Turkey Week Travel + Outdoor Mask Mandate + Another Candidate

Get on up, Lake Oswego! It's Wednesday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on in town today.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy. High: 48 Low: 39.

Here are the top stories today in Lake Oswego:

1. Oregon A Top Performer Among States In Health Equity, Experts Say (The Lund Report)
2. Many reasons for local population to be growing (Pamplin Media Group)
3. The outdoor mask mandate in Oregon is over (for now). (Patch).
4. Thanksgiving travel is picking back up. That means more crowds, long lines. (Patch).
5. Oregon governor's race is getting more crowded (Patch).
6. Lyft driver sexual assaulted passenger, deputies say. They think that there are other victims (Patch).
7. Pamplin Media Group - Shopping local makes a difference (Pamplin Media Group)
8. Pamplin Media Group - Doing Santa's work (Pamplin Media Group)
9. Holiday Shop with a Cop in person again (Pamplin Media Group)

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Today in Lake Oswego:

Lake Oswego Patch Notebook

• Lake Oswego Public Library: "Thank you to Penguin Random House for the generous donation of books in memory of Pam Beall, local author and Co-creator of Wee Sing! #GreatlyAppreciated #LakeOswegoLibrary #LocalAuthor #LOtogether" (Instagram)
• City of Lake Oswego, Local Government: "🎅Let Santa Claus know you’ve been extra nice this year! Drop off a letter to Kris Kringle in the red mailbox located at Millennium Plaza Park during the Tree Lighting this Friday from 5:30-8pm. Believers of all ages will receive a perso..." (Facebook)
• Lake Oswego Public Library: "Support Indigenous-Owned bookstores during #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth and all year long!" (Facebook)
• City of Lake Oswego, Local Government: "This Saturday (November 27) is Small Business Saturday - a day to patronize brick and mortar businesses that are small and local. The City invites you to keep your money where your heart lives, have fun, and shop local this holiday seaso..." (Facebook)
• Lake Oswego Public Library: "This giving season, the #LakeOswegoLibrary has partnered with multiple local organizations to help bring comfort and joy to families and individuals in need throughout our community. Clackamas Women’s Services helps empower victims of do..." (Instagram)
• City of Lake Oswego, Local Government: "This holiday season, make sure to take extra care to keep fats, oils and grease (known collectively as FOG) from going down your drain. Over time, FOG can buildup in sewer pipes, preventing the flow of water and eventually blocking pipes..." (Facebook)
• City of Lake Oswego, Local Government: "🎅Let Santa Claus know you’ve been extra nice this year! Drop off a letter to Kris Kringle in the red mailbox located at Millennium Plaza Park during the Tree Lighting this Friday from 5:30-8pm. Believers of all ages will receive a perso..." (Facebook)
• Lake Oswego Public Golf Course: "We're always grateful for golf!❤️" (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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