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Convenience store owner who sold drugs across from Dawson Park sentenced
Donald Sharma, former owner of Stop N Go Mini Mart near Dawson Park was sentenced to 13 months in prison on July 1, after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of heroin in substantial quantities. On October 2, he will be sentenced on a second count of attempted unlawful delivery of fentanyl in…
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Portland’s two Black-owned newspapers honored at Dawson Park
Two longtime Black-owned newspapers that have served North and Northeast Portland have been honored by Portland Parks & Recreation. The Skanner News and The Portland Observer are the two survivors among 19 Black-owned journals memorialized by an addition to the Dawson Park Historic Story Boulders installed in the park in August. The oval media-themed boulder…
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Portland’s two Black-owned newspapers honored at Dawson Park
Two longtime Black-owned newspapers that historically served North and Northeast Portland have been honored by Portland Parks & Recreation. The Skanner News and The Portland Observer are among 17 others memorialized by an addition to the Dawson Park Historic Story Boulders that was installed in the park in August. The previous 12 large oval shaped boulders on top of commemorative…
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Mini Mart near Dawson Park busted
A Portland Police Special Response team recently seized numerous firearms and a large quantity of drugs including cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin from a store across the street from Dawson Park. The owner, Donald Sharma, 43, of Beaverton, was arrested on drug charges and transported to the Multnomah County Detention Center. Community members came forward to the…
