My Portland

It appears we can take off the “First Time” prefix and and just call it the “Homebuyers Tax Credit.” The government’s housing stimulus plan continues past its original November 30 deadline and actually grows in scope. …

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This is an excerpt from Jennifer Coughlin’s excellent post on “Neighbourhood Notes” blog, titled “Goats in the City: Portland Neighbors Take a Step Towards Self-Sufficiency“: … I visited Abita Springs Farm, smack dab in the middle of the Cully neighborhood, where Ed and Nancy Arcament have nine goats. In the four years they’ve been keeping goats, they’ve had 17 kids born; unfortunately 14 were male, which won’t help much with milk production. With their great pedigree …

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Jack Bogdanski of Portland, Oregon. … There are many more coyote incidents and not a week goes by that I or my neighbors don’t see one or a group of them scouting the neighborhood streets at any time of day or night. It isn’t cute, …

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Portland’s pedestrian advocacy group, the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition (WPC), says these incidents demonstrate an acute need for more investment in complete streets. They plan to hold an awareness action at the site of the ….. Do housewives walking three and four abreast on a neighborhood street rotuinely flip the shaft when a car driver asks them to move over? Does the elderly woman waiting to cross look like an angry enviro-warrior or self-important hipster? …

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… way for the families of missing women to know for sure if their loved ones are among the victims found in suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell’s house: Give DNA samples. But relatives with checkered pasts in the hardscrabble neighborhood seem reluctant to come forward. … PORTLAND (AP) — A judge has ordered animal rights activists to keep their distance from a 75-year-old furrier because state law protects the businessman from elder abuse by shouting profanities. …

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Post in: Pearl District Portland. The Pearl District is now referred to as premier urban chic neighborhood after being renovated from the crumbling industrial warehouse area. The area looks completely new and the warehouses have …

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do it in your neighborhood too! You will soon be paying for the damage caused by your government through higher food prices. We need to stop environmental extremism, including Cap & Trade, the Climate Treaty, and the devastation of the … They are starting in Portland, Maine on Sunday afternoon. Worcester is their first stop as they make their way across the country, ending in California on November 22. The Worcester Tea Party was formed in response to the usurpation and …

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… we’re more often regarded as a restaurant, and whenever we are chastised on the world wide web for not living up to some stranger’s expectations, I wish I could reach through my computer screen and into another person’s monitor and shout, “We’re just a neighborhood coffeeshop people! … Little Red Bike Cafe. 4823 North Lombard Street Portland, Oregon 97203 503-289-0120 www.littleredbikecafe.com. OPEN: Tuesday-Saturday, 8am-2pm. Sunday Brunch: 9am-2pm. CLOSED MONDAYS …

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Hungry Tiger Too: Great vegan food and beer in a real bar! - Situated on a quiet street next to a coffee shop in Southeast Portland, Hungry Tiger Too looks at first glance like any other neighborhood bar. However, in… 6 hours ago …

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The official website for the Concordia neighborhood association in northeast Portland, Oregon.

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