Wood Village News

Consumers may be spending less than in previous years, but when it comes to toys, East County shoppers have more than a touch of Santa Claus in them this season.

A support group for weight management and healthy lifestyles. For more information, call Edna at 503-666-1091 or visit www.tops.org. American Association of University Women, Gresham branch - 6:30 p.m., Gresham Memorial Chapel and Events Center, 257 S.E. Roberts Ave.

As of Thursday, Nov. 19, this fall's backyard burning season is over in Gresham, Fairview and Wood Village.

Jerome Calcagno mows a lawn at the mobile home park where he lives. Every morning Jerome Calcagno, chief lawnmower of his mobile home park at 201st Avenue and Sandy Boulevard, walked across Sandy Boulevard to the Stagecoach Saloon to drink a morning cup of coffee as Melissa Coates opened the place for the day.

Fairview Police arrested a Wood Village man Monday, Nov. 9, who was wanted in the robbery of a Fairview man last week.

A 22-year-old man accused of robbing an elderly man at gunpoint was arrested Monday, the Fairview Police Department reported.

The Gresham Outlook welcomes calendar notices for weekly public events and support group meetings in East County.

The MOMS Club of Troutdale is hosting a Halloween costume party from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Oct.

A man who detectives describe as a prolific identity thief is wanted in Multnomah County.

Funding for a long-discussed study on connector routes between Interstate 84 to Highway 26 is moving from pipe dream to distinct possibility.

Like a gunslinger in a western movie, Robert Fisher, superintendent of the Reynolds School District, came to town a year ago to clean up a budget mess left by the previous administration.

The Four Cities Peer Court, which provides teenagers an opportunity to learn about the legal system, invites area youth to an orientation from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct.

A support group for weight management and healthy lifestyles. For more information, call Edna at 503-666-1091 or visit www.tops.org. American Association of University Women, Gresham Area Branch - 6 p.m., Gresham Memorial Chapel, 257 S.E. Roberts Ave.

Sidewalks are coming to a section of Northeast Halsey Street in Wood Village as a result of federal stimulus money.

Jim Kight supports the concept of an urban growth boundary. Troutdale's mayor also wants to consider the long-term livability of the city he leads.

A third East Multnomah County leader has thrown his hat into the ring for a seat on the Metro Council.

Local government agencies and businesses led a cleanup of illegal campsites in Troutdale Friday morning, Sept.

Gresham City Councilor Shirley Craddick has filed to run for the Metro Council next year.

Nine hundred freshmen showed up today for the first day of classes at Reynolds High School, the largest freshmen class in its history.

Multnomah County moved todayto protect renters in unincorporated parts of the county from shady landlords following Gresham, Portland and soon Wood Village.