It’s that time of year again, with temperatures dropping, that the less fortunate of us may not have the warm clothes they need to get through the winter. If you have extra warm clothing and gear, consider helping out and donating it to the Bend Fire and Rescue’s Warm Clothing … Continue reading
Here are the Bend City Council meeting notes for the month of October. A quick scan through the notes didn’t reveal any huge issues, mostly the usual order of business, although the first of the month meeting had a fair number of the public speaking out against a proposed cell … Continue reading
This Saturday, November 2, the Central Oregon Homebrewers Organization (COHO) is hosting Learn to Homebrew Day with a free-to-attend event in the Old Mill District. Here’s a snippet from the press release: The celebration, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Old Mill District’s … Continue reading
The City of Bend has launched a “one-minute survey” to get the public’s feedback on safe travel and traffic improvements. I filled it out and it is indeed about a minute to two minutes worth of time. Here’s the press release info: The City is working on ways to improve … Continue reading
Returning again for the season this weekend is the Deschutes Historical Museum‘s Historical Haunts of Downtown Bend—the “walks and talks” tours through downtown’s haunted places. The tours will be taking place Friday and Saturday, October 11 and 12, beginning at 4:00 p.m. There is a total of about a mile … Continue reading
This Saturday, September 28, the Sisters Fresh Hop Festival returns to Three Creeks Brewing in Sisters! This is the annual celebration of those freshest of harvest beers, brewed with fresh, undried hops that go into the beer mere hours after picking. This is one of my favorite beer times of … Continue reading
Here are the Bend City Council meeting notes for the months of August and September. Not as timely as I’d like, but still posting them! Bend City Council meeting notes, 8/7/19 (MS Word doc) Bend City Council meeting notes, 8/21/19 (MS Word doc) Bend City Council meeting notes, 9/4/19 (MS … Continue reading
I don’t often post press releases but this one sounds like it might be of interest to folks, and it came from the St. Charles Healthcare media folks so it caught my eye (not a usual St. Charles event). For Alex Banayan, it’s simple: “When you change what you believe … Continue reading
Today marks the return of The Little Woody Barrel-Aged Beer, Cider & Whiskey Festival for Labor Day weekend, taking place starting at 5pm today (Friday) and at noon on Saturday at the Deschutes Historical Museum. The Little Woody is one of Bend’s best beer events, featuring specialty wood-aged beers and ciders spanning … Continue reading
First of all, just to be clear, The Bulletin isn’t going away, at least not in the near future. But it’s definitely been an interesting year and a rocky road that I’m sure has had more than a few people questioning the state of things. Here’s a quick recap: The … Continue reading