Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO Tobi D’Amore said he and his family, including their dog Leo, have been settling down a bit after four years on the road. He performed at the new and expanded Brewstation this past weekend. COTTAGE GROVE –…
RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO The return of the Concerts In The Park brought out hundreds of music lovers. COTTAGE GROVE – Everyone seemed to be in a celebratory mood last Wednesday. They had a good reason to celebrate – the Concerts…
RON HARTMAN/THE CHRONICLE Creswell’s Conner Hanson shoots during the team’s final game. CRESWELL — When the coaches and players look back on Creswell’s Covid-reduced 2021 basketball season, they probably won’t think so much about the wins and losses. Instead, they’ll…
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.…