The new face of the Bend City Council

Last night’s local elections for City Council seats were pretty tight (all except Position 4—Jim Clinton owned that one), and resulted in some surprises. Here are the results of the four seats that were up for grabs: Position 1: Peter Gramlich 13,684 (49.53%) Tom Greene 13,831 (50.06%) WRITE-IN 114 (0.41%) … Continue reading

More local election results

After pointing to Deschutes County’s election results page earlier today, I’ve been watching it since 8pm (when the polls closed) to see local election results (aside from the Obama win, I’m very interested in some of the Oregon—and Bend—specific races). So far, though, there’s nothing—no results at all—which is a … Continue reading

Local election results

With today being Election Day and all (you voted, right? Right??), everyone interested in outcomes is going to be online trying to find numbers. Deschutes County has a good page of election results here, in an easy-to-scan, no-nonsense format. National down to the local issues. No results have been updated … Continue reading

Election night at Deschutes Brewery

I saw this in Deschutes Brewery‘s email newsletter, and thought it was interesting: Come down to the Deschutes Brewery & Public House in downtown Bend on Tuesday, November 4th to watch the Presidential election and enjoy Monday night pricing ($3.00) on select pints all day long. Whether you are a … Continue reading

Happy Halloween! Haunted Bend redux

Happy Halloween everyone! Just for the heck of it I thought I’d re-run my Haunted Bend post from  a couple of years ago, with some additions. Enjoy the holiday and stay safe tonight. A list of places that are allegedly haunted here in Bend (most of these are pulled from … Continue reading

Last year (or two) in October…

I just realized I never did my retrospective post for October yet! Better late than never, I suppose, but good grief. I guess I’ve been busy. In 2006: Bend Brewing won their first medal at the Great American Beer Festival A review of the Central Oregon Pumpkin Company We were … Continue reading

Halloween Happenings

Halloween falls on a Friday this year, which seems like it would be ideal for parties and such (don’t have to go to work the next day with a candy/alcohol/fog machine hangover). So besides trick or treating and/or whatever costume party you’ve been invited to, here’s a rundown of other … Continue reading

What about a Toys R Us?

Perhaps this isn’t as pressing an issue now with the economy on the downswing, but we’ve wondered for a while now why Bend doesn’t have a Toys "R" Us. It seems like we have most other major stores—even Trader Joe’s—so why not a Toys "R" Us? Well, we were visiting … Continue reading

Closings and things

A couple of observations about the downturned economy on the eastside, in the form of more closings… Linens ‘N Things has a big banner on their store, "Going out of business sale." Not entirely news, since they’re bankrupt, but I noticed the sign for the first time the other day. … Continue reading

Halloween: Rocky Horror Picture Show at COCC

If you’ve never been to a "live" showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show, you’re missing out but in luck—COCC is doing one on Halloween night (Friday, October 31st). Here are the details: Various entities of ASCOCC student Government (The Broadside, Anime Club, Criminal Justice Club) are putting on a LIVE … Continue reading