Mari-Wanna?

Oregon and two other states are huffing and puffing toward legalizing weed. But don’t buy that bong just yet.

Cover Story Harking back to the days when everything that mattered in politics was decided in smoke-filled rooms, the Western states...   More

 

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 MATTHEW KORFHAGE

Fluoridation Opponents Propose New Ballot Initiative

News Oregon Citizens for Safe Drinking Water, an activist group opposed to fluoridating Portland's water supply, has announced that they will seek to file a city ballot initiative, the "Clean Drinking Water Measure", that would halt the addition of any fluoride to Portland's water supply. The announcement comes mere days after M...   More

 

Wednesday, August 22, 2012 by MATTHEW KORFHAGE

The Tooth of the Matter

A new call to put fluoride in the city’s water raises old fears.

News After 54 years of opposition, the City of Portland is moving to put fluoride in your drinking water. Upstream Public Health, the group behind the fluoridation move, launched what amounted to a p   More

 

Wednesday, August 22, 2012 MATTHEW KORFHAGE

Running For Covers

Commissioner Amanda Fritz now wants to protect the city’s reservoirs with plastic.

News City Commissioner Amanda Fritz is shopping for pool covers.  Fritz has been making the rounds at City Hall pushing a plan to install plastic floating “membrane” covers to protect Portla   More

 

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 MATTHEW KORFHAGE

Exclusive Interview: Former Timbers Goalkeeper Troy Perkins

Says Timbers fans "deserve a lot better than they're getting"

News It's not just the thousands of Portland Timbers fans who are still scratching their heads over the team's decision to trade away goalkeeper Troy Perkins.
Perkins is, too.Perkins was often the most reliable player on a team that has proven a disaster this season. After John Spencer was fired in July as head coach, Timbers general manager and interim coach Gavin Wilkinson ci...   More

 

Tuesday, August 14, 2012 by MATTHEW KORFHAGE

Finder 2012 is on Streets Now

Arts & Books Well, it’s that time again. Summer has slid inexorably from pleasant to slightly sticky in its heat, half the people you know are on vacation somewhere that the other half can’t afford, and Willamette Week is issuing its annual Finder guide to Portland.We like to think of it as a terribly pleasant time of year.Finder is a city guide geared not just toward tourists or newco...   More

 

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 by MATTHEW KORFHAGE

The Campaign

Pressing flesh, punching babies.

Movie Reviews & Stories Zach Galifianakis and Will Ferrell have become the paunchy, awkward Wayans brothers of American comedic film, broad-stroked and choked up with cheap gags, sweaty and desperate for the audience’s   More

 

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 MATTHEW KORFHAGE

London Not Calling

Ann Romney’s horse is in the Summer Olympics. Why not these world-class athletes from Oregon?

Cover Story Every two years, the Olympic Games noisily emerges as the pinnacle of bewildering human endeavor.  The Games’ most familiar events—skiing and...   More

 

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 MATTHEW KORFHAGE

Don’t Drink the Water!

If you did, you’d know what a crazy, panicked overreaction we had to the latest contamination scare.

News On July 21, Multnomah County and city officials warned Portlanders that their drinking water had tested positive for E. coli...
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012 MATTHEW KORFHAGE

Scoops' out for Summer: Day 29

The Hazel Room

Food & Drink Day 29 of our 31-day ice cream binge, Scoops' out for Summer, we get nostalgic at a newish Hawthorne cafe.

The Hazel Room
3279 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 756-7125, thehazelroom.com.Price per scoop: $2
Most popular flavor: The cast rotates at whim. Flavors have...   More

 

Sunday, July 29, 2012 by MATTHEW KORFHAGE