Buckman arts educator receives national award
By J. Michael Kearsey At last month’s Buckman Foundation fundraiser, Buckman Art and Sell, Fine Arts teacher Michael Simmons was one of th…
Feature Stories
Abigail Scott Duniway: Oregon’s leader for women’s rights
By Don MacGillivray Portland’s new transit bridge will be named this spring with one of four selections. One of the finalists is Abigail Scott Duniw…
The Future of the Eastbank and the I-5 Freeway
By Don MacGillivray For years the Eastbank I-5 Freeway has annoyed many Portland residents with its congestion and pollution. One of the b…
Garden Wise – Bulbs of beauty
By Nicole Forbes education director at Dennis’ 7 Dees Garden Centers Daffodils, tulips and other spring-blooming…
Spotted March 14
If you photograph an interesting sight on the eastside of Portland and want to share with our readers, send it to us and we’ll print it in our new …
Downside to density designs
By Midge Pierce Following the recent advance screening of Straw Bales Films’ Den$ity: Profits or People, residents railed against what the…
Garden Wise March 14
Spring preparations By Ken Whitten Late March is always a pleasure. The rains are still around, and there are plenty of cool night…
Peeking into a new apartment
By Nancy Tannler The newest apartment building on a swiftly-changing street, 3339 Division is now open for residency and businesses. …
The Fallout From Coal Trains
By Patricia F. Austen Big Coal interests pursue hot opportunities to export coal along the Columbia River. Big Coal developers currently p…
Future residents of Portland
Op Ed by Rex Burkholder Amidst the debates about how our community should look there is a missing question: who will be living here in the…
Assistance for the homeless
By Rich Riegel This article is one in a continuing series on homelessness in SE Portland. January’s issue featured “Speaking with the home…
Creating a “Friends of Buckman Pool,”
Buckman Pool has been in the spotlight over the past few years as being the pool that keeps coming back from the edge of city budget cuts. Parks and R…
Event: 11th Annual SE Area Artwalk
When: March 1st and 2nd, 2014 between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm Where: The ARTWalk map area includes the boundaries of SE 9th Ave to SE 41st and …
Profits Trump Courtesy
By Karen Hery It doesn’t always pay to be kind. Jarrett Altman, an established real estate agent specializing in inner Southeast home sale…
Oregon’s Teacher of the Year
By Nancy Tannler 2014 Oregon’s Teacher of the Year was awarded to SE resident Brett Bigham, special education transitions teacher with Mul…
Building boom begins, goats depart
By Don MacGillivray The goats who live at SE 10th Ave. and Belmont will soon need a new pasture. A full two blocks from SE Belmont to Tayl…
Developing riverfront for Central City Plan
By Don MacGillivray The Planning of the Willamette River is a continuing process for the City of Portland that expects to be included in t…
A brief history of African-Americans in Portland
By Don MacGillivray Preserving the past and using it to anchor and enhance the future of is of great importance to the welfare of society.…
Multnomah County Library offers Hoopla, a Netflix-like streaming music, video service
Hoopla streaming service to replace Freegal single-item downloads PORTLAND, Ore. — Jan. 7, 2014 — Multnomah County Library has made a new stre…
Neighbors helping those in need
By Jennifer Lewis, Laurelhurst Resident Welcoming in the New Year always makes me realize how lucky I am to have a healthy and happy famil…
Good results from crowdfunding
Last month we reported on a “crowdfunding campaign” by Hawthorne artist David Delamare and publisher Wendy Ice to raise funds for the publication of a…
History of the Oregon Lottery
