Sherwood News

Rates of childhood poverty vary tremendously around Oregon, with students in rural areas by far the most likely to live in impoverished households, according to new estimates by the Census Bureau .

Due to wet field conditions at Sherwood High School Friday's Class 4A state football semifinal between Old Mill and Sherwood has been postponed until Saturday night.

Here's your chance to "shop local" for your Thanksgiving dinner. In these tough economic times, "shop local" is the mantra of many who want to boost their local economies and help businesses in their communities.

Looking for something fun to do in the Sherwood Oregon community during the holiday season? We have just the answer you're looking for Saturday, December 5th 2009 from 11-3 p.m. at the Sherwood Dickensfest Event! "A night filled with friends, family, community spirit & holiday cheer" - Just before the tree lighting and Christmas Parade in Old Town Sherwood

Experience an Oregon Wine Country Thanksgiving on November 27th through the 29th, just when the winter wine tasting season in the Willamette Valley kicks off during the 27th annual Wine Country Thanksgiving event! Enjoy this unique opportunity to see first-hand the valley's small, family-owned wineries and meet the faces behind the wine.

Everyone makes mistakes, and most remember the costly ones -- except, it seems, AT&T Wireless.

The Sherwood Police department received the following reports last week: Sunday, Nov.

With its Nov. 21 final exercise at the Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue Training Center and subsequent graduation ceremony, the Sherwood CERT program will have a small but enthusiastic cadre upon which to build future growth.

COMMUNITY YS & A Traditional Irish Entertainment offers a weekly Ceili, or dance , for fans of Irish music and dance from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Nov.

Elmer was responsible for the naming of the road after his family name. One of Wilsonville's "founding fathers" may never have wanted to be in Wilsonville to begin with.

A request on whether to annex 34 acres of property into the city was approved handily by Sherwood voters Tuesday night.

Mayor Craig Dirksen, on the heels of a failed attempt to raise $20 million for new parks, said Wednesday that Tigard may return to citizens in 2010 for a second opinion.

Snowball, Argyle Winery's mascot, who passed away in November of 2008, will be honored from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through December with $5 flights of wine.

Two weeks ago, health officials in Washington County and beyond were expecting a torrent of swine flu vaccine.

The Metro Council could have a problem when updating its 2035 Regional Transportation Plan - the Interstate 5 to Highway 99W connector project.

It's too bad you can't walk from Sherwood to Butteville anymore. Butteville's where you caught that most charming of all American Frontier inventions: a stern wheeler.

Sherwood Police are on the lookout today for someone who broke into 25 unlocked cars and made off with iPods and GPS units, and wallets containing cash and credit cards.

The Sherwood Police Department received the following reports: Monday, Oct. 12 -- Jason Hoyt, 33, of Salem, was arrested for allegedly driving with a suspended license.

With only weeks for the region's southwest suburban governments to finalize funding requests for major transportation projects, the fate of a long-planned connector between Interstate 5 and Oregon 99W remains as unresolved as ever.

Description: Sherwood vs Churchill Friday, October 23, 2009 at Sherwood High School.