For 100 years, it’s “Just Home” – Celebrating what makes West Linn special on August 15-17- Oregonian story

UPDATED SATURDAY AUGUST 17 )   I penned a history book about West Linn called, Images of America: WEST LINN. It was published four years ago. Now, the city I wrote about and call home is having its 100th Birthday party this week, and I wrote about that 3-day...

First Ghana and Italy then Virginia and West Linn, Rosetta Adzasu now plays professional basketball in Finland

When Rosetta Adzasu  moved with her family from Italy to Charlottesville, Virginia at the end of her seventh grade year, she lived in a three bedroom apartment with her family and members of extended family, totaling nine people. The Ghana-born 23-year-old had moved...

West Linn Street Dance returns to historic Willamette area July 13

(Oregonlive News Brief West Linn Street Dance) In its sixth year, the West Linn Street Dance takes over much of the historic downtown Willamette area of West Linn on Saturday July 13. The  2008 inaugural Street Dance was a revival of a long ago tradition in the town...

White Oak Savanna – Summer 2013 Outdoor Adventures with Kids – No. 3

  For this Adventure with Kids, we drove some place close to home: West Linn’s treasured White Oak Savanna, which is  20 acres of rare white oak trees that have been saved by the efforts of local activist Robert Schwarz and many others. For the past nine...

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