By Don MacGillivray The Oregon Lottery was created through an initiative petition amending the Oregon Constitution in the midst of the 198…
Trends in Land Use
Trends in Land Use By Bob Kellett (Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the SE Uplift newsletter) This is a question …
Speaking with the homeless
By Rich Riegel [This article is one in a continuing series on homelessness in SE Portland. November’s issue featured “Homeless plight/solu…
2013 Street Tree Inventory Empowers Neighbors to Care for Street Trees:
2013 Street Tree Inventory Empowers Neighbors to Care for Street Trees: Portland Parks & Recreation’s Urban Forestry Welcomes Neighbo…
Sharing the Holiday spirit with others
The holidays are a time for charity toward the community we live in as well as to our families and friends. Portland is fortunate to have many service …
Two views on a PUD for Portland
Time for a Portland Public Water District Op-Ed By Floy Jones and Kent Craford Portland’s sewer rates are already …
New Ways to Market Fine Art
By Nancy Tannler Hawthorne artist David Delamare has produced ten books with traditional publishers (including a collaboration with Carly …
Holiday Gift guide
Enjoy the 2013 Southeast Examiner Gift Guide In this Gift Guide we are promoting conscious consumerism for this holiday and everyday. By shopp…
Pastaworks on Hawthorne – celebrating 30 “Slow” years
By Cat Wurdack In 1983, when Peter de Garmo’s appreciation of a good bottle of wine inspired him to help start a euro-style market on Hawt…
Making spirits bright
By Nancy Tannler Back in 2004 Tom Burkleaux and Mathew Van Winkle, friends from Reed College days, assessed the recession beginning to hap…
Christmas Carols – Past and Present
By Don MacGillivray Christmas carols have a long history in western culture. With their foundations in the music and songs of the pre-Chri…
9th Annual Holiday Express
Three Weekends starting Friday November 29 - December 1; December 6-8 and 13-15. Train schedule: Fridays, 2,3,4,6,7,8 pm. Sat. & Sunday, 10,…
Teaching in Africa
By John McLaren Longtime Mt. Tabor residents Donn and Karin Maier are faring well as they begin a new life in the remote West African nati…
Longfellows Books: Haven for book lovers
By J. Michael Kearsey If you love the written word, one of Portland’s last and finest independent bookstores can be found in our midst at …
Historic Victorian restoration in Buckman
One of the Portland’s “painted ladies” is undergoing a restoration on SE 16th, a block north of Morrison St. It was the home of William D. Fenton he fi…
Sunnyside Resident Receives Spirit of Portland Award
Mary Ann Schwab has been awarded the Spirit of Portland Award this year recommended by Commissioner Fritz for the Right 2 Dream Too award. A very activ…
100th Bicycle Parking Corral Installed
Portland Bureau of Transportation today announced that New Seasons Market at 4034 SE Hawthorne Blvd. is the site of the 100th bicycle parking corral in…
The buck stops here: The rise of Bitcoin
By Jake Redmill Transaction fees, waiting time and overdrafts are just a few of the inconveniences our modern centralized banking system p…
A Memorial Garden for Lone Fir Cemetery
By Don MacGillivray Lone Fir Cemetery has created a new remembrance garden in the central part of the cemetery under three grand old chest…
What’s going on in there? Part V
By John McLaren The nondescript building at SE Taylor St. and 11th Ave. could be an anonymous warehouse, but for 20 years it has housed Cr…
Coyotes spotted on Mt. Tabor
By Kristin Schuman If you’ve heard howling around Mt. Tabor in the evenings lately, you may not be imagining things and you’re n…
Senior Property tax exemption success
By Don MacGillivray True success through public advocacy in state and local state legislation is often difficult. Fortunately reversing th…
26th Annual Apple Tasting!
