Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Mary Fey As a nurse practitioner, I have had the honor and privilege of caring for many of you in Dexter, Pleasant Hill, Lowell, Cottage Grove and Creswell. Over the past 35 years, I have stitched up your cut fingers, vaccinated hundreds of your children…
MONDAY, JUNE 8 • The Creswell Urban Renewal Agency will meet virtually/telephonically at 6 p.m. To view the agenda or attend the meeting, visit the city’s website. • The Creswell City Council virtual meetingis at 6:15 p.m., immediately following the Urban Renewal Agency Meeting at…
Brynn Robinson, 3, of Cottage Grove, celebrates July 4 in Holt Park in 2019. CHRONICLE ARCHIVES Creswell City Manager Michelle Amberg has a clear message for residents and regional fans of Creswell’s popular Fourth of July Celebration: “Yes!” To be more specific, City leaders are…
The pandemic has been rightly compared to the effort to find a cure for polio. On that note, Rotary International has approximately 36,000 clubs in 200 countries. Rotary is a service club, like Lions and Kiwanis. It has 1.2 million members and the Rotary Foundation –…
Harper, 5, looks over her empire. PAT EDWARDS/PHOTO As I sit at my computer and try to record my thoughts during this Phase 1 reopening of our state under the COVID-19 pandemic protocols, I feel somewhat vulnerable. It is a scary time — not just…
A national movement to make youth football safer has support from state and local athletics officials. The Oregon School Activities Association issued a statement May 18 endorsing USA Football’s Development Model, which teaches better techniques for tackling and playing football at junior levels. “It’s important…
Now that health clubs have been given the green light to get going again, it has been full-steam ahead for members of the Emerald Fitness Club. Well, sort of. There’s no sauna, and no hot tub, either. Under Gov. Kate Brown’s latest edict, there’s no…
After a week of Phase 1 it feels a little bit like the Cottage Grove of pre-pandemic days. Not that it was “business as usual” by any means. People are still cautious (a good thing), masks are evident, tape marks are on the floor to…
Noel Nash, publisher I am lots of things. Sometimes all at once. I’m conservative. I’m liberal. I’m libertarian, and independent. I’m happy-go-lucky, chill, easy-going and feel an inner peace. I’m angry, downright mad, hateful, spiteful and harbor revenge. My doghouse, it’s been said, has several floors. I’m…