Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO Comedian Dash Thompson at the Village Green on Saturday night. COTTAGE GROVE — James Blame isn’t joking when he says comedy saved his life. It was 2010 and he had lost his wife to cancer earlier that…
RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTOBarry Klusman, left, jams with JaSkaMon at the Brewstation this past Saturday. COTTAGE GROVE — The flyers at the Brewstation proclaimed that none of the five major vaccine manufacturers are as effective as JaSkaMon – especially when dealing…
PLEASANT HILL – The Creswell boys hit some dramatic buzzer-beating shots as they returned to the basketball court after taking a forced two-week hiatus. However, those shots didn’t lift the Bulldogs to victory, as they were dealt a pair of…
EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLE Libraries aren’t supposed to be too quiet. But in the age of Covid … “We were not a quiet library. It’s disturbingly quiet now,” said Nick Caum, Youth and Community Services Librarian at the Creswell Library. “I…
RON HARTMAN/THE CHRONICLE Guitar-repair store owner Gregg Biller said he spends most of his time in his workshop these days, but he still performs around Cottage Grove, with an upcoming date at the Brewstation on July 3. He’ll be sitting…
RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO Sweet N’ Juicy bass player Dave Smith, left, drummer Jimmy Curry and keyboardist Paul Paresa perform in Springfield last week. Part of their goal is to encourage laughter. SPRINGFIELD – Live music had just returned to Springfield…
Tyler Hollingsworth wants his Creswell girls basketball players to know that he’s seeing terrific progress in the team. It would be so much easier to get that message across if the Bulldogs were winning more games. But that’s not happening.…
RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTOJim (left) and Fallon Crabbe perform Friday night at the Village Green in Cottage Grove. Just because The Down-Home Boys have a keyboard player who joined the band when he was 8 years old, that doesn’t make them…
RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO Creswell’s Caleb Lee (right) sneaks in for a third-quarter layup against Junction City. COTTAGE GROVE – The first week of the high school basketball season went pretty much as expected for the Creswell boys and girls. It…
RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO Lead singer Jah Sun, whose real name is Jason, interacts with a young fan during the Friday night show. COTTAGE GROVE – The overflow crowd at The Brewstation did a commendable job Friday night in giving Jah…