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Sellwood-Moreland Farmers Market kicks off 2024 season
It couldn’t have been a more beautiful Saturday morning, on May 11, for the season opening day for the Sellwood-Moreland Farmers Market, as it began its 18th year in Westmoreland. “It doesn’t seem that long when we opened for our first season in 2006!” remarked Market Manager Lannie Kali. “We’re all happy to be out here in our community; it’s nice just to be out in the sun in this community space.” That community space, each midday Saturday until mid-October, is the block of S.E....
Community Transition Program’s Plant Sale still supporting education
Again this year, the Portland Public School Community Transition Program (CTP) presented its Green Thumb Plant Sale in April and May at their Brentwood-Darlington neighborhood campus. The CPT students who grow and care for the plants are young adults, ages 18-21, who each have an “Individualized Education Plan”, and who graduate from high school with either a modified diploma or an extended diploma. “I really like transplanting and labeling plants,”...
Photos: Sun and fun at the Portland Rose Festival City Fair
The 2024 Portland Rose Festival is officially underway and sunshine and warm weather brought thousands to Tom McCall Waterfront Park in downtown on Sunday, May 26 for rides, games, various vendors and exhibits, and plenty of sweet treats and salty snacks. The annual City Fair is a ticketed event and...
New city park lamppost replacements complete; parks again lit
The startling, unannounced, and swift demolition of park lighting in February of 2023 in several Inner Southeast Portland city parks caused an uproar heard all the way to City Hall. As reported in the April issue of THE BEE, more than thirty neighbors sounded off during an online “Light Our Parks Community Roundtable” – followed by the sending of a demand letter to the City of Portland by several Southeast neighborhood associations, including the Sellwood Moreland Improvement League (SMILE). ...
Downtown Portland’s TikTok-inspired Korean restaurant is closing
Toki, a downtown Portland restaurant that drew inspiration from Korean cuisine and TikTok trends alike, will close after brunch service on Sunday, May 26, owners Peter Cho and Sun Young Park announced on social media. “Although we’re a little bit sad, we are all so excited to move forward, focus,...
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