Portland Nursery’s two-weekend event has over sixty varieties of apples and pears to taste and fun activities for the whole family. It’s free at Por…
Local author publishes second novel
By Nancy Tannler As a full time college professor at Portland Community College for the past twenty years, Jan Underwood experienced first…
Colonel Owen Summers: “Father of the Oregon National Guard”
By Don MacGillivray People often ask about the name of Buckman’s Colonel Summers Park and some suggest that there might be a better one.…
Oregon Benefits from State Health Reform
By Eve Dodds The people of Oregon are about to get healthier. A national study by the Department of Health and Human Services has shown that Or…
A House and Its Stories
By Cat Wurdack In 1859, at the same time a modest, stick-frame house was being built on a hill in Portland, Charles Dickens published A T…
Dahlia Festival
The public is invited to celebrate the 7th Annual Old House Dahlia on Sept. 7, 8 and Sept. 14, 15 from 10 am – 5 pm, 8005 SE Mill St. View over …
From an Unknown Library: The Scoop on Ex Libris Anonymous
By Jake Redmill Perhaps one of the most reflective experiences is that of journal-writing. People familiar with the pastime know there are…
Letters to the Editor Sept 13
Dear editor; On behalf of Oregon’s 242 cities, the League of Oregon Cities would like to thank Representative Jules Bailey (SE Portland) f…
Locals leave for West Africa
By John McLaren Donn and Karin Maier are leaving their comfortable home in Mt. Tabor for a three-year assignment directing and teaching at…
Monitoring earthquakes in Cascadia
By Elizabeth VanBoskirk and Linda Rowan As anyone who has visited or lived in the Pacific Northwest knows, there is a plate-crunching coll…
Waterwise garden creates a haven
With the abundance of rain in Oregon, it’s easy to think we have an endless supply of water. While the Portland metro area receives about 37 inches of …
Welcome to Portland’s Famous Hawthorne Street Fair!
Hooray for summer! Join us on Sunday August 18, from 11 am to 7 pm as we celebrate Hawthorne District! NEW UPDATE: The following is a list p…
Ready, set – derby!
By Cat Wurdack It’s derby time in Portland - and racers are readying their boxcars. Every year, soapbox riders speed down Mt. Tabor at an …
World Class Art Glass
By Don MacGillivray In the nineteenth century, Portland was home to one of the premier makers of art glass windows in the country. Povey B…
Hollywood’s switch to digital imperils Academy Theater
By Kristin Schuchman “We very much wanted to honor the history and unique style of this building by creating a 1940s feel, but we also wanted the …
Information Kiosks Connect South Tabor Neighbors
By Mary Louise Ott On a Sunday afternoon in April, a whir of drills and the smell of paint mixes with laughter in a South Tabor garage. Six neighb…
Baseball diamonds refurbished at Glencoe
Glencoe Elementary School is situated in the heart of southeast Portland, the perfect location for baseball fans to gather and watch the all American s…
Rural setting for an urban preschool
By Kristin Schuchman When sending their kids to preschool, most parents are content to find a place that keeps kids safe and reasonably engaged --…
The passing of a SE landmark
by John Early In the course of the current re-model of the old Natures (later Wild Oats) Market, the landmark mural, From Seed to Ce…
Newspace Center for Photography: From Albumen to Digital
Tucked beside a tool supplier and an A/V rental business on Southeast 10th and Clay is an unassuming storefront, with a clever logo, that opens into a …
New retail business collaboration
By Stephen Paulsen In a bright red building on the corner of SE 8th and Hawthorne, a group of friends and co-workers have put their careers on the…
Be smart and Be Prepared
By Callie Jones This June and July, the Richmond Neighborhood Association hosts a series of four emergency preparedness workshops for the Richmond…
From a glimmer of an idea to a celebration
By Karen Hery “You have to see this school and this neighborhood. You and the girls are going to love it!” The voice on the phone was comi…
Bargain hunting on SE Division
The grocery business has always been an important part of Mike Kelly’s existence. It began with his parents who made a living in the…
What’s going on – IV
Editor’s Note: This is the final installment of our What’s Going On series; a peek into a variety of businesses in the Central Eastside. We hope you’ve…
SE UPDATES
Day laborers want to own hiring site VOZ, a non-profit that works and advocates for day-laborers, especially Latinos, is seeking to gain o…
Kelly Butte
By Nick Blackbourn Smack dab between SE Division and Powell and just west of I-205 sits the Kelly Butte Natural Area, a 22-acre piece of land acqu…
Letters to the Editor May 2013
Dear Editor, I read with interest your article on Fluoridation. The National Academy of Sciences absolutely endorses fluoridation (www.cdc.gov/fluor…
QUEEN OF THE SUN: What are the Bees Telling Us?
