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Recent events in Portland’s water world have been exciting, controversial and downright confusing. November’s E. coli scare and Boil Water Notice caused neighbors to question the safety of Portland's drinking...

CALENDAR ADVISORY Save the Date! Portland Plan Phase II Workshops The Portland Plan will be the City's road map for the next 25 years, guiding our direction as the city grows and changes. We face some real challenges, and our...

Today, Commissioners Saltzman, Leonard and Fish joined with Mayor Sam Adams in expressing their support for a proposal to kick-start funding for the city's new bicycle transportation plan. The final vote on the funding proposal will...

The City of Portland, in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau, today released two locally produced Public Service Announcements to encourage Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) households to fill out their 2010 Census forms....

In June 2009, Portland Stock made an unforgetable splash into the blogosphere and Portland art scene with this intriguing post: “Stock: Clear soup broth, investment, estimation, faith, gathering, accumulation, appraisal, cash, assets, a...

North Portland Land Use Group meets the third Monday of every month at 7:00 PM at the Kenton Firehouse. Contact Mary Jaron Kelley for more information: mary@npnscommunity.org.

Please join the Writers' Dojo and Reading Local Portland in raising relief funds for Haiti. While the first wave of urgency has passed, Haiti will continue to need help for a long time to come. Mercy Corps, a world-class international aid...

Announcing a very special event in the St. Johns neighborhood!!!! We invite you to come and visit a wonderful cooperative community and see the amazing space and activities available for families! About Swapnplay Our Mission: Swapnplay is...

St Johns Neighborhood Association Board Meeting. Everyone invited to attend and participate. For more information contact: babsia@gmail.com

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The Portland City Council will greenlight spending $20 million in sewer money to help jumpstart the building of bike boulevards -- even as residents continue to pay some of the highest sewer bills in the country.

Sarah Stevenson, Executive Director of Innovative Housing addressed the Friends of Cathedral Park Neighborhood Association Tuesday night. She was responding to neighborhood complaints about Innovative Housing's 14-unit facility, with part-time service and care providers by Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare. The building, located near North Trumbull and Edison streets, was purchased by Innovative in 2005 and renovated and rented the following year.

The Portland Plan will be the City's road map for the next 25 years, guiding our direction as the city grows and changes. We face some real challenges, and our response to those challenges will create the Portland of 2035 — the city of our children and grandchildren.

The Portland School Board approved its first high school redesign resolution tonight, paving the way for a plan that probably will include fewer neighborhood schools, limited student transfers and new magnet programs.

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