Creston-Kenilworth’s reborn ‘Foster Theater’ opens with accolades
It was first opened in 1915 as the Star Theater, and in 1928 was renamed the Ames Theater – one of several movie auditoriums built along S.E. Foster Road’s grand […]
Pedestrian hurt on Holgate in Creston-Kenilworth twilight accident
Just before sunset on Wednesday, December 3, along S.E. Holgate Boulevard near 28th Place, westbound traffic came to a standstill when a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle – right […]
Public art underfoot in Brooklyn, to help you find your way
The Brooklyn neighborhood at the east end of the Ross Island Bridge – from Powell Boulevard south and west to McLoughlin – has hills, and sometimes poses a conundrum to […]
Two wounded, hospitalized, in Southeast ICE arrest attempt
On Thursday afternoon, January 8, at 2:18 p.m., the Portland Bureau of Emergency Services (BOEC) dispatched 13 Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officers to a “Disturbance with Weapon” report in the […]
HISTORY: Trends, and local history highlights, of the year just past
How can it be possible that it’s already been twenty years since this photo ran with my BEE story about the Moreland Theater reaching its 80th year of operation? If […]
EDITOR: What THE BEE was thankful for in 2025
When New Year’s arrived a year ago, THE BEE was facing an increasingly vexatious problem: The costs of mailing 16,500 copies of the newspaper to the same addresses in various […]
Homeless man pulls gun on Brentwood-Darlington woman who offered help
What initially seemed to be a small incident – with just three police officers being dispatched, on November 24 at 5:39 p.m., to S.E. Rural Street at 74th Avenue – […]
Third annual Brentwood-Darlington ‘Winter Market’ thrives
Now in its third year, the Brentwood-Darlington “Winter Market” grew so much this year that it overflowed the Brentwood-Darlington Community Center itself – while welcoming makers, crafters, food creators, and […]
PBOT crews again wrangle leaves in parts of Inner Southeast
The chill of approaching winter turns leaves on deciduous trees in our neighborhoods from green to vibrant hues of red, orange, and brown. The downside is that it all then […]
Former firehouse features festive Holiday Market in Woodstock
The onetime bungalow-style firehouse on S.E. 43rd Avenue west of the BiMart parking lot in Woodstock became a beautifully-decorated Holiday Market for a day – Saturday, November 29th. Yes, we […]
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