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The Best of Cross Blog

Aug 5, 2008

For those of you coming to our blog for the very first time thanks to the Blog-Off!, I thought I’d point you in the direction of some of our favorite […]

Cross Blog vs. Water Blog: It’s a BLOG-OFF!!

Aug 5, 2008

Remember how I told you that the City of Portland’s Water Blog is our biggest competition? How every reporter that ever gives Cross Blog props totally has to mention them […]

Early Response Saves Man

Aug 4, 2008

It was warm and sunny in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, the small city known for its German heritage and bratwurst sausage. Fifty-one-year-old Jim Pausha decided it was time to mow his lawn. […]

Rock on, local teens!

Aug 4, 2008

Big props to our local high schoolers! They’re big news on OregonLive today because they donated blood in record numbers this year: 7,941 pints of blood, an 11.8 percent increase from […]

Disaster Action Team Responses

Aug 4, 2008

On July 21, a family had a fire in their house in Dayton. When the volunteers arrived they helped the family of 9 with: –3 nights stay in a nearby […]

Gareth’s Last Day Office Prank

Aug 1, 2008

We already said goodbye to Gareth here. But I just had to show you the prank we played on him today. It’s traditional to play a last-day prank on coworkers who […]

Cross Blog: A World-Wide Favourite!

Aug 1, 2008

You know that expression about closing a door and opening a window? Well, we got first hand knowledge of the aphorism this morning, when a fun e-mail arrived in my […]

Disaster Action Team Responds

Aug 1, 2008

After some creative verification and some great photos, our DAT was able to assist a Mother and two children after a major house fire on Monday in NE Portland. Needed […]

Beach Safety

Aug 1, 2008

(Seaside, Oregon – Photo by Steve Lacey) Well everyone get ready for this, my first post. With the height of the summer vacation season on us, and the beach being […]

Making Lemons Into Lemon Aid

Jul 31, 2008

Speaking of things most people do when they’re kids, I read a story this morning about Kayla and Mara Arnold, two sisters from Iowa who set up a lemonade stand […]