April Fools: Planning on a large investment? Call the director Considering how flush readers are with money, and how the economy is on the uptick, Street Roots was thinking that now would be a good time to give to the organization. We’re lucky to live in ...
15 Apr 2010 - Street Roots
April Fools: NYC leaves PDX in Street Roots exclusive It was an unlikely romance that captured all our hearts: the beautiful, glamorous, world-renowned New York City somehow fell in love with humble, quirky Portland, Oregon. No one expected the two cities ...
15 Apr 2010 - Street Roots
April Fools: PDX on verge of collapse after homeless people invade downtown One of America’s cleanest cities is on the verge of collapse, after riff-raff, homeless people, and bored kids have taken over Portland. While still cleaner and safer than most Am ...
14 Apr 2010 - Street Roots
April Fools: Politicians jockey for any position that still has some money to manage By Precious Comstock, Inquiries welcome Multnomah County Commission Chairman Ted Wheeler resigned last month, accepting an offer to become the Oregon State Treasurer afte ...
13 Apr 2010 - Street Roots
April fools: City looks to climate change opportunities By George Itstroo, Now appearing nightly at Mary’s Portland City Council recently adopted an ordinance to study the effects of global warming to determine whether Portland should plan for a “resort l ...
13 Apr 2010 - Street Roots
April Fools: Media executives whistle optimistic tune past graveyard In cafés, pubs and back patios across Portland, writers and editors are struggling to decide their course in the changing economy of journalism. Various social groups have convened to ex ...
7 Apr 2010 - Street Roots
April Fools: I'm the resider It's the last day the April Fools edition of the paper, filled with wall to wall satire, is on the streets. Find your copy today! Former president George W. Bush is reportedly looking at property in Portland’s west h ...
16 Apr 2009 - Street Roots
April Fools: Man turns life around after being criticized for personal choices A Portland man who spent seven months sleeping under a bridge says his life was finally turned around by strangers who criticized his personal choices. Andy Whitman, 37, says h ...
15 Apr 2009 - Street Roots
April Fools: Officials question Street Roots coverage on homelessness From the April 1 edition of Street Roots. (The April Fools edition was one of the most popular Street Roots ever published. We sold out of the newspaper in a week and ordered more. It ...
15 Apr 2009 - Street Roots
April Fools: City, County and State government confused about stimulus- Merkley says time are hard From the April 1 edition of Street Roots. (The April Fools edition was one of the most popular Street Roots ever published. We sold out of the newspaper in ...
15 Apr 2009 - Street Roots