Gresham Pumpkin Patches + Nick Runs For Governor + Brown Boosted

Happy Thursday, neighbors! Let's get this day started. Here's what's happening in town today.

First, today's weather:

Windy with a few showers. High: 65 Low: 50.

Here are the top stories today in Gresham:

1. Oregon hires new paid family and medical leave program director, names law firm to investigate discrimination (OregonLive)
2. Former Times reporter and Yamhill native Nick Kristof makes it official (Patch)
3. Oregon restaurants are hurting, need help (Patch).
4. Gov. Brown gets her booster, urges others to follow suit. (Patch)
5. Gresham area pumpkin patches to visit (Patch).

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Today in Gresham:

• Board of Directors Meeting - Gresham Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center (7:30 AM)
• Business & Leaders Luncheon - Gresham Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center (11:30 AM)
• Try Local First - Gresham Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center (4:00 PM)

Gresham Patch Notebook

• The Original Gresham Farmers' Market: "The Gresham Farmers Markets has the last Market of the Season, this Saturday 10/30/21 Be sure to make yourself a nice hot Spooky breakfast sandwich like the one below before venturing out . All ingredients have been purchased from the Gr..." (Facebook)
• City of Gresham: "Gresham, we want to see your creative Halloween spirit! Share your boo-tiful costumes with us by tagging @CityofGresham on Facebook or Instagram and win a Gresham water bottle full of candy. We want to see all of the fun, cute and spooky..." (Instagram)
• Rotary Club of Gresham Oregon: "Lynn Snodgrass with the Gresham Area Chamber of Commerce!" (Facebook)
• City of Gresham - Government: "Gresham, we want to see your creative Halloween spirit! Share your Boo-tiful costumes with us by sharing or tagging @CityofGresham on Facebook or Instagram and win a Gresham water bottle full of candy. We want to see all of the fun, cute..." (Facebook)
• Historic Downtown Gresham: "Tune in this weekend to cast your vote for the best window display during our Trick Or Treat party in Downtown Gresham! We will be posting a poll with all the participating businesses on Friday, cast your vote until Saturday 8pm" (Facebook)
• City of Gresham - Government: "Does your smoke alarm go off while you’re cooking? It’s likely trying to tell you it’s in the wrong spot. Smoke alarms should be approximately 10 feet from the stove to prevent nuisance alarms. #KnowYourBeepingAlarm #FirePreventionMonth ..." (Facebook)
• Gresham-Barlow School District: "Nothing better than ♬ music ♬ time at Hollydale Elementary School! Last week Mr. Haffner introduced marimbas to 3rd graders and by the looks of it they were a hit! Keep it up Hollydale Heroes!" (Facebook)

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— Colin Miner

About me: I've been at Patch for almost 6 years after a career that had stops at The New York Times, Oregonian, Washington Post, as well as KATU, KOIN, and KGW. For the past three years I've been Patch's Manager News and Content Partnerships as well as a National Writer.

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