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NE Portland man arrested in SE Portland bank robbery
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Michael Russell, The Oregonian
Thursday January 15, 2009, 7:38 PM
Multnomah County sheriff's deputies arrested a Northeast Portland man wanted for bank robbery about 1 p.m. today while he was looking at cars for sale.
Deputy Paul McRedmond, a sheriff's spokesman, said Michael C. Deloney, 44, was accused of the robbery of a U.S. Bank branch at 16002 S.E. Division St. in November 2008.
Continue reading "NE Portland man arrested in SE Portland bank robbery" »Portland polluter gets year in prison
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Michael Milstein, The Oregonian
Thursday January 15, 2009, 5:50 PM
The owner of a Portland electro-plating company was sentenced to a year in prison for illegally storing cyanide and other hazardous waste without a permit and letting hazardous pollution flow into storm sewers.
Larry Anson, 62, the owner of Columbia American Plating, had already pleaded guilty to violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the Clean Water Act. He admitted that he operated his company in violation of industrial wastewater standards imposed by the city. He also admitted storing spent cyanide plating bath solutions from electroplating operations without a permit.
Continue reading "Portland polluter gets year in prison" »Evening commute: I-5 and the Banfield jamming up, watch for repaving projects
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Joseph Rose, The Oregonian
Thursday January 15, 2009, 2:53 PM
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Interstate 5 northbound and the Banfield were already clogging up at 3 p.m.
Here are a few things to keep in mind as the evening commute approaches:
• Also, watch for work crews repaving parts of Southeast 82nd Avenue between Powell Boulevard and Oregon 224. There will be some intermittent lane blockage.
• Paving on Oregon 99e will keep a lane closed in each direction at Glen Echo Avenue until 7 p.m.
• Gresham: A crash was tying up Northwest First Street at Eastman Parkway shortly before 3 p.m..
• Portland: A wreck on was clogging up Southeast 122nd Avenue at Bush Street
Brazen, gang-related shooting rattles Portland street
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Maxine Bernstein
Thursday January 15, 2009, 11:41 AM
When Lola Ball's mechanic estimated it would be at least 30 minutes before someone could look at her minivan on Wednesday, the young mother didn't mind because it was such a lovely sunny afternoon. She left the Ford Windstar at the auto repair shop and took her two young children across Southeast Holgate Boulevard to play in Lents Park.
Continue reading "Brazen, gang-related shooting rattles Portland street" »Which local government employees make the most?
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Arthur Sulzberger, The Oregonian
Thursday January 15, 2009, 8:30 AM
Two Clackamas County psychiatrists and the county administrator brought home more than $186,000 each last year. Two dispatchers and a jail guard racked up between $75,000 and $92,000 in overtime, in each case more than doubling their pay.
The Oregonian examined compensation paid in fiscal 2007-08 by three counties, eight cities with at least 25,000 people (from Portland to Tualatin) and the Metro regional government.
Collectively, the governments spent more than $1 billion on nearly 25,000 full- and part-time employees. The greatest share of their spending typically goes to payroll — 42 cents on every dollar in Multnomah County, for example.
Morning commute: Foggy and slow, especially on I-84 and the Sunset
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Joseph Rose, The Oregonian
Thursday January 15, 2009, 7:03 AM
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The morning commute is foggy and, on most highways, slow.
Still, there were no major incidents at 7 a.m.
The fog is thick on Interstate 84 westbound, which was jammed up from I-205 to I-5. Visibility was also clogging up the Sunset Highway from Oregon 217 to downtown Portland.
I-5 southbound was congested from the Interstate Bridge to downtown. Again, blame it on dense fog. Northbound, I-5 was slow from Capitol Highway to I-405.
Potholes are the pits, Portlanders say
by James Mayer, The Oregonian
Thursday January 15, 2009, 4:00 AM
Sam Adams, on his first day as transportation commissioner back in 2004, donned an orange jumpsuit and joined a city pothole crew.
Adams has maintained a close relationship with potholes throughout his time in City Hall. He pushed — but later dropped — a plan to charge a street maintenance fee. During his campaign for mayor last spring, he released a video that showed him calling in to report a pothole outside his campaign headquarters.
Continue reading "Potholes are the pits, Portlanders say" »Powellhurst-Gilbert residents get a new park
by Joe Fitzgibbon, Special to The Oregonian
Thursday January 15, 2009, 3:00 AM
In most neighborhoods, the growl and rumbling of bulldozers and earthmovers would cause concern. But it's music to residents in Powellhurst-Gilbert on Portland's east side.
"People who live around here were pretty surprised and excited," said John McDonald, chairman of the neighborhood association's land-use committee and father of three. "We've been park deficient for a long time, and this will definitely make a difference."
Continue reading "Powellhurst-Gilbert residents get a new park" »Anawim offers solace, support to homeless
by Jason Simms, special to The Oregonian
Thursday January 15, 2009, 3:00 AM
"This will pass," says Steve Hanserd a little too frequently for someone who truly believes it.
He sold Fords for 22 years before being laid off from his job in Phoenix, Ariz., returning to Portland to look for work, failing to find it, and becoming homeless last summer. Not long after, he discovered Anawim Community Church, which for him is "a place that makes you feel like more than a piece of garbage."
Continue reading "Anawim offers solace, support to homeless" »SoupCycle delivers sustenance, sustainably
by Anne Laufe, Special to The Oregonian
Thursday January 15, 2009, 3:00 AM
SoupCycle, a company that delivers hearty organic soups by bicycle, joined the ranks of Portland's bike-centric businesses last July. Despite the economic downturn, business is booming.
Jed Lazar and Shauna Lambert came up with the idea last year when they were working toward master's of business administration degrees at Bainbridge Graduate Institute on Bainbridge Island, Wash. Founded in 2002, the institute helps students learn how to develop businesses that are environmentally sustainable, socially responsible and financially successful.
Continue reading "SoupCycle delivers sustenance, sustainably" »Leak fouls courtrooms, judge's robe
by Aimee Green, The Oregonian
Thursday January 15, 2009, 2:00 AM
When word got out that gallons of melted snow came cascading through the top floors of the Multnomah County Courthouse, the news was received with a collective groan.
"This place is falling apart," "What a shocker" and "Didn't the county just re-tar the roof?" could be heard throughout the earthquake-unstable, 95-year-old courthouse.
Employees who use the building each day don't have much confidence in a structure that constantly seems to have something screaming for a fix.
Continue reading "Leak fouls courtrooms, judge's robe" »Scrap will move to MLK Boulevard
by Fran Genovese
Thursday January 15, 2009, 2:00 AM
Speculation has been rife among Portland's crafty types about the impending move of Scrap, the reuse and recycling center based at 3901 N. Williams Ave. The nonprofit announced the move but kept its new location a secret while posting tantalizing clues on its Web site. One clue said the new place would be between athletic gear and nature — Sellwood (Columbia Outlet store, Oaks Bottom) was the inspired guess of many.
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