NAs Vow to Keep Portland Neighborly
By Midge Pierce If you value public input on landuse, transportation, infrastructure and livability, thank Neighborhood Association pushback for pos…
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Officer Calls for Patience
By Midge Pierce In the face of protests, car thefts, Next Door burglary reports, public drug use, “sharps” (preferred word for needles) on streets a…
History of Neighborhood Associations
By Don MacGillivray Controversy, criticism, and change challenge neighborhood associations today. It is not just city problems troubling the neighbo…
Summertime and the Livin’ is Easy
By Midge Pierce A silver lining of the attack on Neighborhood Associations is the growing outreach to under-represented groups. It’s not always e…
A Solution to Climate Change
By Meera Ramachandran A scary book can help some folk nestle into the mood of the Halloween season. With the fall around the corner, it’s good to kn…
More and More Scooters Coming
By David Krogh Note: The Southeast Examiner discussed the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s (PBOT’s) implementation of a new one-year pilot projec…
Homelessness in SE Portland
By Jack Rubinger One of the dangers of getting used to the homeless problem in Portland is that you start feeling numb, then angry, then sad, then y…
Paint the Town Green
By Allen Field Approximately two hundred and fifty volunteers, young and old, fanned out from locations near 82nd Ave. and the Central Christian Churc…
Phoenix Reborn
By David Krogh An old boarded up triangular brick building on Foster Rd. is about to be reborn. Located at SE 67th St., it originally got its start as…
Code Challenges Neighborhood Clout
By Midge Pierce A City Bureau under Commissioner Chloe Eudaly is rushing a code change to Council that, under the guise of equity and inclusion, wea…