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Fret no more, for Portland's daily paper heard your pleas. Last week the paper started offering a whopping spread of dispatches Tuesday through Friday from TriMet zone 3 and beyond.
Check out the greatest hits from the first week:
DATELINE: Washington County.
"BEAVERTON GREETS NEW POSTMASTER."
Some postal pessimists think the Internet will make ye olde USPS obsolete. Not so, says new Beaverton postmaster Shawneen L. Betha, in this nine-paragraph exposé. "[S]ome things...can't be sent electronically," notes the defiant Betha. She adds: "In Beaverton, my goal will be to listen to the community's concerns about mail delivery." That's a relief.
DATELINE: Washington County.
"HOME FIRE SPRINKLERS ON DISPLAY IN SHERWOOD."
Everyone is safer after reading about a model home in Sherwood that displays all the benefits of installing fire sprinkler systems in new houses.... Hey-wake up!
DATELINE: Clackamas County.
"LAKE OSWEGO ARTERIAL TO SLOW AT PEAK HOURS NEAR SCHOOLS."
After a student got smacked by a car last school year, Portland's slickest suburb decided to impose a 20 mph speed limit near Lake O High School. "That's a great solution,'' opines the girl's father. Indeed.
