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DANA MERRYDAY/PHOTO The Buster Keaton mural welcoming people to Historic Downtown Main Street in Cottage Grove needs repair. IF YOU GO:  What: Raffle for Buster Keaton mural renovation. Includes gift certificates for Lily of the Field Bed and Breakfast, Saginaw…

EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLE There is something exciting in the way of organic agriculture happening a few miles east of Creswell. Out in the Cloverdale area resides My Brothers’ Farm, founded in 2013, and the modern version of the “Back to…

DANA MERRYDAY Church members donated a part of their grounds to facilitate Jefferson Park, an affordable housing site for seniors and low-income residents. Editor’s note: This is the third in a three-part series. Having had the monumental experience of leading…

DANA MERRYDAY/THE CHRONICLE Architect Pietro Belluschi was able to capture all of the suggestions made by members of First Presbyterian Church. Editor’s note: This is the second part of a three-part series on the First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Hugh Peniston,…

PHOTO PROVIDED The wood-frame church on the corner of 7th St and Adams Ave was built in 1892. As the first white settlers put down roots in the late 1840s in what is now Cottage Grove, they were scattered about…

DANA MERRYDAY/THE CHRONICLE Pacific Yurts’ famous acrylic dome at its Cottage Grove facility Editor’s note: This is Part II of a two-part series on Pacific Yurts, a Cottage Grove business. In last week’s issue we learned how local-born Pacific Yurts…

DANA MERRYDAY/THE CHRONICLE These structures are known as “yurts” in the West. The word comes from the Russian “yurta,” which in turn comes from the Turkic word “jurt.” COTTAGE GROVE – Alan Bair never intended to start a company or a…

DANA MERRYDAY/THE CHRONICLE These structures are known as “yurts” in the West. The word comes from the Russian “yurta,” which in turn comes from the Turkic word “jurt.” PART ONE OF TWO PARTS COTTAGE GROVE – Alan Bair never intended to…

DANA MERRYDAY/THE CHRONICLE Shop owner Chris Compton advises a customer at Rainy Peak Bicycles in Cottage Grove. Cottage Grove has a history of reinventing itself.   For a while, gold mining dominated the local economy. After the glimmer of gold…