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The Eugene City Council voted 6-1 tonight to give WG development another six months to commit to a project to fill the pit across from the downtown library with a office and retail project. The council rejected a recommendation by City Manager Jon Ruiz to instead pursue a student housing project proposed for the site by Opus development. Continue reading
While students at the UO Emerald appear to have ended their strike and are working on resolving differences with the board, the newspaper, like many today, still faces big financial hurdles. That’s clear from a look at the non-profit paper’s tax forms, which are public documents by law. The most recent return available, for the year ending June 30, 2007, shows: Continue reading
Eugene Police say they cited three adults and four juveniles for drug possession and/or sales at Sheldon High School today. Police cited Matthew Pankey, 24, Christopher Pankey, 21, and Daniel Grossman, 23, for alleged possession and or delivery of marijuana, meth, and/or cocaine, according to an EPD press release. The police alleged they found less than 40 grams of the drugs in their vehicle. Police took Matthew Pankey to jail and cited and released the other two. Continue reading
Is rat shit organic food? According to the USDA, it may be. The New York Times reports: Continue reading
The Oregon Department of Transportation has stiffed the local unemployed and the environment on federal stimulus money. Continue reading
The rumors started flying on Saturday: Bel Ami is closing. Get down there. Last night. Since then, we’ve heard from a number of disappointed folks, from former employes who spoke of the restaurant’s staff having been one big family to semi-regulars at the bar who were already in mourning. And we’ve read stories that said the whole Bel Ami space was closing, and some that said that it wasn’t. We got confused. As it turns out, a little bit of everything seems to be true. Continue reading
As of Tuesday, March 3, current info on Bel Ami/Midtown can be found in the following post. Word is coming in from multiple places that Bel Ami Restaurant and Lounge is closed. The fate of the front of the building — the coffee shop, wine shop and bistro — is less clear, though it sounds as if they’re remaining open. More detail will come as we have it. Continue reading
CarrotMob could make Eugene a greener place. The local idea from the GreenLane Sustainable Business Network goes like this: clipped from greenlane-sbn.org Continue reading
A good local alternative to Starbucks downtown—light, airy, comfy chairs, friendly, free wi-fi and a big green tree soaring to a vaulted ceiling with skylights. They could use a little bigger baked goods selection, though. Continue reading