Bagpipes Take Over Midtown As Sixth Avenue Shuts For Tartan Day Parade
Sixth Avenue will be closed this Saturday as the Tartan Day Parade marches uptown with a celebrity grand marshal and thousands of performers. Expect lane closures and heavy crowds in Midtown.
Frog Ferry Floats Packers-Style Fan Buy-In To Put Portland Boat On The Water
Friends of Frog Ferry is selling “shares” as donations — with naming rights and perks — to raise $2M and try to unlock the public funding needed for a Willamette River ferry. Organizers point to the Green Bay Packers’ fan‑ownership model as inspiration.
Boyle Heights Drowns in 5,000 Parking Tickets a Month
A Crosstown analysis of city data found Boyle Heights received about 60,695 parking citations in 2025 — roughly 5,000 a month — concentrated in bus‑lane and street‑sweeping zones.
Feds Kick In $2 Million To Jumpstart RTP Transit Hub Plan
A $2 million federal appropriation for GoTriangle’s Triangle Mobility Hub in Research Triangle Park pushes the long‑planned transit center closer to construction. The award adds to prior federal and local funding commitments.












