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Portland, Oregon: Al Forno Ferruzza

It's still a little funky, and so you get fun little start-ups like Ferruzza locating here in spaces that look like they haven't been updated since whatever five-and-dime might have inhabited them closed in the 1960s.

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Related Topix: Portland, OR, Life, Food, Pizza

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Portland Architecture

Envisioning a new Muslim Community Center in North Portland

Recently I got together with the architects from local firm Architecture Office to hear about a proposed design for the Muslim Community Center of Portland .

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Related Topix: Portland, OR, Religion, Islam

Portland Architecture

Three finalists announced in PSU-run design competition for firefighters memorial

Three finalists have been announced in a Portland State University-administered design competition on behalf of the Portland Firefighters Association for the creation of a new memorial.

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Related Topix: Portland, OR

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Oregonlive.com

High-profile disputes divide Portland City Hall veterans

Portland City Commissioners Randy Leonard and Dan Saltzman spent most of October sniping at each other in public or not talking in private.

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Related Topix: Portland, OR, Multnomah County, OR, Fire, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cornell University

Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Oregonian

Oregon Latinos seek power in numbers

Like California's 30 years ago, Oregon's growing Latino population is reaching a tipping point: A critical mass of Latino professionals is starting to organize and influence state and local politics.

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Related Topix: Oregon, Oregon Government, Multnomah County, OR, Immigration Reform, University of Oregon

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Advocate

Oregon Group Takes First Step to Repeal Marriage Ban

Basic Rights Oregon, the state's largest gay rights group, has launched a grassroots educational campaign as a primary step to repeal the state's five-year-old constitutional amendment banning marriage rights for same-sex couples.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Oregon, Gay/Lesbian

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Portland Oregon Real Estate Blog

Radon In Portland, Part II

Get local insight to the Portland Real Estate Market. A blog of current housing conditions, home price evaluations, sales, and neighborhood details for buyers and sellers of houses and condos.

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Related Topix: Portland, OR, Real Estate, Housing

Tue Nov 03, 2009

KPTV Beaverton

Gay Rights Activists Aim For New Vote

Gay rights backers plan to ask Oregon voters to reverse their ban on gay marriage.

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Related Topix: Oregon, Oregon Government, Gay/Lesbian, Multnomah County, OR

Mon Nov 02, 2009

KATU-TV Portland

Group kicks off campaign to legalize same-sex marriage

One of the most divisive issues in Oregon's history may be coming back to voters as the state's largest gay-rights group kicked off their campaign Monday to legalize same-sex marriage in the state.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Oregon, Gay/Lesbian

Blog Town, PDX

Same-Sex Marriage Advocate Speaks Tonight

Evan Wolfson, the executive director of the nationwide organization Freedom To Marry, will speak tonight at Portland State University about the evolving nation-wide attitudes about same-sex couples.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Salem-News.com

Investing for Value

In my reporting at Salem News I will do my best to apply historically informed critical analysis to the most important issues in the areas of investment, economics, business and government that face the citizens of our State.

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Related Topix: Portland Metro

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Portland Business Journal

PSU eyes expanded role

Portland State University President Wim Wiewel is pursuing aggressive expansion plans.

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Related Topix: Portland, OR

Oregonlive.com

Multnomah County commissioners support education relief act for undocumented students

The Multnomah County commissioners never seem short of resolutions to pass and proclamations to make, but today's unanimous vote to support the federal Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act was particularly emotional for both the commissioners and the audience who came to support it.

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Related Topix: Multnomah County, OR, Standardized Testing, Education, Family, Kids, Teenagers

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Oregonlive.com

Oregon City High School counselor found shot to death

Oregon City High School's counseling director killed himself at a campground near Estacada today, the Clackamas County sheriff's office reports.

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Related Topix: Estacada, OR, Clackamas County, OR, Happy Valley, OR

Portland Tribune

Sources Say * Whoa s behind recall curtain?

Sources Say * Who's behind recall curtain? The Portland Tribune, Oct 29, 2009 GORDLY Although the names of those involved in the second recall campaign against Mayor Sam Adams are slow to leak out, new spokeswoman Avel Gordly confirms that one of the organizers is Karin Hansen, wife of former Mayor Tom Potter.

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Related Topix: Portland, OR, Hillsboro, OR

Wed Oct 28, 2009

The Oregonian

Second chance for Willamette Falls Locks, an Oregon treasure

After teetering on the edge of permanent closure for almost two years, the Willamette Falls Locks appear ready to open next year after several months of repairs.

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Related Topix: Willamette Valley Vineyards, Beverages, Agriculture, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Kurt Schrader

Daily Journal of Commerce

PSU eager to share resource

At the Green Building Research Lab at Portland State University, researchers have all of the tools they need to build a better building: special infrared cameras for evaluating building envelope thermal performance, indoor air quality sensors and a spectrophotometer, which gives emissions readings for roofing and other exterior coating materials.

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Mon Oct 26, 2009

The Oregonian

Stay seasonal, inexpensive on food

I applaud the idea behind the Oct. 18 Metro article [" Next on planners' plate: food "]. However, I think the comparison of prices given for convenience food versus a lasagna dinner from scratch were misleading and discouraging.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

Oregonlive.com

Grassroots actions in Portland, across Oregon urge steps against climate change

About 100 kayakers and canoeists formed a giant 350 in the Willamette River this morning, joining more than 5,200 actions in 181 countries that urged world leaders to act quickly and aggressively to reduce carbon emissions that cause climate change.

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Related Topix: Portland, OR, Salem, OR, Coos Bay, OR, Milton Freewater, OR

The Lufkin Daily News

How does Ore. candidate roll? With MS, on a Segway

Bill Bradbury isn't just running for Oregon governor. He's zipping - on a Segway.

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Related Topix: Oregon, Oregon Government, Multiple Sclerosis, Health, Medicine, Charitable Organizations, Texas, US News, Representative Mary Jo Kilroy, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Politics

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