http://www.swcommconnection.com/news/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.swcommconnection.com/news/story.php?story_id=124647911518504500 An 85-year-old Garden Home woman died Tuesday night after being struck by a vehicle in the parking lot of the Lamb’s Thriftway on Southwest Garden Home Road. Portland police said Patricia Field died during treatment at Legacy Emanuel Hospital. A LifeFlight helicopter took her there after the ... http://www.swcommconnection.com/news/story.php?story_id=124569356393046900 HILLSDALE — Hillsdale Terrace may have moved one step closer to being rebuilt the evening of June 11 when the Housing Authority of Portland (HAP) held a Community Kick-off and Open House Meeting in front of the housing project’s community building. The meeting was an opportunity for ... http://www.swcommconnection.com/news/story.php?story_id=124569194761508200 The Government Beat for July Council Crest tower replacement underway A new 440-foot tower is taking shape in Council Crest Park to replace a rusting steel tower that transmits 100,000 calls per day from more than 90 area emergency services and government agencies. Portland’s Bureau ... http://www.swcommconnection.com/news/story.php?story_id=124569182995081400 SOUTHWEST PORTLAND — Three members of the U.S. Congress have a much-used intersection in Southwest Portland on their list of appropriations for the fiscal year 2010 transportation appropriations bill. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Rep. David Wu have each requested approximately $1.7 ... http://www.swcommconnection.com/news/story.php?story_id=124569151126684200 SOUTHWEST PORTLAND — If those along Multnomah Boulevard are going to have to endure another round of construction to repair a failed pressurized sewer line installed in 2000, they might as well get some additional benefit from it. That’s according to a letter Southwest Neighborhoods, ... http://www.swcommconnection.com/news/story.php?story_id=124569136123080400 Editor’s note: This article contains descriptive sexual content. Former Wilson High School swim coach Don King, now a Lake Oswego resident, may have been acquitted of sex abuse by Oregon’s court system, but three women recently told a Pamplin Media Group reporter that King had illegal ... http://www.swcommconnection.com/news/story.php?story_id=124569106132789300 HILLSDALE – When Hillsdale resident Warren Cummins died last September at age 91, his family was stunned to learn that his will left his entire estate to his caregiver of four months, Patricia McIntosh. Cummins’ three adopted children, his stepson and the nonprofit Loaves & Fishes ... http://www.swcommconnection.com/news/story.php?story_id=124569089480184100 MULTNOMAH — There were hugs, high-fives and even some tears among supporters of a proposal to install speed tables on Capitol Hill Road after the Multnomah Neighborhood Association voted 15 to 4 in favor at its regular June 9 meeting. “My reaction? Woo-hoo!” said Mellani Calvin, ... http://www.swcommconnection.com/news/story.php?story_id=124302796474692000 HILLSDALE — Ardys Braidwood, manager and co-owner of Wardin Properties, is getting everything ready to begin construction of a new retail building at the site of the old Estby gas station on Capitol Highway. “I think it’s been vacant too long,” Braidwood said, adding that ... http://www.swcommconnection.com/news/story.php?story_id=124302654346526500 As the beat reverberated across Maplewood Elementary School’s lawn, students big and small flashed by in the school’s May 18 Run to the Music event. The jog-a-thon was to raise the last $5,000 needed, after a year of fundraising, to keep their music teacher. Parent Brian Russell ... http://www.swcommconnection.com/news/story.php?story_id=124344800103185100 Raleigh Hills home-schooler Connor Aberle’s run for the national spelling bee title ended Thursday morning when he didn't spell “pterylosis” correctly. The misspelling means Aberle is out of the contest’s semifinals and won’t make it to the primetime television ... http://www.swcommconnection.com/news/story.php?story_id=124302917577953400 HILLSDALE – Dr. Michael Tannenbaum will start July 1 in his new position as Head of School for Portland Jewish Academy, a preschool through eighth grade Jewish day school of 340 students. The announcement was made by Lisa D. Horowitz, chief executive officer of PJA, which has served ... http://www.swcommconnection.com/news/story.php?story_id=124302883182779800 HILLSDALE — Officials from Fred Meyer and its parent company, Cincinnati-based Kroger, are pulling back from ambitious plans to turn the Burlingame Fred Meyer into a two-story “flagship store,” with energy-efficient design and modern layouts. Instead, said Group Vice President ... http://www.swcommconnection.com/news/story.php?story_id=124302691237958600 HILLSDALE – Teachers, parents, students and administrators all say they are looking for a way to save Wilson High School’s popular preschool program in light of steep budget cuts – but they don’t agree on the way to go about it. School administrators have put forward a plan ... http://www.swcommconnection.com/news/story.php?story_id=124302668061492600 MULTNOMAH – “Is this a dog park?” That’s Amelia Howell. She’s 6 years old, but her question is not uncommon among people who ponder Spring Garden Park, a 4.65-acre site sandwiched between Spring Garden Street and Dolph Court. Her next guess is a soccer field, but her ...