NORTHWEST:
Trainophiles
Trainophiles
800 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR
Five thousand trainophiles came to Union Station for National Train Day on May 9 to look at Southern Pacific 4449, the sexiest Art Deco-era steam engine around, and the only one in the country still running. NORTHEAST:
Flash In The Pan
Flash In The Pan
401 NE 28th Street, Portland OR
Like a flash in the pan, Morgan Brownlow of Clarklewis fame is resigning as chef of Cafe 401, less than two months after it opened. NORTH:
Racetracks For Sale
Racetracks For Sale
1001 N. Schmeer Road, Portland OR
Magna Entertainment Corp. is selling Portland Meadows and three other racetracks across the U.S. The nation’s largest horse-track owner wants to hedge its bets after filling for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March.
NORTH:
Shitty Sewers
Shitty Sewers
N Russell St. Portland, OR 97227
Russell Street residents found shit in their basements last week after a sewer line break. The dreck came up through drains, toilets, showers and floors.SOUTHWEST:
Changing Principals
Changing Principals
2425 SW Vista Ave, Portland
Ainsworth Elementary’s Elizabeth Casson-Taylor will be the new principal of Beaumont Middle School in Northeast Portland. She replaces Sherie Knutsen, who is retiring after 34 years with the district.
HILLSBORO:
Pocket Shot
Pocket Shot
119 NW Connell Street, Portland OR
A woman was accidentally shot in the stomach after a gun, in the pocket of a jacket, fired when the jacket was tossed over a chair. Her husband called 911, though it’s still not clear whose gun was in whose pocket and who did the tossing.
SOUTHEAST:
Millennium Ninth!
Millennium Ninth!
3158 E. Burnside. Portland, OR
Music Millennium has been named the ninth-best indie record store in the country by Spin magazine. Ninth!WWeek 2015