 S.E. Milwaukie Avenue stretches from S.E. Franklin to Kelly Streets, and eastward from Milwaukie to S.E. 12th Avenue. In August, potential renters were being offered tours of the units, which range from studios to three-bedroom apartments. The property...
Residents seeking safer Woodstock streets
As neighbors report difficulty in walking their children to school – and after a couple of people have even been hit by cars on or near Woodstock Boulevard – it is clear to residents that there is a need for more pedestrian safety in that Inner Southeast neighborhood. One who lives south of Woodstock Boulevard near the Multnomah Branch Library was walking her children to Woodstock Elementary School daily, and became increasingly aware of serious safety issues. ...
‘Summerville’ celebrated at Sellwood & Westmoreland businesses
Saturday, August 3rd, saw the return of a Sellwood Moreland Business Alliance (SMBA) annual event – Summerville – among businesses in the Sellwood and Westmoreland business districts. Some participants started out at a “hive” location – one of those being at SMILE Station in Sellwood – at any one of which they received a map of participating businesses and free “bee deely bobber” headbands. Other neighbors joining in just looked for balloons of bees and signage near the some 30 participating businesses. ...
Beaverton students explore motorsports during ‘Girls Day’ at Portland Raceway
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - IndyCar returns to the Portland International Raceway with Sunday’s Grand Prix. But on Saturday, a group of Beaverton students got a look at careers in motorsports during Girls Day at the track. Korben Cantu is a high school senior at BASE, Beaverton’s Academy of Science...
Crash on Powell Blvd crumples cars, stalls commuter traffic
A two-car, side-impact (“T-Bone”) smashup in the Brooklyn neighborhood, on S.E. Powell Boulevard near 10th Avenue on Thursday afternoon, August 1st, brought to a halt traffic along the highway. Medical emergency first responders and Central Precinct officers who arrived at the 6:49 p.m. collision found the wreckage blocking traffic in the eastbound lanes of Powell coming off the Ross Island Bridge. “As bad as this crash may look, everyone involved...
SUV soars off McLoughlin into Oaks Bottom
Early Thursday evening, August 8th, Central Precinct officers and PFR emergency first responders converged on the intersection of S.E. McLoughin and Holgate on the report of an incident described as “a blue truck, nose down toward the Springwater Trail, about 50 feet down the embankment.” Apparently the vehicle had run up the substantial berm on the “jug handle” exit from southbound Highway 99E exit to Holgate, and had gone up over the edge. ...
Morning fire burns nine Mt. Scott-Arleta apartments
Near dawn on Saturday morning, August 3rd, many residents of “The Arleta” apartment complex, at 5224 S.E. 72nd Avenue near Mitchell Street, suddenly smelled smoke – and some saw flames. Many frantic calls to the 9-1-1 Center sent multiple Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) crews their way. Lents Station 11’s Engine and Rescue Companies arrived first, at 7:07 a.m. “Responding crews communicated to dispatchers that they saw a smoke column...
Summer markets in Southeast celebrate Asian culture, food, and art
The sights, sounds, and scents of Asian street markets came to life this summer in Southeast Portland’s Foster-Powell neighborhood. The White Lotus Foundation (WLF) hosted a series of summer markets, held each Saturday and Sunday, from July 13 through August 4. Free admission, and a wide variety of art, food, and entertainment, drew an estimated 12,000 attendees to the parking lot of Shun Fat Supermarket, at 5253 S.E. 82nd Avenue of Roses – a former Fred Meyer store – over the course of those four...
Thousands on bicycles roll across Sellwood Bridge in ‘Bridge Pedal’
Gray skies and cool temperatures didn’t discourage either avid or casual bicyclists from making their run in the 2024 Providence Bridge Pedal on Sunday morning, August 11. Smiles prevailed on the faces of the riders as they cruised briefly into Inner Southeast Portland, heading under the Ross Island Bridge southward along the Springwater Corridor Trail, in this the 28th annual bike event. Meantime, those driving cars were relieved to see...
Concert celebrates 10th anniversary of ‘Rovello Memorial Tennis Courts’
A “Celebration in the Park” took place on Saturday, July 27, at PP&R’s Berkeley Park in the Eastmoreland neighborhood – it included a family-friendly concert to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the dedication of the “Alex Rovello Memorial Tennis Courts”. Alex Rovello was a participant in Cleveland High School’s only state championship tennis team, and was a nationally-ranked Junior Player in the United States Tennis Association. He went on to be a star tennis player at the University of Oregon – until his sudden accidental...
Transient shack fire menaces Brentwood-Darlington homes
A brush fire along the Springwater Corridor Trail, near S.E. 81st Avenue and Harney Street, put houses in danger for a time, in the southeast corner of the Brentwood-Darlington neighborhood on Thursday, July 25. When the first of six Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) crews, from five stations, plus mutual-aid crews from Clackamas Fire District 1, arrived minutes after the first calls to 9-1-1, they found a roaring field fire crackling swiftly toward homes nearby. ...
More offensive firepower and an improved defense highlight 2024 Franklin football
Franklin High School football returned to the postseason last year for the first time since 2017 behind an explosive offense that averaged 37.9 points per game. That offense will have some pieces to replace, including starting quarterback and PIL Offensive Player of the Year Will Reid, but there’s still plenty left in a program that continues to grow in Southeast Portland. For second-year head coach Adam Grimes, building on that...
Front row start at Portland for ABEL Motorsports
ABEL Motorsports secured a strong performance in qualifying for the INDY NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of Portland, with Jacob Abel starting second and Yuven Sundaramoorthy in fifth. Both drivers showcased their skill on the 12-turn, 1.967-mile road course, refining their setups during practice sessions to enhance their race pace. Sundaramoorthy achieved his best qualifying position in his rookie season, benefiting from a penalty on a car ahead, while Abel notched his sixth front row start of the season.
Garcia Clinches USF2000 Title In Style
PORTLAND, Ore. — An intense climax to the USF2000 Presented by Continental Tire season began this morning at Portland Int’l Raceway with Pabst Racing’s Max Garcia taking a hard-fought victory. It was enough to wrap up the championship in style. Later in the day, a thrilling first...
Johnson Victorious Again for VRD Racing in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. – Nikita Johnson was out to prove a point this weekend. And he did so emphatically. The 16-year-old from Gulfport, Fla., knew he had virtually no chance of wresting away the USF Pro 2000 Presented by Continental Tire championship from his main rival, Lochie Hughes, but after holding off a race-long challenge yesterday from last year’s USF2000 champion Simon Sikes in damp, drying conditions, today Johnson ensured another visit to the top step of the podium for himself and VRD Racing in the dry by fending off the attentions of Turn 3 Motorsport’s Hughes to claim his series-leading eighth victory of the season.
Redditors show up as wedding witnesses in Portland
"We couldn't get our buddy ordained for the wedding and we didn't want some stranger up there with us, so we thought we would do it private on the side, as quiet as possible. I didn't have the heart to tell her that this post kind of blew up."
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