http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132813743542454000 2012-02-01 15:03:55 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132813743542454000 en-us The students and staff at Edy Ridge Elementary School and Laurel Ridge Middle School know they are lucky to spend their days in a new, state-of-the-art facility, so they probably weren’t surprised to learn that the campus was honored recently with two awards. Norm Dull of Dull Olsen Weekes ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132813597491367400 2012-02-01 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132813597491367400 en-us The Sherwood City Council has put teeth into an ordinance regulating skateboarding and other “wheeled activities” and prohibiting them within 30 feet of public buildings or spaces. On Jan. 17, the council amended a city ordinance related to bicycles, unicycles, roller skates, roller ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132762070067298900 2012-01-26 15:31:40 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132762070067298900 en-us Fire investigators are blaming a stack of newspapers sitting next to a wood-burning stove as the cause of a fast-moving blaze that destroyed the Barron-Wahl Vineyards’ tasting room early on the morning of Jan. 13. Investigators said the newspapers and magazines were in a wicker basket next ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132761979244007700 2012-01-26 15:16:32 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132761979244007700 en-us After months of work, the new $1.7 million Sherwood Plaza is complete. Well, almost. Although the city has been testing the new interactive fountain, the official full-time spray isn’t expected to be turned on until the spring when a ribbon-cutting is planned and as of the first part of ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132761851639996500 2012-01-30 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132761851639996500 en-us Before you read this, remember there is no way to say for sure what happened in the end. But an online conversation most likely resulted in sending a 1970s-era Vietnam prisoner-of-war bracelet to the family of the man for whom it was created for. On Dec. 20, an unidentified online inquirer ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132691874744030600 2012-01-19 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132691874744030600 en-us Oregonians love to buy local, but no Oregon company has managed to bring a mass-produced electric car to market. That may change this year, if Arcimoto founder Mark Frohnmayer gets his way. Since 2007, Eugene-based Arcimoto has been working up prototypes of a three-wheeled electric car that looks ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132622823789846900 2012-01-10 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132622823789846900 en-us With three weeks to go, the special election in Oregon’s 1st Congressional District has become a hothouse, with the Oregon Democratic Party slamming GOP hopeful Rob Cornilles in a series of mailers and television ads scrutinizing the Tualatin businessman’s professed history of job ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132612350667551500 2012-01-09 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132612350667551500 en-us Starting today, the news-gathering staffs of Pamplin Media Group and KOIN Local 6 TV are combining their resources to bring readers, listeners and viewers a more comprehensive and timely local news report. The Pamplin group – which includes the Portland Tribune and Community Newspapers and ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132581108527477600 2012-01-05 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132581108527477600 en-us Paula Stewart, the director of the Sherwood Senior Center, is heading to take a similar position at the Hillsboro Senior Center. Stewart was at the center for about a year. “It’s hard to leave but I’m up for it,” she said. “I’ll miss the friendships I made and ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132503124457820900 2011-12-28 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132503124457820900 en-us The Sherwood Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts will be hosting their annual Christmas Tree Recycling fundraising program Jan. 7 and 8. Please have your tree on your driveway near your sidewalk by 9 a.m. on any of these days for pick up. A suggested donation of $5 is appreciated and will be divided among ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132563614898468700 2012-01-03 16:15:48 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132563614898468700 en-us In a recent proclamation, Governor Kitzhaber deemed January to be School Board Recognition Month. As a result, the Sherwood School District will honor its board at its regular board meeting on Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. in the media center at Sherwood Middle School. Board members include: Kevin Noreen, ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132511778201152500 2011-12-28 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132511778201152500 en-us A mended Western screech owl that had apparently been struck by a car on Halloween was released into Stella Olsen Park on Dec. 18. The animal was discovered by passersby along Sunset Boulevard, just east of Eucalyptus Drive, on the morning of Oct. 31. “One of the people who found the bird, ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132510525226251400 2011-12-28 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132510525226251400 en-us Alert shoppers at the Cedar Mill Home Depot helped police this week grab what turned out to be a regional shoplifting ring suspected in the theft of thousands of dollars in merchandise. Beaverton police arrested Monday morning 34-year-old William George Hazelwood III, a transient; 45-year-old ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132502440202449800 2011-12-29 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132502440202449800 en-us Sherwood’s non-profit organizations will no longer be receiving cash grants for their respective programs. However, those agencies are expected to continue receiving many of the city’s in-kind services such as police providing security and support from the city’s public works ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132502394189605000 2011-12-28 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132502394189605000 en-us The Washington County Chambers of Commerce Partnership will host an Oregon 1st Congressional District Candidate Debate on Jan. 10 at Tigard’s Broadway Rose Theater, 12850 S.W. Grant Ave. The 7:30 a.m. event will feature Democratic candidate Suzanne Bonamici and Republican Rob Cornilles, who ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132501741620098000 2011-12-27 12:23:36 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132501741620098000 en-us The city is in the process of putting together a survey to gauge the public’s interest in local parks and to determine if voters would support a possible bond measure in the spring. In early December, the Sherwood Parks and Recreation Board met and pushed for a survey that could go to ... http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132491878068230200 2011-12-26 00:00:00 http://www.sherwoodgazette.com/news/story.php?story_id=132491878068230200 en-us A man with a Tiki torch broke into the home of a sleeping Aloha couple and attacked them on Christmas day. Washington County sheriff’s deputies arrested 28-year-old Matthew Zamora of Sherwood in the attack. Zamora was lodged in the Washington County Jail and charged with first-degree ...