PHOTOS: WHEN A BELLY BLOOMS PHOTOGRAPHY – A couple completes a water birth together. “It increases maternal satisfaction and is safe for babies,” said Kanya Del Pozzo, a certified midwife and nurse practitioner. SPRINGFIELD – You might say that ever since the water birth program was first offered inside McKenzie-Willamette[Read More…]
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Fifty first names only
BRAD COOK / THE CHRONICLE – Tom opened for Buddy Guy last Thursday in Portland, and then played drums behind the legendary Blues artist. I joined Dave and Lonn the other morning at Blue Valley Bistro off Melton Rd. in Creswell to discuss coverage of the upcoming World Athletics Championships.[Read More…]
We are ‘The Chronicle,’ your truly local newspaper
The newspaper masthead. It’s immediately recognizable when you hear the publication’s name. The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal. You can envision their front-page nameplates in their distinctive fonts. We are The Chronicle: Minion Pro/bold, Neue Haas Grotesk Display, Pro/55 Roman, and AdornS Serif/Reg. Get used[Read More…]
Column: Fifty first names only – March edition
Noel Nash Joe and Sandie came by our Springfield office last week to discuss their ideas regarding a weekly food-and-music festival they’re trying to establish in Cottage Grove. The experienced marketing and festival organizing experts hope to attract residents and visitors from throughout the southern Willamette Valley to the Western[Read More…]
Privacy, convenience driving at-home colorectal screening
Parker Ensuring good health is easier than ever these days, and many testing procedures are less distasteful than ever. People already enjoy the benefits of receiving life-sustaining medicine delivered to their front door. At-home test kits provide convenience, privacy and, in some cases, dignity. So the increasing at-home medical testing[Read More…]
Cook off to next adventure: On tour with Buddy Guy
It’s rare when one can make the leap from “fan” to “friend and colleague.” For local photographer Bradley Cook, it’s only one of many adventure-filled stories, and his decades-long relationship with Buddy Guy culminates in a cross-country trip following the Blues legend on his latest tour, “The Blues is Alive[Read More…]
Opening weekend a hit: Beacons earn 1st win; fans rave about field
MIKE EYSTER / PHOTO – Jeff Fripp hits the first home run in a home game during the Beacons’ first game Friday at Hamlin Sports Complex in Springfield. SPRINGFIELD – It wasn’t exactly like everyone’s head movie when it comes to imagining a baseball team’s first-ever home game on Opening[Read More…]
It’s back: 50 first names only
After purchasing The Chronicle on the last day of February 2019, I published a column from March through December of that year that referenced 50 people by first names only. The onset of Covid made meeting people more challenging, and sustaining the column even more so. We bring back this[Read More…]
Column: ‘Normal’ activity from City Hall to the streets is a welcome relief
“A return to normalcy.” We hear that phrase a lot these days. We speak it with a plaintive yet still hopeful determination in our voice. “Yeah, someday, maybe,” we think to ourselves as soon as we speak it. But will it ever be “normal” again? Well, in some ways, we[Read More…]
From the Publisher: ‘Hyper-local news’ is more than a slogan
A framed Chronicle edition from Nov. 11, 1971 that hangs in the Creswell Area Historical Museum represents the paper’s longtime commitment to local news. I attended a business conference once where the keynote speaker asked the audience for a show of hands “if your team ever makes fun of you[Read More…]
