Gifted students want Smith school for their new home

By Jennifer Anderson /
Pamplin Media Group
Mon, Mar 1, 2010

ASHCREEK — ACCESS Academy sixth-grader Jack Friedman concentrates on his words while making a presentation to Portland Public Schools staff and …

Neighbors rally to remove City-installed 'obstruction'

By Brian Olsen /
The Southwest Community Connection
Mon, Mar 1, 2010

HILLSDALE – On a gloomy and rainy Saturday morning last month, the newly constructed traffic island on Pendleton Street and Cheltenham Drive …

Fat Tuesday for a cause By Shasta Kearns Moore / The Southwest Community Connection Mon, Mar 1, 2010 Celebrating in Mardi Gras style at the Mulnomah Village Bloc Initiative’s Feb. 16 kick-off party are, from left to right, Erik Vidstrand, …

Fanno Creek Clinic offers prescription for unemployment

The Southwest Community Connection
Mon, Mar 1, 2010
Updated Mar 5, 2010

HILLSDALE — Fanno Creek Clinic, located at 2400 S.W. Vermont St., has a reputation for more than just great medical care: the clinic has …

Trees cut to make way for new Iowa Street viaduct Pamplin Media Group Tue, Feb 16, 2010 Updated Feb 16, 2010 A contractor began this week removing trees and shrubs along Interstate 5 in Southwest Portland to make way for a $45.8 million project replace the …

Looking for secrets through a viewfinder

By Shasta Kearns Moore /
The Southwest Community Connection
Mon, Feb 1, 2010

MARKHAM — Cherie Hiser believes her upbringing in Southwest Portland directly resulted in her life as a successful and celebrated photographer …

- Teachers’ union, school district reach labor pact

- Owners in foreclosure have help, A.G.'s office says

Riversgate Church offers free family dinners, no strings attached

By Kristen Forbes / The Southwest Community Connection
Mon, Mar 1, 2010

MULTNOMAH ­­– In tough times, sometimes it’s the little things that can make the biggest impact: A hot, homecooked meal. A helping hand. …

This southwest activist is powered by the sun By Brian Olsen / The Southwest Community Connection Mon, Mar 1, 2010 ARNOLD CREEK – Twenty years ago, Ron McDowell (a.k.a. Mac) immersed himself in computer software when that was the coming thing. He just …

Bike improvements upset neighborhood

By Shasta Kearns Moore / The Southwest Community Connection
Mon, Feb 1, 2010

HILLSDALE – Two-hundred and forty-one square-feet of concrete has infuriated a neighborhood. Residents near the five-way intersection of …

Bridlemile residents reject modified swales plan By Shasta Kearns Moore / The Southwest Community Connection Mon, Feb 1, 2010 BRIDLEMILE – Residents came out swinging after Bureau of Environmental Services officials presented a scaled-back plan to add vegetated curb …

- Alpenrose named most-admired company

- Barbur is on track for light rail

- Zoo's Red Ape Reserve opens with a swingin' group

- TriMet ‘has no choice’ in $27 million budget cuts