A man and woman were slightly injured in Saturday morning fire that damaged their Sellwood home. The husband and wife were treated for smoke inhalation at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center. The fire was reported at about 9:58 a.m. at 1136 S.E. Bidwell St. ... »
AHB anniversary offers program on “successful selling” At this month’s 20th anniversary meeting of the Association of Home Businesses in Sellwood, open to everyone, on Thursday, April 19th, the program is on marketing challenges and opportunities for h... »
Located next to the TriMet bus stop on Woodstock Boulevard at S.E. 46th Avenue, there is a tree wrapped in green knitted cords. It also wears a red knitted heart. Which raises the question: Is this graffiti? Or is the tree simply struggling with this y... »
For the Cleveland High School freshmen who’d joined their school’s robotics team, FRC Team 2733, called the “Pigmice”, traveling to Memorial Coliseum March 9-10 to participate in the 8th Annual FIRST Autodesk Regional competition was exciting. But, for... »
As evidence that the City of Milwaukie remains quite serious about offering the public a minor league professional baseball experience just south of Sellwood on the east side of McLoughlin Boulevard, the city retained J.E. Isaac, who was once an execut... »
A 100-foot-long brick wall, the only surviving part of the very historic Portland Railway Light & Power Company Sellwood streetcar maintenance “barn”, is no longer. The carbarns, built in 1911-12, were associated with what earlier had become the first ... »
Sellwood cleanup much appreciated Editor, I thought your readers would be interested to know about a clean-up effort, completed by just one person. On a rainy Saturday morning in March a native Portlander (but not even a Sellwood resident), Scott Howe,... »
In an exhibit that goes far beyond simply playing with plastic blocks, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) has opened a new exhibit called “The Art of the Brick” — featuring large-scale structures created exclusively out of Lego building b... »
A mid-day fire call turned into a rescue on Saturday, March 10th, when Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) firefighters from Woodstock’s Station 25 raced north a few blocks to a house fire reported at 3107 S.E. 51st Avenue. As crews hooked up their water lin... »
At the March meeting of the Woodstock Neighborhood Association, neighbors heard about a public charter school proposed for middle and high school students in Inner Southeast Portland. Similar meetings have taken place elsewhere in our part of town. Aim... »
The Portland Community Budget Forum for the area east of the Willamette River was a well-attended event, as nearly 300 people crowded into the Cleveland High School cafeteria on the evening of March 21. “Welcome to Cleveland High School,” Portland Mayo... »
The project to rebuild the Sellwood Bridge inched along in March. The most noticeable progress came early in the month, as the Staff Jennings facility was demolished in only a couple of days. “The land will become part of the construction zone,” explai... »
Marching, and Irish food and games, attracted hundreds of people to the St. Agatha Sellwood-Westmoreland St. Patrick’s Festival and Parade on Saturday, March 10 — a full week ahead of the actual official St. Patrick’s Day on the calendar. As the parade... »
Life ended for Coast Guard Lieutenant Junior Grade Thomas J. Cameron on February 28, when a MH-65C Dolphin Helicopter crashed into Mobile Bay in Alabama during a training mission. But he was not forgotten. On Sunday, March 11th, the 2005 Cleveland High... »
“Truth, Lies, and Marketing” features BEE’s Ashton At this month’s meeting of the Association of Home Businesses in Sellwood, open to everyone, on Thursday, March 15th, the program is presented by BEE journalist, operator of several home businesses pre... »
