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Portland s iconic sports and entertainment site, including its velodrome and baseball fields, cannot disappear.
Alpenrose Dairy has been a popular Portland venue for athletes and families for generations. Now it s likely to disappear for good, and any combination of local governments along with some suggested private companies should step in to save the site.
As reported by journalists Nick Budnick, Paul Danzer and Alvaro Fontan in the April 21 Tribune, a bitter intra-family struggle broke out publicly and in the courts over the future of Alpenrose Dairy, the popular 52-acre site west of Shattuck Road near the Beaverton border and just north of the Hillsdale/Multnomah Village area. It wasn t just a dairy. It was a Christmastime car-ride tradition for families, a haven for serious bicyclists, a regular haunt for ESPN camera crews and national Little League tournaments, and more. For generations of metro-area families, Alpenrose was woven into the fabr
Pamplin Media Group webmaster creates app to coordinate volunteer rescues.
A network of off-road vehicle enthusiasts in Oregon who help coordinate recoveries of stranded vehicles stepped up their efforts during the recent storm to recover hundreds of vehicles stuck in the snow on the side of the road for free.
It was all made possible thanks to Offroad Portal, a website app created by software developer and fellow off-road enthusiast Alvaro Fontan.
Fontan, who also is the webmaster and software architect of Pamplin Media Group, told KOIN 6 News he created the site to help the off-road community help people who are stranded, and all completely for free. Pamplin Media Group also is a sponsor of Offroad Portal.