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Twenty years, good friends, fond memories; all while hitting deadlines February 10 2021 My View: More than anything, the people have made the Tribune what it is. We had a lot of people in January 2001, and a few of us remain. Outside the walls of the original downtown Portland office and our fledgling staff, cynics questioned why somebody would start a newspaper in the year 2001 and especially in a city that already had an established newspaper, The Oregonian. A lot of people believed that the Portland Tribune wouldn t make it to 2002. While readers and media members welcomed the new, colorful, informative and entertaining Portland Tribune, many of them predicted doom; believe me, I heard it all, including from staffers at The Oregonian, although their opinions meant nothing. ....
Sale of former shop and lands set to breathe new life into Limerick village Reporter: donal.oregan@limerickleader.ie Some of the 26 acres sold behind the former Ahern’s shop looks ideal for a housing estate but auctioneer James Lee says ‘any development potential is very much down the road’ ); ); AHERN’S shop in the middle of Murroe has been closed since the untimely passing of PJ Ahern in May 2018 The shutters down have been a constant reminder of times gone bye when there was always a store in that location. The late PJ and his wife Breeda had it for decades and before that the Russell’s owned it. ....
It was late summer and farmer William Troke rode into a field to check on the harvesting. But Troke, who was unwell, was not pleased with what he saw and complained to labourer Anthony Harris, who was having his breakfast, the oats had not been cut. I don t think the field is that large, Harris protested. Troke, unimpressed, directed him to drive away some birds but the two men began arguing, Harris denouncing his employer as a rogue. What do you mean by that? the boss demanded. The labourer stormed off, throwing down his tools and grabbing a scythe with which he had been mowing, swung it viciously. Troke, armed with a stick, parried the first blow but then his horse suddenly reared as the second came in and he fell heavily to the ground. ....