🌱 How Old Town Sherwood could change after next week’s council vote

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In today's newsletter:

• How Old Town Sherwood could change after next week’s council vote

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Cooler with a shower or two, with a high of 68 and low of 49 degrees.
• Thursday: Chance of a shower, temps: high: 67, low: 47.
• Friday: An a.m. shower; mostly cloudy, with a high of 62 and low of 45 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Sherwood eyes revamping Old Town through strategic plan (valleytimes.news) — Sherwood is about to decide how dramatically to reshape Old Town, with a May 19 City Council vote on a strategic plan guiding new plazas, businesses, and even buried power lines. The proposal targets Pine and Columbia streets, adds a potential third community plaza, and explores incentives to help small, locally owned Old Town businesses thrive.
   

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📸 Around Sherwood

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sherwood

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Thursday May 14

• PAC Meeting
  Archer Glen Elem Portable 26
  2:30 pm
• State Band Contest Preview Concert
  Sherwood High Sherwood, OR 97140
  6:00 pm
• Multicultural Night
  J Clyde Hopkins Elem Sherwood, OR 97140
  6:00 pm

Friday May 15

• School Carnival
  Middleton Elem Sherwood, OR 97140
  4:00 pm
• Ridges Fair
  Edy Ridge Elem Sherwood, OR 97140
  5:00 pm
• Boots and Bling
  Sherwood Center for the Arts 22689 SW Pine St, Sherwood, OR 97140
  6:00 pm

Saturday May 16

• Orchestra Nova Northwest
  Sherwood Center for the Arts 22689 SW Pine St, Sherwood, OR 97140
  7:00 pm

Sunday May 17

• Family Matinee Series: The Glensiders
  Sherwood Center for the Arts 22689 SW Pine St, Sherwood, OR 97140
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 13

• 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
• Garden Home LEGO Club
  Garden Home Community Library 7475 SW Oleson Road, Portland, OR 97223
  3:30 pm
• Art in the Park →
  Dirksen Nature Park, 11130 SW Tiedeman Ave, Tigard
  5:30 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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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 )
• Looking for a way to give back to your community?
  Your neighbors living in assisted living facilities, memory care, and nursing homes need your help to protect their rights and improve their quality… (Nextdoor )

• Sherwood School District 88J posted a job opening for Assistant Girls Wrestling Coach 2026-2027 in Sherwood. Apply here.
• Fred Meyer Stores, Inc. posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk in Tualatin. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sherwood here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Tualatin

• Firefighters Rescue Baby Goat from OR Quarry (fireengineering.com)

Tigard

• To find her purpose, Oregon acrobatics and tumbling coach returns to her sport (dailyemerald.com)
• Best burger spots in the Portland area? Yelp reveals its 2026 top picks (youroregonnews.com)
• 10 Oregon Buffet Gems Where Seafood Makes Second Plates Inevitable (everafterinthewoods.com)

Beaverton

• Gym theft ring bought $18,000 of Costco gold bars on stolen credit card, police say (wkrn.com)
• California appeals court ruling could undermine new Oregon mask law for federal agents (beavertonvalleytimes.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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