Jared Miller, an 18-year Portland resident as well as contractor and developer, is hoping to bring some life back to the “quintessential small-town intersection” he calls the “Five Points of Portland” at 3300 Northwestern Parkway with his upcoming family tavern High Street Public House.
Tag: Louisville
The American Legion Shawnee Post 193 Annual Awards Program
Donna Purvis, 5th District Metro Council presented Shawnee Post 193 with Proclamation about their long and continued service in the Portland Community and surrounding areas.
‘PlayPort’ Joins Waterfront Park Expansion Into West Louisville
Has life got you feeling like you’re running on a Hamster Wheel? If so, you’ll soon be able to live out your metaphors in real life at the new Waterfront Park Playport! Part of the Phase IV Waterfront West Expansion, Playport is a new $15M, 3-acre playground running between 10th and 13th streets north of Rowan Street, just north of the floodwall.
I REMEMBER: Anchoring the News with the Courier Journal (August, 2007)
Portland Anchor volunteers, from left: Charles Frick, Alma Wright, Gordon Brown, and Tim Crabtree. “Somehow, everyone started calling me the editor,” Alma Wright recalled. “One day I asked Gordon, ‘Am I the editor?’ and he said, ‘You’re the editor.'”
Bardstown Woman Recalls Tragedy and Triumph Living on Shippingport
Read the story of 80-year-old Linda Kramer, who sat down with the Portland Anchor to discuss her memories growing up on Louisville’s historic Shippingport Island during its waning days of the 1950s.
World Class Professional Skater Sets Up Shop in Portland
Paul Zitzer was a professional skateboarder for ten years, competing with the likes of Tony Hawk, and later became a featured on-air commentator, working high profile events like the X Games and even the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He is as plugged in as you can be to the rabid underground culture of skating and hopes to extend his global influence on Louisville’s thriving skateboarding scene.
Ithmah Coffee Brings Global Flavor with a Cause to Portland
“When I was 7 years old, I tried a taste of my parents’ coffee,” said Ithmah Coffee owner Donovan Talbott. “And I said, ‘this is it!’ Which is the weirdest thing ever. I’m a big dreamer, and it’s always been my dream to have a coffee shop.”
Shippingport Brewing Celebrates Three Years Serving Beer and Food
Owner Amelia Pillow knew she wanted to start her own brewery after moving back home to Louisville, where she started meeting “interesting people doing interesting things.” She wanted to live close to her operation, and Portland’s relative affordability made it easier to find a new home not far from the brewery, on 12th Street and Main.
I REMEMBER: KentuckyShow! (October, 1984)
Forty years ago in October 1984 the Portland Anchor was much like it is today, with announcements of Halloween activities and even excitement around a new arts attraction: KentuckyShow! This month’s article from yesteryear announces the multimedia show’s opening festivities at and around the Kentucky Theater, a cinema set at that time to permanently house the project.
Kyros Brewing Co. Up for Sale After Passing One Year Anniversary
In 2017, Kyros owners Taylor Diaz and Nooch Saeedi sat in the old Engine 6 fire station at 2425 Portland Avenue, then the full-service home of Farm to Fork catering, after attending the Portland Art & Heritage Fair. They both fell in love with the building, and in 2022, with the encouragement of a close circle of friends, family and beer lovers, started making moves to turn their hoppy dreams into reality.