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A “Second” Mill Ends Park Has Popped up in Southeast Portland, Complete With a Sword in a Stone

In the small concrete triangle where Southeast Stark Street splits with Southeast Washington Avenue, someone built a sign that reads “Mill Ends Park 2,” alongside a pair of potted plants and a giant Excalibur sword carved out of wood.

Volunteers Sue Portland City Hall Over Requiring Permits to Serve Free Hot Soup

Food service to homeless in downtown Director Park drew the ire of nearby businesses and led to the rule change.

New Portland Rules Could Abolish Free Hot Soup for Homeless People in Director Park

Parks officials say they don’t want to end the food handouts—just make sure they follow rules.

Murmurs: Lottery Delays Sports Betting

In other news: Neighbors privatize Portland Parks programs.

A Tranquil Riverside Campground in the Cascades Foothills Closes Down With Little Notice

That ends the central public use of what was once among the city’s recreational treasures.

Oregon Doctors Are Writing Prescriptions For People to Spend Time Outdoors

Oregon doctors are among 75 physicians in the Pacific Northwest who have begun writing prescriptions for people to spend time walking in parks.

Portland’s Parks Are a Cherished Gem. But They Can’t Make Ends Meet.

Portland Parks & Recreation does a lot of things Portlanders love. Over the past five years, it has wanted to do even more.

Portland Begs for Bond Money to Finish Park Work It Started

Portland’s push for more funding in the Metro bond comes after the City Council voted to lay off as many as 50 employees at Portland Parks and Recreation to address budget shortfalls.

Do Portland Parks Still Have Barbecue Grills For People to Use? Or Do I Have to Go Out to the Boonies to Find Them?

I was going to start this column with a joke about a guy on Twitter who was trying to decide whether to be an edgelord or an incel (I said he should be an edgecel—that’s when you’re constantly letting your penis get THIS CLOSE to a vagina), but then someone said my readers probably wouldn’t know what an incel was.

Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty Finds Herself Isolated as Portland City Council Cuts Parks and Preserves Police

The result: Parks got cut and police did not.

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