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Applying to and Paying for College – tips for parents
Soon, hundreds of students in their senior year of high school will be filling out college applications. This will be my third time around, with each of our sons having chosen different paths…
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Tree hugging in the Black Rock desert
If you’re on the playa where there are no trees, you have to bring or make your own. This is the first of a series of artwork images from the 2007 Burning Man…
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Holly Farm Park opening
Portland’s newest park has its official opening event tomorrow, Saturday September 15, from 3 – 4:30 p.m. – it looks a lot different today compared with this photograph taken during construction. Come check…
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Wondering if I’m running for City Council?
Me too. I haven’t decided. It depends on a number of factors, and there are still too many variables to make a choice one way or the other just yet. Thanks for asking,…
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“Safe and Sound” – 10% safe
[Updated 21:05 to correct error in percentage, originally mistakenly posted as 1% rather than 10%] Jack Bogdanski yesterday posted an in-depth review of the “Safe and Sound Streets” funding/project list proposal Commissioner Sam…
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Arson at Burning Man
When Steve was up at 3 a.m. photographing the lunar eclipse at Burning Man, one of his shots included an apparent arson-in-progress. He later heard the accused is said to have set the…
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Vaux’s Swifts at Chapman School
Guest Post by Mike HouckDirector, Urban Greenspaces Institute If you have not yet experienced the Chapman Elementary Swift Watch phenomenon you must! Last night I visited the site, NW 26th and NW Pettygrove.…
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“The Portland Plan”, aka Periodic Review
Yesterday, I attended the monthly General Meeting of the League of Women Voters of Portland. The guest speaker was originally scheduled to be Gil Kelley, Director of the City of Portland’s Bureau of…
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