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Newberg, Oregon Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Newberg! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- See what’s planned at Newberg’s huge new Collina neighborhood Friday.
- Want to fight plastic pollution with neighbors at a Newberg church?
Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: Cooler with a shower, with a high of 65 and low of 46 degrees.
- Thursday: A p.m. shower in places, temps: high: 66, low: 45.
- Friday: A couple of morning showers, with a high of 61 and low of 43 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• May open house will show off Collina housing project in Newberg (youroregonnews.com) — A massive new housing development in northeast Newberg is opening its doors for public tours this Friday, May 15, with food, music, and family activities at the Collina site on Mountainview Drive. The project, part of the long-envisioned Springbrook Master Plan, will eventually add hundreds of homes plus trails, a park, and a public-access nature preserve to the community. 
• Beyond the Bin: Plastics Are Everywhere, Even Inside Us! (newsberg.org) — Newberg residents concerned about plastic pollution can plug in locally through the Newberg Sustainable Solutions Group, which meets monthly at Newberg First Methodist Church. The piece explains health and environmental risks from microplastics, offers practical ways to cut plastic use and recycle smarter, and points to regional resources like Recology’s McMinnville transfer station and Oregon’s new RecycleOn program.
📸 Around Newberg
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Garden Home Family Storytime
Garden Home Community Library 7475 SW Oleson Road, Portland, OR 97223
10:00 am -
Wilsonville – Metro Community Enhancement Committee
City of Wilsonville 29799 Town Center Loop E, Wilsonville, OR 97070
12:00 pm -
Early Release @ 1:15
Edy Ridge Elem Sherwood, OR 97140
1:15 pm -
Garden Home LEGO Club
Garden Home Community Library 7475 SW Oleson Road, Portland, OR 97223
3:30 pm -
Varsity Boys Volleyball vs Glencoe 4:15pm, Glencoe vs Liberty 5:45
Sherwood High Sherwood, OR 97140
4:15 pm -
National Junior Honor Society Induction Ceremony
Sherwood Charter School Sherwood, OR 97140
4:15 pm -
Art in the Park →
Dirksen Nature Park, 11130 SW Tiedeman Ave, Tigard
5:30 pm -
Kitakata Sister City Advisory Board
Wilsonville Public Library 8200 SW Wilsonville Road, Wilsonville, OR 97070
6:00 pm -
Planning Commission
Wilsonville Public Library 8200 SW Wilsonville Road, Wilsonville, OR 97070
6:00 pm -
1st Grade Music Concert
Archer Glen Elem Sherwood, OR 97140
6:30 pm -
Garden Home Afternoon Book Group
Garden Home Community Library 7475 SW Oleson Road, Portland, OR 97223
1:00 pm -
PAC Meeting
Archer Glen Elem Portable 26
2:30 pm
Wednesday May 13
Thursday May 14
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Our ODHS Office of Resilience and Emergency Management (OREM) recently had the privilege of joining the Oregon Chinese Coalition's resilience hub open house with Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District and Neighbors Ready!
Disaster Preparedness in Beaverton. OCC is one of our 2025 Resilience Hubs and Networks grant recipients. They received a Conex Box filled with… (Nextdoor )
- Fred Meyer Stores, Inc. posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk in Newberg. Apply here.
- Spar Group Inc posted a job opening for Part Time Retail Merchandiser in Newberg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Newberg here.
🗞 Nearby News
Sherwood
- Sherwood eyes revamping Old Town through strategic plan (valleytimes.news)
- TVS Stage 3 TCU Tune Impressions (vwvortex.com)
- Readers respond: Replace gas tax with weight-mile fee (oregonlive.com)
Wilsonville
- Wilsonville girls golf keeps the dream alive (youroregonnews.com)
- Christopher Benjamin Guerra-Trevino (woodburnindependent.com)
- A6450 Cooled MWIR Camera Delivers 27,000-Hour Operational Life (newequipment.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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