Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Photo provided/Robin Joyce In what has likely been a typical scene in Creswell many times since the town’s 1909 incorporation, a few horses rest at a hitching post while thirsty riders wet their whistle at the Round-Up Saloon last Wednesday.
The Creswell High School boys basketball team beat Sutherlin 49-42 on Saturday, Feb. 29. The Bulldogs face Amity in a quarterfinal game at Marshfield HS in Coos Bay at 3:15 Thursday, March 5. Earlier Saturday in Portland, CHS sophomore Brielle Brick (left) swept through the…
Gini Davis/The Chronicle Kindergartner Avery Prechtel rides in his class’ unicorn-themed car, pushed by Ari Needham (left) and Jenna Larson during Creslane Elementary’s annual soap box derby. Students, teachers and administrators – including principal Amy Halley – participate. Prizes are awarded for fastest, most creative…
Jim Piper, City Finance Director CRESWELL – For the fourth consecutive year, the City of Creswell this week received the Government Finance Officers Association’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award. There are over 1,600 participants in the awards program. In order to receive the budget award, the…
Nancy Newton SPRINGFIELD – Contract negotiations are underway with Nancy Newton to serve as the new Springfield city manager. The role has been temporarily filled since June 2019 by pro tem Mary Bridget Smith, following former manager Gino Grimaldi’s retirement after 13 years with the…
A mass choir of about 500 middle school students performs under guest conductor Chris Dobson during the Just Sing It! Festival on Feb. 20 at Springfield High School. Photo provided/Stacy Swartout-McKee CRESWELL – Just Sing It! manager Stacy Swartout-McKee summed up the middle school choir…
Javier Fregoso plays trombone with CHS Jazz Band 1 during the Oregon Jazz Festival. Gini Davis/The Chronicle CRESWELL – Three Creswell High School Jazz Band 1 students were recognized for outstanding musicianship during the Oregon Jazz Festival, held Jan. 24-25 at Lane Community College in…
On Senior Night, the Creswell Community Singers, directed by Mary Ellen Yost, perform the National Anthem in front of a packed house before the start of the CHS girls’ basketball Senior Night game against Santiam Christian. Gini Davis/The Chronicle CRESWELL – The community responded with…
Holt Park peeks through the snow during the 50-year storm that blanketed Creswell in February 2019. Chronicle Archives Holt Park peeks through the snow during the 50-year storm that blanketed Creswell in February 2019.