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Non-profit puts Used Goods to Good Use
Posted on February 22, 2012 | No CommentsDonations fill need at Community Warehouse Each week, social services agencies bring over 40 families to the Community Warehouse in northeast Portland to get the basic household items and furniture... -
Transformed by Race
Posted on February 22, 2012 | No CommentsPortland author inspires with best-selling book By Mindy Cooper/The Portland Observer Although she desperately wanted to fit in, when best-selling author Heidi W. Durrow first moved to Portland, she remembers... -
Bud Clark Success
Posted on February 8, 2012 | 1 CommentNew housing makes dent in fighting homelessness By Mindy Cooper/The Portland Observer After six-months of providing affordable housing to thousands of Portland’s most vulnerable and chronically homeless, the Bud... -
Dental decay 100 percent preventable
Posted on February 1, 2012 | 1 CommentFor Your Health By Charles LaTourette According to the Oregon Department of Human Services and national studies, Oregon children have among the highest rates of dental decay in the nation,... -
Neighborhood Investment Coming
Posted on January 11, 2012 | 1 CommentNew Seasons to build store on abandoned block New Seasons Market announced last week plans to convert a long-vacant lot into their 13th store, which will be located in Portland’s... -
Local Woman Writes Cookbook
Posted on January 4, 2012 | No CommentsShares knowledge about weight loss Once a morbidly obese woman who consumed highly caloric processed food, Chrisetta Mosley has turned a new leaf and wants to share her new found... -
A Tradition of Giving
Posted on December 22, 2011 | No CommentsSunshine Division boxes up food for needy families By Mindy Cooper/The Portland Observer Known throughout the metro-area for their holiday food boxes, the non-profit Sunshine Division, in partnership with the... -
Misguided Attacks on Voting Rights
Posted on December 14, 2011 | 1 CommentSelf-serving politicians threaten democracy By Benjamin Todd Jealous Our voting rights are under attack. In legislatures across the county, misguided state politicians have proposed, and in too many cases have... -
Occupy March against Big Banks
Posted on November 23, 2011 | No CommentsHundreds of police officers lined the streets on Thursday as Occupy Portland demonstrators congregated downtown to protest big banks, their banking practices, home foreclosures and other economic injustices. Seven downtown... -
Occupy Protesters Regroup
Posted on November 16, 2011 | 2 CommentsEviction from parks mostly peaceful By Mindy Cooper/ The Portland Observer Despite their eviction from two downtown parks, Occupy Portland demonstrators have developed into a face of what democracy can... -
Saga Not Over Yet in Jackson’s Death: Saga Not Over Yet in Jackson’s Death
Posted on November 16, 2011 | No CommentsBy Judge Greg Mathis Dr. Conrad Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of super star entertainer Michael Jackson. With the verdict, the jury brought some level... -
Battling High Costs of Cooler Days: Home weatherization and other tips offered
Posted on November 9, 2011 | No CommentsBy Mindy Cooper/The Portland Observer With winter just around the corner, local businesses and organizations are dedicated to helping both homeowners and renters face their rising energy costs through affordable... -
Rally for Post Office Survival
Posted on November 9, 2011 | No CommentsPortland area letter carriers gathered before work outside the Piedmont-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Post Office in northeast Portland on Tuesday to discuss Congressional bill, that if passed, will dismantle... -
Building Bridges to a Strong Future: Founder of non-profit helps at-risk youth achieve
Posted on October 27, 2011 | No CommentsBy Mindy Cooper/The Portland Observer After a childhood filled with others trampling on her self-esteem, one local woman is determined to keep Portland’s at-risk youth off the streets by teaching... -
Police Officer Charged
Posted on October 27, 2011 | No CommentsA 10-year veteran of the Portland Police Bureau was arrested by Vancouver Police and placed in the Clark County Jail Monday. According to officials, Officer James Botaitis went to his...
