Milwaukie News

Clackamas County voters sent a largely symbolic message to TriMet on Tuesday night against light rail by voting down a measure authorizing the line from Portland through Milwaukie to Oak Grove, pitting the county at large against North Clackamas residents who voted to support the line in their backyards.

Milwaukie Police Officer Crystal Hill assisted in rounding up two baby goats reported to be running amok in traffic near the 5100 block of King Road in Milwaukie on Sunday.

Milwaukie Farmers Market: Vendors sell produce, plants, cheeses, meats, seafood, bakery items, food and handcrafted garden art.

Milwaukie's library space is well below the standard for cities of its size, according to a consultant for the city hosting a public event this week to help determine expansion needs.

The Lake Oswego School District is the third best school district in the country with the most affordable homes, according to a recent report by ZipRealty.

SE Powell Boulevard between 13th and 21st avenues reopened Sunday morning, May 19, a day ahead of schedule.

Thomas Joseph Berndt II tells Judge Cheryl Albrecht, who was about to sentence him Friday, that he hadn't realized until just then the impact identity theft has on people, not just financial institutions.

The agency's board is scheduled to take up the issue at its July 24 meeting. The proposal being prepared by staff would allow all bus and rail tickets to be purchased on electronic devices such as cell phones and smart cards.

Shanne Sowards is mentoring 19-year-old Pablo Huerta, who holds his 6-month-old, Adam.

John Gregos has done everything from running the top-selling record store in three states to going backstage with Stevie Ray Vaughan and becoming friends with the Grateful Dead's official photographer.

I understand that the Portland-Milwaukie light-rail bridge, which is currently under construction, has not yet been given a permanent name.

Firefighters administer first aid to a Milwaukie woman burned in a kitchen fire.

TriMet officials say this coming weekend will mark the last full closure of Southeast Powell Boulevard related to the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Project .

Healthy Aging Seminar: Mitch Lambley, certified senior adviser at Home Street Bank, and Fernando V'elez with the state of Oregon's Department of Consumer and Business Services present "Senior Citizen Property Tax Deferral and Reverse Mortgages." Registration required.

The Oak Grove Community Council at its Wednesday, May 22, meeting may vote to support changing the North Clackamas Parks & Recreational District to a locally elected board, replacing the Clackamas County Board of County Commissioners.

Mounting maintenance and repair costs, as well as a lack of customers, forced the two to close the Estacada restaurant in March, about a year and a half after it reopened as the Legendary Safari Club.

If the May 21 election in the Portland metropolitan area had a name, it would be called "water fluoridation and other stuff." The civic brawl over fluoridating the city of Portland's water supply has dominated the election cycle and drowned out most other debates.

KPSU KRUISE: ONUINU, GRANDPARENTS Slap on a goofy smile and your favorite topsiders to dance the ever-loving poop deck off the Portland Spirit for the KPSU Kruise.

The Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Project came up one girder short of their expected half-dozen delivery on April 23, when the missing beam ended up on its side on its overturned truck, atop a car, on the Marquam Bridge.

In the beginning, the process of demolishing a small, ordinary-looking, green one-story building that recently housed a historic photo reproduction studio in Brooklyn seemed like nothing special.