The January edition of the Portland Monthly had a nice long expose about our new Mayor - what I find most interesting is the long introduction that takes Amanda Burden on a tour through South Waterfornt.  Definately worth a read - which you can now do online (finally!) - read it here: Becoming Sam Adams. [...]

We give Portland Monthly a lot of crap, mostly due to its obsessive use of numbered lists and the word "Top" (Top Dentists, Top Doctors etc.). But the local magazine's January issue has scored a direct hit on the heart of the Willamette Week staff with a  photo essay on the bearded men of Portland?especially [...]

Byron Beck reports this morning that Portland Monthly associate editor Stacey Wilson is gone as of Friday afternoon.

Stacey is KPTV reporter Jamie Wilson's sister, btw. Sad to see journalism running in families like that... ;)

Good luck to Stacey. Hey Emerson, there's another for the laid-off noon news!

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