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James John School, partners add more nature to the playground
By Barbara Quinn There was a time when the playground at James John Elementary school in the heart of St. Johns town center was a bleak expanse of hot blacktop surrounded by nondescript chainlink fence. Happily that is no more. Improvements such as decorative fencing and planted areas created by the nonprofit Depave have been…
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PCEF/Police funding measure off General Election ballot
A controversial Portland initiative petition drive to divert a portion of Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund to the hiring of more police has failed to qualify for the Nov. 3 General Election ballot. As first reported by the Portland Mercury on Aug. 4, Multnomah County election officials said only 61% of the collected signatures…
