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Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 17 April 2014

Seattle news and events: bus cuts, unclaimed cash, veterans job fair, Dream scholarships, bicycling fair, Waterfront vision and more...

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 16 April 2014

Karin Edwards is an administrator at Three Rivers Community College, in Norwich, Conn.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 15 April 2014

Entrepreneur Andre Miller is organizing a flash mob to celebrate the Portland Trailblazers success this season

Details: Written by Lisa Loving; Published: 14 April 2014

Shelley Buckingham, spokeswoman of the Oregon AARP, says that there is no connection between her organization and Cohen

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 14 April 2014

The goal of the tour is to start a new conversation that reframes 'life after adulthood'

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 11 April 2014

Bell Street Park, NAACP’s Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics, Robots for teens, Red Lineage poetry, Churches for Oso, Bike fair, Taxes for business webinar

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 11 April 2014

Coming up: Portland Youth Summit, Slavery on Trial, Boystrength, Jobs for Over-50s, OSU screens American Promise, Rosewood Initiative Mothers Day Market and Clark County Equalization Board

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 11 April 2014

Use Your Pennies to Vote for Queen Thelma in the Rose Festival competition to represent the First Elected Queen Of Rosaria

Details: Written by Lisa Loving; Published: 09 April 2014

Workshops for parents and kids blending health, culture, business knowledge and the Five Elements of Hip Hop

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 08 April 2014

Starting April 17, Portland Parks & Recreation offers QCrew for youth

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