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One thing you may not have considered, however, is what to do with leftover paint in your basement, garage, or attic that is taking up valuable storage space. PaintCare encourages you to think green while you clean by using up, giving away, or recycling leftover paint through the PaintCare program at any of the 188 Oregon drop-off sites.
Babita Kainth has done it again. She is opening Indian Bowl & Roll food cart on the Hood River waterfront on Friday, April 5 at 11 a.m. featuring rolls, bites, and biryani. The native of Chandigarh, India is bringing her authentic flavors just in time for the busy season. It is her fourth cart in The Gorge as her cuisine has customers writing spicy reviews.
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One thing you may not have considered, however, is what to do with leftover paint in your basement, garage, or attic that is taking up valuable storage space. PaintCare encourages you to think green while you clean by using up, giving away, or recycling leftover paint through the PaintCare program at any of the 188 Oregon drop-off sites.
Babita Kainth has done it again. She is opening Indian Bowl & Roll food cart on the Hood River waterfront on Friday, April 5 at 11 a.m. featuring rolls, bites, and biryani. The native of Chandigarh, India is bringing her authentic flavors just in time for the busy season. It is her fourth cart in The Gorge as her cuisine has customers writing spicy reviews.
This year, the Goldendale Home & Garden Show will celebrate thirteen years of hometown delights on May 3 to May 5 at the Klickitat County Fairgrounds. This family friendly festival is gearing up to inspire green thumbs and home improvement D.I.Y.’ers everywhere to transform their home and garden dreams into a reality.
Calling all ag producers, pesticide applicators, and farmers! Do you have agricultural chemical containers you are having trouble disposing of? Attend our special chemical container disposal event held at The Dalles Disposal on Wednesday, May 29th from 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Healthcare workers have been busy in the gorge as they work to seek to give locals access to food, shelter and healthcare, especially during recent winter storms. Read all about it here in the February Bridges to Health Newsletter.
This 140-square-foot office space is newly remodeled with 10-foot ceilings, new flooring and fresh paint. It’s ready to rent with 65 square feet of windows facing Fourth and Lincoln streets next to St. Peter’s Landmark. It’s a charmer and affordable with off-street parking and just a few minutes walk to anywhere downtown. Read more here.
Local students sound off about Mosier School in this heart-felt Valentine’s edition. Also, parents read here to find out more about the school and its offerings in both Spanish and English.
Transgender elder and healing arts practitioner Keath Silva has spent a lifetime transforming pain into healing. And nowhere is this more apparent than in his newest poetry book King Crone and the Empty Nest, a collection of TRANSformational poetry for rites of passage.
As Brian puts it, “We like to brew beers for the people. We listen to what the customers want and try to make it happen”. Find out what Brian and the Freebridge gang have brewing at “Ex-beerimental Wednesday” on Jan. 24. Word is there is an Italian Pilsner called, what else, “The Situation.”
Commute Options of Bend, Ore., rolls out Vanpool program in Hood River County, providing a low-cost opportunity for employers to ensure employees have a dependable ride back and forth to the job. Cost can be as low as $100 per employee per month with the right recipe. Check out the details here.
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