June 7, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Lifeline Connections, a nonprofit behavioral health care organization, is recruiting candidates for its board of directors. Membership responsibilities include preparation for and attendance at monthly meetings, and as participation in subcommittees as needed. Read story
June 7, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Community members are invited to a dedication of a new neighborhood park. The celebration will be noon Saturday at the Kate and Clarence LaLonde Neighborhood Park, 4608 N.E. 99th St. Read story
June 7, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Esther Short -- Vancouver's Downtown Association has launched a membership drive to gain 50 new members in 50 days -- in time for its next public meeting, on July 14. "Memberships are critical to our work," said VDA President Linda Glover. "They bring us a larger collective voice in advocating… Read story
June 7, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Lincoln -- A neighborhood committee has updated the Lincoln Neighborhood Association's action plan for the first time since 1998. An action plan is a neighborhood association's formal declaration of priorities and needs. Lincoln neighbors want: better and safer sidewalk connections; saner, slower traffic on main streets; retention of the historic… Read story
June 7, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Mountain View -- Abby Binshaieg, a graduate of Mountain View High School and a student at American University in Washington, D.C., took the ride of his life in May. He was part of a group of 28 cyclists who rode 800 miles across the length of Florida, from Miami to… Read story
June 7, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Hazel Dell -- Here's one achievement to raise a glass to. According to The Pantagraph in Bloomington, Ill., 1989 River graduates Neal MacDonald and Andy Laventis are two-thirds of the management team for www.Proof66.com, a liquor review aggregation website that's been up for the past three years. Now they've launched… Read story
June 7, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Esther Short -- Looking to the impending opening of the new main library at Evergreen Boulevard and C Street, Vancouver's Downtown Association partnered with Steve Pash of Frontier Landscaping and Charles Ray of Vancouver Urban Forestry to give the planters on the Evergreen Boulevard overpass a makeover. Lee Coulthard of… Read story
June 7, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Central Park -- Students from the Washington State School for the Blind have some of their artwork on display at the Oregon Health & Science University Casey Eye Institute, 3375 S.W. Terwilliger Blvd., Portland. The students of Petra Brambrink attended a reception at the institute, where they met with the… Read story
June 6, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Camas -- Kathy Beckman and Penny Andrews have been selected to receive the Camas-Washougal Chamber of Commerce Teacher of the Year awards. Beckman is the Camas School District 2011 Teacher of the Year and Andrews is the Washougal School District 2011 Teacher of the Year. The two were honored recently… Read story
June 6, 2011, 5:00pm Community
Ridgefield -- Bj Babcock, a Ridgefield resident, was named the WomenHeart Pacific Northwest District Leader. Babcock is currently the Clark County Support Network Coordinator of WomenHeart, a national nonprofit support, education and information group for women living with or at risk of heart disease. Babcock formed the local group in… Read story
