Mr. LePatner, whose law firm represents owner-builders in construction projects, has written extensively on rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure.

The bankruptcy of the Tribune Company has not tarnished Samuel Zell’s reputation in real estate; he is now bidding for a stake in a huge apartment landlord, Archstone.

Town Hall in Stamford, Conn., will become home to an incubation center — a place where potential entrepreneurs receive access to investors, work space and mentoring.

On Second Avenue, a new corridor of real estate bargains has opened for those willing to live with the inconveniences of construction.

The conversation touches on bias, use of comments to vet ideas and coverage of City Hall.

Last month, Jonathan Maus of BikePortland and retired Oregonian newspaper editor Dan Hortsch sat down to talk about the differences between blogging and traditional reporting.  The discussion was part of The Oregonian News Network’s mission to provide technical assistance to citizen journalists, indie news sites and bloggers.

Go here to listen to a conversation with Jonathan Maus about journalism.

Cornelius Swart of The Oregonian News Network says:

His commitment to accuracy, transparency and to constant improvement of his technique center him firmly in newsroom traditions, even though his practices of mixing advocacy and opinion might seem anathema to traditional American reporters.

Views from readers ran hot and cold on the new program.

While hardly scientific, the results of The Oregonian's informal reader survey on the new curbside composting program in Portland poured in.

More than 500 readers from across the city responded to the Jan. 28 call for comment. Viewpoints were all over the map.

A penthouse at the Laureate on the Upper West Side that sold for $9.02 million was the biggest sale of the week, according to city records.

For Olatz Schnabel, living well is not about revenge.

As the most intense drought in state history drags on, the demand for water wells has soared, and many Texans are enduring long waits to have wells drilled in their backyards.

A three-bedroom colonial in Stamford, Conn., and a five-bedroom 1918 house in Woodmere, N.Y.