Oregon City Water Rate Hike Gets No Official Support; Rain Coming

Happy Thursday, people of Oregon City! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Possible light rain in the afternoon and evening. High: 64 Low: 46.

Here are the top stories in Oregon City today:

1. Oregon Teacher of the Year Award Goes to Clackamas High Staffer (Oregon City Patch)
2. Increasing Oregon City water rates gets no official support (Pamplin Media Group)
3. Oregon Prison Begins Transfer of About 200 Women in Custody to Ease Staffing Shortages (Willamette Week)
4. Wander Oregon’s 40-acre dahlia farm at the Swan Island Dahlia Festival (OregonLive)
5. Tobias Read: 'Our policies are dominated by short-termism' (Pamplin Media Group)

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Today in Oregon City:

Oregon City Patch Notebook

• Oregon City - City Hall: "Thanks KGW-TV for coming to our town and sharing this mural restoration project in Downtown Oregon City" (Facebook)
• Oregon City Chamber of Commerce: "A framework for getting more referrals." (Facebook)
• Oregon City Public Library: "Join us for a special edition of our weekly trivia that's all about monsters! This Friday at 7pm! Go to https://crowd.live/JYS8M to play (event calendar link also in profile). . #oregoncitylibrary #virtualtrivia #libraryprograms #letsget..." (Instagram)
• Oregon City Public Library: "Free virtual Banned Books Week event today at 5PM (PST)." (Facebook)
• Oregon City Public Library: "Reminder! You just have until tomorrow to play our B.A.M. at Oregon City Library Group's Trivia game on Emoji Pictograms. To play, visit crowd.live/GQQX5" (Facebook)
• Oregon City Public Library: "And here are the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2020:" (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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