
Ray Pitz
News Editor at Portland Tribune
News Editor at Sherwood Gazette
Dedicated to bringing monthly local news to Sherwood and surrounding areas
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biztrib.com | Ray Pitz
Big plans are underway for a major facelift of Southwest 72nd Avenue. The project is set to completely remodel intersections on the well-traveled road, making it safer along with filling in the gaps where sidewalks don’t connect continuously. Much of those improvements are dependent on receiving $20 million in federal funding for the ambitious project, which the city has dubbed “The Ave.”kAm!=2?D @?
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biztrib.com | Ray Pitz
How many planned commercial sites River Terrace 2.0 will eventually end up hosting is still up in the air as Tigard planners move forward with the details of the new community. And while they are making no promises on whether it will come to fruition, they are conducting an analysis on the possibility of getting an anchor grocery store on at least one side of the future development divided by Roy Rogers Road. kAm%96 EJA6 2?5 D:K6 @7 DF49 2 DE@C6 92D ?@E 366?
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valleytimes.news | Ray Pitz
As many as 61 Tigard-Tualatin School District licensed full-time equivalent teaching positions — which include 38 teaching positions — are expected to be cut under a proposal recently approved by the Tigard-Tualatin school board. At issue is trimming $10.7 million needed to offset a budget deficit in the 2025-26 school year. kAmx? 255:E:@?
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valleytimes.news | Ray Pitz
Sherwood has two free Easter egg hunts on tap, both set for Saturday, April 19. The first, sponsored by Portland Cars and Coffee, runs from 8 to 11 a.m. at Langer’s Entertainment Center, 21650 S.W. Langer Farms Parkway. kAmv2E6D @A6? 2E g 2]>] H96C6 A2CE:4:A2?ED 42? FD6 E96 {2?86C’D A2C<:?8 =@E F?E:= 2== bd_ DA246D 2C6 7:==65] p7E6C E92E[ @G6C7=@H A2C<:?8 24C@DD E96 DEC66E :? E96 (2=>2CE 4@>A=6I :D DF886DE65]k^AmkAm%96 688 9F?E 368:?D 2E h 2]>] :?D:56 E96 6?E6CE2:?>6?E 46?E6C[ H:E9 49:=5C6?
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valleytimes.news | Ray Pitz
A Tigard High School theater arts teacher is in the running as a contestant in the national America’s Favorite Teacher contest. Tori Lee Scoles is one of 10 teachers currently in the running for the distinction, with the winner receiving a cash prize of $25,000, a feature in Reader's Digest, a trip to Hawaii and a school assembly with Bill Nye the Science Guy. kAm$4@=6D D2:5 D96’D 6?82865 :? 2 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2>6C:42D72GE62496C]@C8^a_ad^E@C:\=66\D4@=6DQ E2C86ElQ03=2?<Qm52:=J G@E:?8 4@?E6DEk^2m :?
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