It’s Prem Group Cos. by a nose in the horse race for the Custom House. The Portland real estate management firm placed a $1.95 million offer for the vintage property just past noon on Thursday, topping rival chpdx220′s $1.925 million bid.

Read what the city council candidates have to say about the city tree code, affordable housing, future growth, sustainability, and Foothills development in today’s Lake Oswego Review, page …

Of all the anniversaries being celebrated in the Lake Oswego area this year, Tryon Life Community Farm has by far the shortest: Five years.
But the group of visionaries guiding the farm’s destiny think now is a great time to celebrat…

The Lake Oswego City Council is choosing between three long-term plans for the beleaguered West End Building – all of which would require voters to approve a bond measure next year.
At a work session Tuesday night, council members re…

Of all cities throughout the region, Lake Oswego’s population is the second oldest, with a median age of 42 and rising.
That’s according to a recent demographics study by Todd Chase, an economist with extensive experience in public…

THURSDAY, SEPT. 30
· NORTHWEST ASSOCIATION OF BOOK PUBLISHERS – 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Fairfield Inn, 6100 S.W. Meadows Rd., Lake Oswego. If you have a book or are thinking of writing one visit NWABP, a group of independent publishers. …

Milwaukie’s council voted unanimously to name City Attorney Bill Monahan to the city’s top staff position in a special session on Tuesday.
Monahan’s resume includes being a city attorney for West Linn and King City. In addition, he has…

The 2010-11 school year started with some contention at Rosemont Ridge Middle School in West Linn.
Students arrived after summer vacation and were issued complicated schedules with long classes, short classes, no science, some social s…

What’s it worth to own the Portland area’s lone casino, with more slot machines than the mega-casinos of Las Vegas?
We may soon find out.
Two Lake Oswego businessmen, bankrolled by a Canadian investment firm, qualified a November b…

It is rare for a school and a church to celebrate its 120th anniversary.
However, Our Lady of the Lake Parish of Lake Oswego is a special case.
Changing times are forcing the tearing down of two buildings full of happy memories and the…