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In today's newsletter:

• What new research reveals about lead exposure near Hillsboro Airport
• Which Hillsboro elementary schools are getting new principals this year?
• Driver detained after car slams into Hillsboro apartment building

Today's riddle: What did the bartender say to the jumper cables when they walked in? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Cooler with rain, with a high of 62 and low of 53 degrees.
• Thursday: Cool with rain and drizzle, temps: high: 65, low: 51.
• Friday: Cloudy with a shower, with a high of 67 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Lead Found In Air Near Hillsboro And Troutdale Airports (iheart.com) — A new Oregon State and Portland State study found significantly elevated lead levels in moss samples from neighborhoods around Hillsboro Airport, confirming aviation fuel as the dominant source. Researchers say lead can linger in local soil and dust, urging Hillsboro-area parents to consider lead testing for children and to use an online map to check airport-related lead risks.
   

2. 6 Hillsboro elementary schools have new principals this school year (youroregonnews.com) — Six Hillsboro School District elementary schools, including Imlay, Mooberry, Patterson, Quatama, Rosedale, and North Plains, are starting the 2026–27 year with new principals drawn from within the district. Families can expect familiar faces in new leadership roles, many of them bilingual educators, as longtime principals shift positions and several educators step into their first principalships.
   

3. 1 person hurt after car crashes into Hillsboro apartment; incident under investigation (kptv.com) — A car crashed into a ground-floor apartment on NE Overlook Drive near NE Cornell Road in Hillsboro, sending one person to the hospital with injuries that are not expected to be life-threatening. No one was inside the apartment at the time, and Hillsboro Police have detained the driver while they continue investigating the cause of the crash.
   

4. Trammell Crow Company Starts Work on 295k sf Spec Industrial Project in Oregon (rentv.com) — A major expansion at Hillsboro's Sewell Corporate Park is underway, adding two speculative industrial buildings totaling nearly 295,000 square feet by March 2027. Alongside the new VanRose Technology Center on NE Huffman Road, these projects could bring more jobs, tenants, and traffic to the city's growing industrial corridors and strengthen the local tax base.
   

5. Pacific Northwest Data Centers Hit Near-Zero Vacancy as CBRE Reports Record 1.4% Demand in H1 2026 (ground.news) — Hillsboro's Silicon Forest data centers are effectively full, part of a near-zero vacancy crunch across the Pacific Northwest highlighted in a new CBRE report. With local jurisdictions slowing new development, the squeeze could affect future tech growth, power planning, and the availability of hosting capacity for companies that rely on Hillsboro's data infrastructure.
   

📸 Around Hillsboro

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hillsboro

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Thursday September 3
• Advocacy Committee Meeting →
  Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District , 7175 NE Evergreen Parkway, Suite #400, Hillsboro, OR, 97124, United States
  9:00 am
• Read to the Dogs/Lee a los perros
  Hillsboro Public Library 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97123
  4:00 pm
• Party Card Games
  Hillsboro Public Library 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97123
  5:00 pm
• Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) Virtual Meeting
  Hillsboro SD 1J Email hsdseac@gmail.com for virtual meeting link
  5:00 pm
• Citizenship Class Provided by SOAR
  Hillsboro Public Library 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97123
  5:30 pm
Saturday September 5
• Hebrew Storytime
  Hillsboro Public Library 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97123
  10:15 am
• Small Business Saturdays: Smarter Business with AI
  Hillsboro Public Library 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97123
  10:30 am
• Teen Time: Zine Workshop
  Hillsboro Public Library 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97123
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday September 2
• Family Storytime
  Garden Home Community Library 7475 SW Oleson Road, Portland, OR 97223
  10:00 am
• One-on-One Technology Help
  Tigard Public Library 13500 SW Hall Boulevard, Tigard, OR 97223
  10:00 am
• Music & Movement in Mandarin / 儿童中文音乐律动课
  Tigard Public Library 13500 SW Hall Boulevard, Tigard, OR 97223
  10:15 am
• Meet the Superintendent
  Beaverton SD 48J Mountainside High School Community room
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Update!
  There seems to be a line forming to meet Cody! Which is great news for him and the reality of finding him a home does not seem so far fetched. I will… (Nextdoor Lower Brookwood)
• Hey neighbors, I'm trying to help my friend to rehome this lovely cat.
  He is 3 years old. All the vaccines up-to-date , he needs a new home as soon as possible because of a family emergency, she needs to go out of country (Nextdoor Tanasbourne)

• Premium Retail Services, Inc. posted a job opening for Seasonal Merchandiser in Hillsboro. Apply here.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Don't you 2 start anything (Thank you Mary L. for sending it in!)
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