Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
“It turns out that a fire season 2021 preview is upon us,” said Tom Boyatt, Springfield community services manager, at the Springfield City Club April 15 meeting. “Dry conditions, east winds and hot temperatures, that’s the recipe.” The rising temperature…
EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLE PublicHouse in Springfield utilizes “Porter” software, with instructions on each table. As the pandemic leaves restaurant owners feeling shaken, a new web technology may be paving the way for a new kind of operation. In the future,…
EMMA ROUTLEY/CHRONICLE PHOTO “Santa” Patrick Dearth, left, and “Witch” Vickie Weathers helped welcome guests to the grange’s all-season holiday event. Santa Claus paid the Creswell Grange an extra visit this year after the pandemic’s mass cancellations left the locals lacking…
SPRINGFIELD – The public schools district board approved security system upgrades at Riverbend and Mt. Vernon elementary schools to address the limitations of current technology in assisting with identifying people in unlawful behavior and improve student safety. The proposal was…
EMMA ROUTLEY/CHRONICLE PHOTO Cottage Grove Library volunteers Natasha Chitow (left) and Becky Arnoux. COTTAGE GROVE – The Cottage Grove Public Library has taken its books to the public – via the great outdoors. Every Tuesday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.,…
EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLE The Alvarado family helped their toddler find her eggs, which were quickly discarded back on the ground after finding the goodies inside. SPRINGFIELD – Thousands of eggs were hidden throughout the trees of Dorris Ranch on Saturday,…
EMMA ROUTLEY/CHRONICLE PHOTO Marco Caturegli in his acupuncture studio at the Creswell Wellness Center on Oregon Ave. He said patients help determine the course of treatment. CRESWELL – Acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine that has healed ailments across…
SPRINGFIELD – While the 2021 Oregon Country Fair is still up for debate, Springfield Celebrates Authors welcomed longtime fair participant Suzi Prozanski, who shared her research novel of the Oregon Country Fair history from the last three decades. An annual…
SPRINGFIELD – As the Ebbert United Methodist Church continues to make efforts toward “dismantling racism” – its weekly book club has been reading “Trouble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism” – it’s been hard to ignore the…
EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLE Jan Becker, 78, is fully vaccinated after her second dose at Creswell’s Health Mart on Thursday, March 18. Local vaccination clinics have been distributing doses by the dozens, and now they can expect to see more new…