All proceeds will benefit Friends of Portland Community Gardens, who is hosting the event with the Portland Parks Foundation. Wi…
One person analyzes trash impact
Southeast resident Sally Oakes decided to collect her garbage for one year just to see what it would amount to. Exactly how much does one person du…
Letters to the Editor April 2013
Dear Editor: The pending nomination of the north Buckman neighborhood to be an historic district is bad news for homeowners. There is no e…
Fluoridation information
By Gena Delaney At a recent community presentation in SE, Portland dentist Dr. Jay Levy gave the crowd some advice many did not expect: water flu…
Habitat for Humanity ReStore relocates
The Habitat for Humanity ReStore has relocated from the inner Eastside to the Gateway District, 10445 SE Cherry Blossom Dr. What began as an occ…
What’s Going on in There – lll
By Mike Klepfer GuildWorks is like many of its neighbors - set into former industrial space near the river, and difficult to tell exactly what…
Tucker-Maxon School excels
J. Michael Kearsey On a curvy spot of SE Holgate, between Grout Elementary and Memory Lane Motors, another school is set back on the south side of…
The Chinooks; Indians of the Lower Columbia
By Don MacGillivray Imagine evergreen forests and meadow where wild game roam, streams teeming with fish, a mild climate, snow capped mountain…
Letters to the Editor March 2013
Dear Editor, In 10 weeks on May 21, we will be voting on the fluoride issue. Please tell (and remind again later) 10 of your friends to vote NO! and…
What’s Going on in There – ll
By Mike Klepfer In the central East side industrial area, squat gray buildings crowd together, concentrating as roads move west towards the ri…
Continuing resistance of water ruling Bull Run
By Stephen Paulsen Last Thursday, a small but resolute crowd gathered at the Mt. Tabor Presbyterian Church to hear a presentation by Scott Fernand…
Former REACH director heads East
By Lee Perlman Dee Walsh’s heart may still be in Portland (“I miss it totally”), but she has mentally transitioned to the east coast and beyon…
Clinton Street Theatre turns 100
By J. Michael Kersey The Clinton Street Theater has stood on the corner of SE 26th and Clinton for a hundred years. A photograph of the building a…
Local nonprofit recycles goods to developing countries
A new non-profit is helping enrich communities in developing countries. Founded by SE resident Clark Negen in 2011, Sharecycle focuses on shipping don…
Sculpting an unusual medium
By Nancy Tannler When you are driving down lower Stark St., a bold sign bearing the name of Carole Murphy might catch your eye. It is a sign for …
Inside the Publishing Process
Local author Caroline Miller’s third book, Trompe L’Oeil (To Fool the Eye) has just been published by Clackamas publisher Koho Pono LLC. She has storie…
Eastside Village PDX–A plan for aging in place
A planning group of Eastside residents have enthusiastically taken on the task of developing the first aging-in-place “Village” in the Portland metro a…
The Holiday Express
The 8th annual Holiday Express will run three weekends, starting Friday afternoon, November 30. It will be pulled by the Spokane, Portland & Se…
Mount Tabor residents help in Africa
By Houston Bolles Twelve year old Julian Hamley, a seventh grader at Mount Tabor Middle School, recently found himself with a crucial task–helpi…
Simplifying the system for the disabled
Ten years ago, five families sued the state for making them wait a decade to facilitate Medicaid help for their disabled children. The incident motivat…
A tale of two theaters
By Emily Liedel The original entrance to the oldest building on SE 37th and Hawthorne is at 3634 SE Hawthorne Blvd, now the second entrance to t…
Terry Currier’s 40 Years at Music Millennium
As the doors opened at Music Millennium on the Ides of March (March 15), 1969, the times they were definitely a-changin’. The quiet corner of SE…
Taking on the EcoChallenge
The Northwest Earth Institute (NWEI) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire people to take responsibility for Earth. Since NWEI starte…
In case of an emergency
The Boy Scout motto “Be Prepared” was taken seriously by the owner of Portland Preparedness Center due to personal experience. Twenty plus years…
Fact sheet on water fluoridation with bibliography
(Letter excerpt) ...I was invited by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to speak before the Democratic House of Representatives in 2002, on the issue of hea…