Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
I have a couple of community events that I’d like to tell you about this week. Despite everything, the communities of Lorane and Crow are going to try to have events that incorporate social distancing. In Lorane, we are planning a “Multi-Family Yard Sale” to be…
Bob Beck Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress. He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed. They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them…
CRESWELL – City leaders placed $50,000 in a fund supporting Creswell-only businesses in July, and continue to search for ways to financially support small businesses in town. Community Lending Works has been tasked with administering the grant program, which has been active. Financing opportunities still…
Editor’s note: The Chronicle reached out to area leaders and residents for their ideas on how our communities might heal and move forward in a positive manner following social media posts by SLCF&R Fire Chief John Wooten and his statements after those posts came to…
CRESWELL — South Lane County Fire & Rescue will not be pursuing the bond measure for the proposed new fire station in Creswell in November, Division Chief Joe Raade said on Tuesday, citing financial impacts because of the Coronavirus. “There are a lot of…
The Lucinia Birth Center, Cottage Grove. PART II (Read Part 1 here) In talking with Gail Hoelzle at the Bookmine, the subject of natural childbirth came up and why am I not surprised to learn that little ol’ Cottage Grove has claims to being on…
Delta Construction is more than a week into the city’s A Street renovation between 1st and 5th Avenues. EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLE CRESWELL — City planner Maddie Phillips said that to imagine what the A Street construction will look like in its completion come October, she wants…
Marco Pena has plenty of guitar heroes, but John Mayer stands above them all. “My music is my driving force,” the Springfield teen said. “I’d be lost without it.”EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLE Move over Rover, let Marco take over! OK, so maybe it’s a stretch to…
PART I Cottage Grove has claims of being on the cutting edge of natural birth, and innovations that happened here first a century ago. Shortly after World War I, Dr. S.M. Wendt set up his private Cottage Grove General Hospital upstairs in a building at…