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Springfield school admins want to make students ‘real-life ready’

Springfield Public School Superintendent Todd Hamilton spoke at the Springfield City Club luncheon on Oct. 17. VICTORIA STEPHENS/THE CHRONICLE SPRINGFIELD – Springfield Public School District Superintendent Todd Hamilton spoke at last week’s Springfield City Club luncheon on how the district is planning for student success.…

Council focuses on housing

Willamalane Memorial Building at 765 A St. has been identified as a suitable Springfield Egan Warming location. VICTORIA STEPHENS/THE CHRONICLE SPRINGFIELD – Housing dominated the Springfield City Council agenda this week, including a mobile home park rezone, a temporary homeless shelter designation and grant for…

Time to ”gird up”

A picturesque view on a fall day looking down Cottage Grove’s iconic Historic District. DANA MERRYDAY/THE CHRONICLE Starting today and running all weekend there is more going on than you can easily accomplish in the historic downtown of Cottage Grove. It is like that all…

FRN donors help families write success stories

During the dinner. The event, which featured a Silent Auction, Taco Bar buffet, Dessert Dash, raffle, an educational slideshow and live music by student musicians, raised about $11,000 to support FRN, reported executive director Peggy Whalen. GINI DAVIS/THE CHRONICLE CRESWELL – During a fundraiser dinner…

YOUNG AND PREPARED

Nicole Wood CRESWELL – When a disaster happens in the area, the more trained hands on deck the better. That’s why South Lane County Fire & Rescue offers Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training. For the past three years, SLCF&R has offered a teenage CERT…

Businesses shift, reshape downtown

CRESWELL – Downtown Creswell is shifting and reshaping, and the proof is behind the “closed for renovations,” “coming soon” and “now open” signs taped on Oregon Avenue storefronts. While Creswell bid adieu to a handful of businesses this year – Burlap & Lace, Joe’s Diner,…

37 PLAYS / 97 MINUTES

COTTAGE GROVE – A crafty and dysfunctional presentation on the most famous playwright of all time filled Cottage Theatre seats during the opening weekend of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised]” on Oct. 13. During the performance, those in the audience find themselves…

Mayor’s Ball shines for Armory fundraiser

The 17-piece Blue Skies Big Band of Eugene plays classic swing music for guests of the Mayor’s Ball to dance to. CODY WARREN/THE CHRONICLE COTTAGE GROVE – Twinkling lights against black curtains, gold stars hanging from the armory ceiling and blue-white stars decorating the stage…

Helping other businesses succeed is his business

Seth Gruschow, owner of Togather Restaurant Consulting and Springfield Coworking. PHOTOS PROVIDED/TOGATHER SPRINGFIELD – And just like that, Springfield has its own award-winning industry leader. Seth Gruschow, owner of Togather Restaurant Consulting at 116 S. 4th St. said he was surprised to learn they were…

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