Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
In 2019 and 2018, Creswell Clubhouse, an after-school/summer program for kids directed by Laura Rariden, received a portion of the City of Creswell’s budgeted community service funds, distributed through Creswell First! Photo Provided/Jenni Donley By GINI DAVIS Community Editor The City of Creswell has supported…
Gini Davis With a little prompting from her cousin Jenna (right), little Emily kisses the ”head” of a beaver pelt during Creswell Library’s Bountiful Beavers Summer Reading Program event on July 31 at Creswell Community Center. Annie Carter, of the Willamette Resources and Educational Network…
Photo Provided/Greg Lee Friends of the Cottage Grove Carousel volunteers have been involved in the total restoration of the 1929 Hershall 36-foot, 34-animal menagerie carousel since 2017. Since then, 7,000 volunteer hours have been dedicated to the carousel, with many of the volunteers pictured in…
I love shopping for food, and enjoy taking my time to find my favorites, and even though I always shop with a list, I find new “favorites” on most shopping adventures. Whenever I shop, I see folks peeking in my basket… “What’s the nutritionist eating?”…
Aliya Hall In Trufflebert Farm’s 10th season, Ken Corricello had read that award-winning chef Charlie Trotter was opening a new restaurant in Chicago. Corricello decided to send him a large sampling of nuts with a note, and two weeks later, on Corricello’s birthday, Trotter called.…
I hope you will forgive me for the short notice but there is something unique happening in Cottage Grove tonight (Thursday, Aug. 8) that you really should see. That is, if you enjoy plays on words mixed with poetry, politics, facial contortions and live music.…
Naomi Driscoll with a Canadian stallion named Dreamboy Curt. Naomi is one of the owners of Misfit Toy Ranch in Cottage Grove, which is transitioning into breeding heritage Canadian horses. Aliya Hall The idea for the name Misfit Toy Ranch came from co-owner Zach Driscoll…
Willamalane’s own Bryan Beban takes a swing after he and friends enjoy hospitality and beverages from the Selectemp booth. Jen Blue/The Creswell Chronicle On Tuesday, July 23, Emerald Valley Golf & Resort hosted the 45th annual Eugene/Springfield Joint Chamber Golf Classic. Members of the Eugene…
A hand-tinted postcard from the 1910s shows several different gold-mining techniques. PHOTO PROVIDED/POSTCARD By Finn J.D. John Chronicle contributor It was the spring of 1862, and prospector William C. Aldred had been in the gold fields of California since the Gold Rush first broke out…