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- How did rough frontier justice shape early Oregon City and Portland?
- Publisher with roots at Oregon City High School remembered for bold vision
Today's riddle: Jimmy, did you crash on your bike again? You’ve lost a tooth! 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Sunday: Cloudy, with a high of 52 and low of 46 degrees.
- Monday: Rain becoming intermittent, temps: high: 62, low: 51.
- Tuesday: Windy with periods of rain, with a high of 57 and low of 43 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Portland author James O. Long's ‘Rough Justice' is a first-rate book on crime and punishment • Oregon ArtsWatch (orartswatch.org) — Local history buffs will appreciate that this new book on early Northwest crime and punishment traces how Oregon City and Portland emerged as urban centers while jails and the state penitentiary slowly took shape. The reviewer praises Portland author James O. Long’s research and storytelling, from Hudson’s Bay Company days through frontier murders, Indigenous–settler conflicts, and the legal improvising that defined Oregon’s earliest justice system. 
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• Jeff Lawrence, founding publisher of the Dig, has died, family says (bostonglobe.com) — A pioneering alt-weekly publisher who once attended Oregon City High School has died, and former colleagues are remembering his relentless drive to give writers and artists a platform. Jeff Lawrence, founder of Boston’s Dig, is recalled as charismatic, stubbornly independent, and deeply committed to nurturing creative talent, even when keeping the paper alive meant long hours, financial risk, and constant improvisation.
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- 4th/5th Grade Play
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Thursday December 18
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Gladiator Baseball Pre-Season Clinic - Dec 14 - Gladstone, OR 2025
Gladstone High School , 18800 Portland Ave , Gladstone
9:00 am - Santa On The Farm
Triskelee Farm , 29700 SW Mountain Rd , West Linn
10:00 am - Holiday Swim with Cookies & Cocoa
Goldfish Swim School - West Linn , 2070 8th Ave , West Linn
2:00 pm - Ugly Sweater Party & Music Bingo
Tumwater Vineyard , 375 SW Barrel House Wy , West Linn
5:30 pm - Gingerbread House Workshop
Luscher Farm City Park , 125 Rosemont Rd , West Linn
10:00 am - GL Drop-in Social: Adult Coloring
Gladstone Public Library , 525 Portland Ave , Gladstone
2:00 pm - OL Craft Class
Oak Lodge Library , 3783 SE Concord Rd , Oak Grove
2:00 pm - OL Craft Class: Seasonal Origami
Oak Lodge Library , 3783 SE Concord Rd , Oak Grove
2:00 pm
Sunday December 14
Tuesday December 16
Saturday December 20
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Just wanted to give a huge thanks to the firemen whom put out the fire this yesterday morning.
I think we did great as neighbors and friends. By putting any differences aside and really beating hoof on working together in a group effort to… (Nextdoor McLoughlin) - I have a package from Walmart.
Name one it is T Battles. It is a kids toy. Delivered to wrong address. I will hold it for a week then take it back to a Walmart store. (Nextdoor Gaffney Lane)
- Clackamas Community College posted a job opening for Automotive Instructor [Faculty Part Time] in Oregon City. Apply here.
- Abby's Legendary Pizza posted a job opening for Counter Attendant in Oregon City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oregon City here.
🗞 Nearby News
West Linn
- West Linn boys basketball edges past Wilsonville (westlinntidings.com)
- West Linn School Board passes school closure policy (westlinntidings.com)
- Oregon woman alleges sexual assault by intoxicated man let on American Airlines flight (oregonlive.com)
Canby
- Parolee caught with guns, meth in trailer in Molalla sentenced to 20 months in prison (katu.com)
Lake Oswego
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I didn’t lose a tooth, Mom. It’s right here in my pocket.
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