Volunteers build Lents ‘Skate Cove’
INCLUDES VIDEO It’s still not completed – nor even authorized – but this petite outer East Portland ‘skate spot’ near the Springwater Trail will provide hours of fun for kids and adults …
Hit-and-run driver blamed for head-on crash of two other cars
UPDATED: DRIVER ARRESTED! Here’s why NE Glisan Street, in the Hazelwood neighborhood, was closed for hours on July 21. This smashup, resulting in ‘life-threatening injuries’, has turned into an assault investigation …
Parkrose Masons spruce up lodge
Find out how members of the East Gate Masonic Lodge are updating their outer East Portland Lodge, in Parkrose …
Overnight robbery spree across outer East Portland
From Wood Village to Foster-Powell, this all-night armed robbery binge terrorized a number of convenience store clerks …
Noted local railroader Richard Samuels passes
His sons carry on his work, including running the SamTrak ‘Oaks Bottom Excursion’ trains, enjoyed by so many outer East Portland families …
‘Shots Fired’ calls continue across outer East Portland
It looks as if shootings in outer East Portland neighborhoods are not abating, but fortunately, no one was murdered by bullets – this week …
Volunteers respond to clean up Parkrose streets
Learn what prompted this effort was undertaken in outer East Portland – to clean up both neighborhood streets, and the neighborhood’s business district …
Intentional explosions rock outer East Portland
One big bang happened in Madison South, the other blast in Glenfair; officials say these explosions were likely not caused by any typical-yet-illegal fireworks …
Southeast Portland neighborhood hosts free ‘Summer Music Series’
INCLUDES VIDEO With no outdoor concerts scheduled for outer East Portland, see where you can go for a pleasant evening of free, live music this summer …
Quiet – and then a rash of outer East Portland shootings
Uniquely, nobody was murdered by vicious, gun-shooting criminals this week. But, those people were still shooting up areas in Hazelwood, Centennial, and Montavilla …