Three Forest Grove fireworks stories, a Forest Grove man dies in a crash near Fernhill Wetlands, Festival of the Arts is back, and so much more in this week's newsletter.
"As the saying goes, police officers and firefighters have one thing in common, they both want to be firefighters," said Forest Grove Fire & Rescue after police put out a fence fire before fire crews could arrive.
Smoke rising into a hot summer day in the general vicinity of Thatcher Park was from a field fire, now extinguished, near Plum Hill Lane on the city's northwestern border.
Bluegrass, theatre, indigenous-focused jazz, barbershop music, art and more are on tap for the third round of the Forest Grove Festival of the Arts. Open the story for a full schedule and an interactive view of what to expect!
A Forest Grove man died in a single-vehicle crash Saturday evening near the intersection of Southwest Fern Hill Road and Southwest Geiger Road.