Lake Oswego News

Windjammers Variety Show: "Making an Entrance" is the theme of the annual Windjammers Variety Show at Lake Oswego High School at 7:30 p.m. on Feb.

SHERWOOD -- A total of 85 spots spread over 12 grades will be up for the taking next school year at the Sherwood School District .

Lake Oswego property owners who pay for recreational and boating access to the 415-acre lake at the heart of the city say they are determined to keep the water off-limits to outsiders.

More than 50 community members came to a Lake Oswego School Board meeting to watch decisions on open enrollment, language immersion expansion and middle school schedules.

"Making an Entrance" is the theme of the annual Windjammers Variety Show at Lake Oswego High School at 7:30 p.m. on Feb.

Should those who do not live around Oswego Lake be allowed to take their boats there? Some city leaders are discussing the possibility of changing the lake's private access policy.

Lake Oswego property owners who pay for recreational and boating access to the 415-acre lake at the heart of the city say they are determined to keep the water off-limits to outsiders.

The Oregonian says critics claim the Oregon's sovereign rights to the water supersede federal and private designations.

Dave Nicoli kind of fell into the entertainment business. The Tigard native had been helping a friend plan a restaurant and arcade but as he got deeper and deeper into the process, Nicoli said, he decided to jump in and buy the former Players entertainment venue in Lake Oswego.

Lucy Bell was born with a heart defect. She had her first heart surgery at Legacy Emanuel's children's hospital when she was three weeks old.

Lake Oswego property owners who pay for recreational and boating access to the 415-acre lake at the heart of the city say they are determined to keep the water off-limits to outsiders.

Lake Oswego junior guard Daniel Verburg throws a backdoor pass to junior wing Calvin Hermanson, who lays it in for two against West Linn.

Petitions are now circulating in the initiative effort to require Clackamas County voter approval before the county pays $25 million to TriMet for the Portland-Milwaukie light rail project .

World markets tumbled on Friday after European leaders withheld Greek bailout plans even after leaders in that debt-ridden country came to an agreement on austerity measures that was supposed to unlock the cash, and China warned of a probable slowdown in industrial production.

The Gladstone School Board unanimously voted to approve opening nearly 400 spots to out-of-district students, using a recently-enacted open enrollment law that is being debated in other districts.

93 features and 46 shorts from 47 nations will screen through February 25, and you can see them at theaters downtown, in Northeast, Northwest and Southeast Portland, and in Lake Oswego.

When charged, debit cards automatically withdraw money directly from checking accounts; whereas credit cards extract funds from credit accounts.

A dock normally anchored near the base of Willamette Falls broke free in high water and ended up four miles downstream.

More than 50 companies will be represented at each fair. Greg Flores, associate director at the university's career center, says in a realease that "the employers who are coming are coming with jobs." Representatives from Intel, Daimler Trucks North America, Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare, the City of Lake Oswego and many other organizations will ... (more)

Kevin McCaleb, the city's water conservation specialist, stands by one of Lake Oswego's weather stations, which track conditions such as rainfall, air temperature, wind speed and direction and more.