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Elka Bee’s delays opening of Wilsonville location
Residents will have to wait a little longer for Elka Bee’s Coffee & Bakery to open in Wilsonville. The Clackamas-based Elka Bee’s, which will soon open a new location in the former Corner Coffee Shoppe location near Safeway, has pushed its opening back from August to October. Owner Sylvia Hartman said she decided to do more renovations to the space than originally planned, causing the delay. Hartman said she wants...
‘Still Doing Life’ in the U.S. justice system
We all have a picture in our minds of what a prison inmate is. A hardened individual rotting in a cell, locked safely away from polite society. But what about those people who just made mistakes — those who had habits that couldn’t be broken by normal means? Still Doing Life, a photo exhibition continuing through Oct. 30 at Beaverton City Hall, attempts to answer this by giving another voice to the incarcerated through portraiture and essays.
New equestrian step-up finished in Molalla River recreation area
Representatives of the Molalla River Watch watershed council and the Bureau of Land Management completed the installation of a new equestrian mounting platform at Hardy Creek trailhead in the Molalla River Recreation Area on June 6. Molalla River Watch board members Bill Taylor, Scott Trexler, Cub Hale, and Karen Frogner with BLM Cascades Field Office Park manager Mark Marshall worked to install a concrete base with two large bluestone steps. Marshall and his staff operated the heavy machinery to place the stone steps, but the...
Tigard survey to gauge opinions for future park off of Greenburg Road
Tigard wants residents to weigh in about the type of features they would like to see for the future Bagan Park via an online survey. The 8.25-acrce property is located on the east side of Southwest Greenburg Road and south of Southwest Shady Lane in Tigard. To the north, the property shares a border with the Washington Square Hotel (previously a Shilo Inn), and a southern border with the Ash...
Memories Of Hillsboro Happy Days From 1969 Great Look Back
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY, HILLSBORO! I’m getting ready for the 2024 Parade and will be hanging out on Main Street at my office with the kids and grands. So I will make this one brief. On the way out the door tonight, I looked over at massive volume of...
Chance Meeting Gives Way to New Oregon Gym
Specs: Beyond the Wall Climbing (BTW) opened west of Portland—in the city of Hillsboro, Oregon—on June 16th this year. Owned by longtime Hillsboro residents Marjorie and James Kirby and Mikinna and Stephen Johnson, the team has “dreamed for years” of putting up a climbing gym right in town. The Kirby’s have been Hillsboro residents for over two decades and are currently raising their four school-aged children in the city. “The couple has persevered through tough market conditions for years to bring this project to market both for their family and other families in the area,” the media package stated. Opening a gym in the area has also been a multi-year goal of the Johnsons, who were born and raised in Hillsboro. “As their passion for climbing solidified more than five years ago, the couple decided that they wanted to pursue opening a climbing gym in the area,” per the announcement.
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