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City Editor Ben’s 3 favorite Portland news stories from 2023

Take a look at some of our favorite stories we brought you in 2023 — and learn about how you can keep them coming by supporting PDXtoday with the gift of your membership.

November 1, 2023

Events

Where to celebrate Día de los Muertos in Portland

Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is not a somber occasion but rather a celebration of life featuring colorful festivities, music, and food.

October 31, 2023

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Cambrie Juarez

Travel and Outdoors

Here’s what to do with your fall pumpkins and leaves

Find out how to safely dispose of old pumpkins and leaves ahead of the holidays.

October 31, 2023

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Cambrie Juarez

A bottle of Secret Aardvark smoked hot sauce sits on a table top next to a plate of elote.

Food

Local hot sauces we can’t stop eating

Portland is a pepper-lover’s paradise — we called on Stacy Moritz, owner of Secret Aardvark Trading Co., to hear her perspective on why locals yearn for the burn.

October 30, 2023

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Ben McBee

A water bottle gets filled up at a natural spring.

Travel and Outdoors

Quench your thirst and curiosity at the natural spring on Highway 26

Have you ever wondered why so many people stop at the drinking water wayside on the way to the Oregon Coast?

October 30, 2023

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Ben McBee

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City

Work begins on Hollywood Transit Center development that will add affordable housing

The hollywoodHUB project will modernize existing transit facilities and add affordable housing, businesses, and community space at TriMet’s Hollywood Transit Center.

October 27, 2023

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Cambrie Juarez

A black and white image showing horsedrawn carriages and wagons surrounded by two-story buildings.

City

Portland decades: the 1910s

We’re traveling all the way back to the 1910s in Portland, when the Pittocks were still alive and the city’s famous rose test garden was still just a seed.

October 27, 2023

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Cambrie Juarez

Pedestrians walk across Lovejoy Street in Portland

City

Put your best foot forward as part of the Portland Pedestrian Advisory Committee

Members of the public are invited to apply and if selected, volunteers will serve a two-year term providing input on city transportation policy and projects.

October 26, 2023

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Ben McBee