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Converted school bus is home to new bike repair shop in North Portland

Sherifa Roach, inside an old school bus, which is home to her new bike repair shop.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) There’s a new bike repair shop that’s open for business just a half-block off the busy N Williams Avenue bike corridor. Sherifa Roach, a nearby resident, recent United Bicycle Institute graduate and veteran volunteer at local … Read more


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Man says he was intentionally run down while biking on N. Williams Ave

Scott Stephenson says he suffered facial wounds after a woman intentionally ran into him while he biked on N Williams Avenue.(Photo: Scott Stephenson) North Portland resident Scott Stephenson is still shaken up after being involved in a road rage altercation on North Williams Avenue last Saturday. Stephenson, 31, says he and a woman driving a … Read more


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Michigan Ave bike boulevard saved! PCC approves underground parking garage

Rendering of plans. New parking garage is in upper left, N. Killingsworth St. is in lower right. Portland Community College has approved plans for a new parking garage at their Cascade campus in North Portland — and it won’t be the four-story, $9 million structure that many people (including myself) were concerned about due to … Read more


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PCC Cascade eyes multi-level parking garage on Michigan Ave

PCC has determined that the corner of Michigan and Killingsworth would be the best location for a multi-story parking garage.(Photo © J. Maus) Portland Community College’s Cascade campus is considering the construction of a four-story parking garage on the northeast corner of N Michigan and Killingsworth. The project is part of district-wide expansion plans funded … Read more