http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126819719244223900 2010-03-09 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126819719244223900 en-us TriMet says its ridership went up in February for the first time in a year. The transit agency said that 7.9 million trips were taken in February up 1.4 percent from February 2009. MAX ridership showed the most gains, in part due to the new Green Line and the shift to free rides only on rail in ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126819685637241200 2010-03-09 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126819685637241200 en-us A fire around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, completely destroyed an apartment in a duplex at 18305 N.E. Wasco St., displacing a family of four, including a father, mother and two teenage children. The fire was reportedly started when someone in the apartment burned debris in the fireplace. Some of ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126820190353641300 2010-03-09 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126820190353641300 en-us Damascus voters failed to pass four measures on the March 9 ballot. The initiatives proposed prohibiting light rail in Damascus without a vote, limiting the city’s use of emergency clauses to put ordinances into effect faster, limiting city spending increases to no more than 2.5 percent a ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126819785611316000 2010-03-10 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126819785611316000 en-us Gorge paving project begins Road crews are working to resurface Interstate 84 from Multnomah Falls to Cascade Locks from March to November. The $11.3 million project will pave in both directions, as well as the entrance and exit ramps. The Oregon Department of Transportation asks motorists to be ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126819768048563100 2010-03-10 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126819768048563100 en-us City staff members have proposed expanding elements of a package of small-business incentives unveiled last month by Mayor Shane Bemis during his state of the city address. Gresham city councilors considered the proposal – designed to get home-based business owners into vacant storefronts ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126810316054404100 2010-03-08 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126810316054404100 en-us Troutdale detectives arrested a Gresham resident on Sunday, March 7, in connection with an armed robbery on Monday, Feb. 22, of the Walgreens pharmacy in Troutdale. Federico Sanchez Jr., 21, was arrested at his Gresham home around 3 p.m. Sunday and transported him to the Multnomah County Detention ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126819751488596300 2010-03-10 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126819751488596300 en-us When Fairview Police Chief Ken Johnson joined the department, there was no streamlined way for a citizen to file a complaint against – or a compliment supporting – an officer. “To file a complaint, you had to call up the department, leave a voice mail and wait for someone to get ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126819742210348600 2010-03-10 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126819742210348600 en-us Cathe Wiese, executive director of My Father’s House, has been named this year’s Gresham Area Citizen of the Year. The East Metro Association of Realtors, in partnership with the Gresham Area Chamber of Commerce, also named Barlow High School senior Shelby Hollenbeck as the 2010 Youth ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126819724920789500 2010-03-10 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126819724920789500 en-us To speed or not to speed — that was the question facing Nicholas Morrell, 17, a junior at Centennial High School, as he took the field at Mt. Hood Community College the morning of March 6. Nicholas had just earned his driver’s license the day before and was one of 37 teenagers, as well ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126815064842086400 2010-03-09 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126815064842086400 en-us Multnomah County Chairman Ted Wheeler was named Tuesday as the new state treasurer, filling the vacancy left by Sunday’s death of Ben Westlund. Gov. Ted Kulongoski announced the appointment in the morning, saying Wheeler “brings the perfect balance of expertise from both the public and ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126819637456202800 2010-03-09 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126819637456202800 en-us Multnomah County’s Ted Wheeler was among the three Democrats and one Republican who filed Tuesday to run in the May primary for the state treasurer’s position. They were among 310 people who filed for positions across the state, including governor, the U.S. Senate and all 60 state ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126816330435935100 2010-03-09 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126816330435935100 en-us Ted Wheeler’s appointment as state treasurer has set off a scramble to fill the two Multnomah County commission seats up for election this year – the ones occupied by Wheeler and Commissioner Jeff Cogen. Until Tuesday morning, no one with any political experience had filed against ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126783583661166400 2010-03-05 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126783583661166400 en-us Boeing will expand its Gresham operations with a $100 million chemical processing plant that could employ 152 workers in the next three years. The Chicago-based airplane manufacturer, which employs approximately 1,500 people at its Gresham operations on Northeast Sandy Boulevard, plans to launch ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126818249095961600 2010-03-10 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126818249095961600 en-us THURSDAY, MARCH 11 Northwest Neighborhood Association – 6:30 p.m., Gresham City Hall, Conference Room 2B, 1333 N.W. Eastman Parkway. Call Barbara Adams at 503-667-1871. Fairview Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee – 6 p.m., City Hall, Park View Conference Room, 1300 N.E. Village ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126818237338746300 2010-03-10 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126818237338746300 en-us The Gresham Outlook welcomes calendar notices for weekly public events and support group meetings in East County. To submit an item, simply send the information to Dateline, The Gresham Outlook, P.O. Box 747, Gresham, 97030; e-mail to chall@theoutlookonline.com; or fax it to 503-665-2187 at least ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126818230772803100 2010-03-10 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126818230772803100 en-us The Gresham Outlook welcomes calendar notices for weekly public events and support group meetings in East County. To submit an item, simply send the information to Dateline, The Gresham Outlook, P.O. Box 747, Gresham, 97030; e-mail to chall@theoutlookonline.com; or fax it to 503-665-2187 at least ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126809727338304800 2010-03-08 17:14:33 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126809727338304800 en-us It’s been a positive week for Fairview’s business world. On the same day solar component manufacturer Ferrotec announced it would establish a plant employing 30 at Townsend Business Park, a long-established equipment development business said it would expand its Fairview ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126808140298301900 2010-03-08 12:50:02 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126808140298301900 en-us KPAM 860’s Victoria Taft moved Monday morning to a new time slot, going head-to-head with conservative talk radio host Lars Larson. The Victoria Taft Show is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., giving her an hour’s head start on Larson, the dean of local conservative talk show hosts. Taft’s ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126783271006806500 2010-03-06 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126783271006806500 en-us Irene N. Hartwig Dec. 29, 1934-Feb. 23, 2010 East Portland resident Irene N. Hartwig, 75, died Tuesday, Feb. 23, at home with her family. At her request, no services will be held. Irene was born Dec. 29, 1934, in Little Rock, Ark., to Harry and Yvonne Norris. She moved many times during her ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126800913721227800 2010-03-07 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126800913721227800 en-us Oregon State Treasurer Ben Westlund died early Sunday morning of cancer. Westlund, 60, became the new state treasurer in January 2009. Before that, he served 12 years in the Legislature and at one time was co-chairman of the budget-writing Joint Committee on Ways and Means. He had been battling ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126785076437889600 2010-03-05 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126785076437889600 en-us Gresham Police arrested James Drysdale, 60, of Beavercreek on accusations of attempted murder and assault after a stabbing in Rockwood on Friday evening. Police responded to a disturbance call at 6:04 p.m. Friday, March 5, in the 100 block of Southeast 188th Avenue and discovered a stabbing ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126785339150511000 2010-03-05 21:29:51 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126785339150511000 en-us Two teens were hit by a SUV when they crossed a busy Gresham street Friday, March 5, according to Gresham police. The collision happened near Southeast 242nd Drive and Southeast Stark Street at about 6:45 p.m., according to officials. The teens suffered minor injuries and were taken to Legacy ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126783341633718100 2010-03-05 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126783341633718100 en-us The Gresham Outlook welcomes calendar notices for weekly public events and support group meetings in East County. To submit an item, send the information to Dateline, The Gresham Outlook, P.O. Box 747, Gresham, 97030; e-mail to chall@theoutlookonline.com; or fax it to 503-665-2187 at least 10 days ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126783617723500200 2010-03-05 16:42:57 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126783617723500200 en-us County budget forum online Multnomah County has a new online forum for residents who want to share ideas and suggestions for how the county should spend its money on health and safety programs in 2011. Visit multco.us and click on the links under “What’s New.” A community ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126783564653661700 2010-03-06 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126783564653661700 en-us A lawsuit filed against the city of Gresham by a Sandy man who was savagely beaten with a baseball bat at a local light rail station is being dismissed, said the city’s attorney. Laurie L. Chilcote, 74, filed suit against Gresham and TriMet, the region’s public transportation agency, ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126780994782263300 2010-03-05 09:25:47 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126780994782263300 en-us A Gresham woman who was critically injured yesterday after behind hit by a truck in a grocery store parking lot has died. Marianne Ross, 52, of Gresham sustained severe head injuries when the truck hit her in the parking lot of the Damascus Safeway in the 20100 block of Southeast Highway 212 at ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126765237912823900 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126765237912823900 en-us Marianne Skuzinski moved to Portland from Chicago four years ago, largely because she was convinced it was a healthier place to live. “It just felt right,” says Skuzinski, 29, who works as a draftswoman for Oregon Health & Science University. “In Chicago I had security, I had ... http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126763993755901100 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=126763993755901100 en-us Heading into the 2010 primaries, Republicans around the country are crowing and Democrats are cowering. It’s tough to be the party in power with unemployment topping 10 percent, U.S. troops mired in an intractable war and voters in a throw-the-bums-out mood. But a close look at Oregon ...