Mid-county Memo Blog

The Mid-county Memo strives to be accurate and thorough in its coverage and corrects significant errors of fact. If you find an error in the Memo, please call 503-287-8904 or e-mail our editor, Darlene Vinson, at editor@midcountymemo.com.

In last month’s Perlman’s Potpourri item, “City acquires Knott Park addition,” the wrong address for the property was listed. The correct address is 11510 N.E. Knott Street.
In an item in last month’s Business Memo, “Home repair business celebrates anniversary,” Aruel Davidyan’s name was misspelled.

We apologize for the errors.

Links and a recap of feature articles from the online editon of the November 2009  Mid-county Memo follow:

Latest photos and full story about the transformation of the former Children’s Receiving Center into the Gateway Center for Domestic Violence Services in east Portland.

Latest photos and full story about how former elementary schools within Parkrose School District — Thompson School and Knott Elementary — are being used these days.

A story about developers, for all intents and purposes, killing a proposed amendment to control the way garages are built on smaller parcels

Doing the work he was elected and sent to Washington, D.C.  for, we applaud and salute Oregon’s junior Senator Jeff Merkley (our former State Representative from east Portland) today for working to reverse the devastation visited on the American financial system through years of purposeful deregulation.
The release from his office follows:

Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley joined Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and fellow committee members today to announce the beginning of committee work on a package of financial regulatory reform legislation.