PORTLAND, Ore. - Providence St. Vincent Medical Center is opening a new drop-in child care soon called ‘My Little Waiting Room.’ Two moms came up with the idea after one of them, Amy Paterson, went through a battle with breast cancer. She went to 144 medical appointments in a year and had to arrange for child [...]
At some hotels, more than guests say strange occurrences are common. At The Heathman Hotel in Portland, Ore., for example, the staff has no doubt the hotel is haunted. “I guarantee that if I asked the question, half my team would say they encountered a ghost,” says Chris Erickson, The Heathman’s general manager, who has [...]
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to escort a small group of U.S. journalists to Japan on a food tour of the country. I can’t possibly begin to chronicle all of the amazing things we saw and did, but here are some highlights: We began our 10-day visit in bustling Tokyo, where we had the [...]
At LANE PR we love it when The Pew Internet & American Life Project comes out with a new report. The latest, “Understanding the Participatory News Consumer,” reports that while television is still the biggest source of news, the Internet is now number two, ahead of print and radio. This is big news. The rapid rise of [...]
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