Tag Archives: Portland

Consumers enter more fragrance-free zones

July 31, 2012 – 4:51 pm

by Stefania Revelli WHAT’S HAPPENING Tuttle, OK, is providing purer air to its more sensitive residents through a fragrance-free law (USAToday.com, 3 July 2012). Visitors to Tuttle’s City Hall are asked to “remain at the front of the building” (outside) if they are wearing perfume or fragrances like aftershave. Some fragrances can trigger asthma and […]

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Portland map aims to get Latinos biking and hiking

March 3, 2011 – 10:10 am

by Abelardo de la Pena Jr. WHAT’S HAPPENING In Portland, OR, people bike or walk just about everywhere. To get Latinos to join in, Metro, the elected regional government and healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente are partnering to create a bilingual biking and hiking map. The project, called “Vámonos,” will promote existing biking and walking routes […]

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Fashion lovers get on the bus for vintage apparel

December 7, 2010 – 3:55 pm

by Stephanie Davila WHAT’S HAPPENING Fashion is always in constant motion, so why can’t the store be, too? Lodekka is a vintage clothing boutique that opened in a converted 1965 double-decker Bristol Lodekka bus. The retailer-on-wheels is parked at the corner of Williams and Failing in northeast Portland, OR, and is a nod to the […]

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