In Cottage Grove, there was dismay and immediate inconvenience in September of 2016. A right of way that has been open for over 100 years was, without warning, boarded up, closed and posted “No Trespassing!” For anyone who grew up in Cottage Grove it was a hard blow. The Currin[Read More…]
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Christmas spirit in spades at Village Green
THE LIGHT SHOW AT VILLAGE GREEN CHRISTMAS MARKET INCLUDES NATURE SCENES, LIKE POLAR BEARS IN ICE-CAPPED MOUNTAINS. Aliya Hall/The Creswell Chronicle Cottage Grove has gotten a taste of Germany with the Village Green Christmas Market. Through Dec. 23, all are welcome to partake in this open-air holiday market that offers[Read More…]
A Rotary Christmas comes to Bohemia
HAPPY CRAFTY GROVERS MAKE ORNAMENTS FOR THEIR TREE. Photo provided Christmas came a little early last Thursday, thanks to the Cottage Grove Rotary Club, local businesses and a host of volunteers. When the doors at Bohemia Elementary School swung open at 6 p.m., the cry, ”Here they come!” was passed[Read More…]
Alas Slabtown, where art thou?
SLABTOWN SURVIVOR, CAMPBELL CHRISMAN’S HOUSE BUILT CIRCA 1873. Photo provided/Dana Merryday When you think of a ghost town usually it conjures up dusty, bleached out buildings with flapping doors and maybe some tumbleweeds blowing through. Cottage Grove has a sort of ghost town that looks nothing like that. Our ghost[Read More…]
Happy birthday, Opal
OPAL WHITELEY Photo provided Opal Whiteley looms large in Cottage Grove – namely about 18 feet tall – smiling down from the newly restored mural in the Opal Whiteley Park on Main Street. She is one of the area’s most interesting and mysterious former inhabitants, and there is a birthday[Read More…]
Dr. Snapp House preserves Cottage Grove’s early medical history
Photo provided The familiar Queen Anne Victorian house at the confluence of Silk Creek and the Coast Fork of the Willamette River is a museum maintained by the Prospectors and Gold Diggers Club, to showcase early medical practices. It is Cottage Grove’s only Victorian-era house open to the public and[Read More…]
Cerro Gordo – Vision & Reality
CHRIS CANFIELD AND FOLLOWERS GATHER ON CERRO GORDO WITH A MODEL OF THEIR COMMUNITY. Photo provided/Dana Merryday There seems to be some doubt as to exactly how the highest butte in these parts got the Spanish name ”Cerro Gordo.” The mountain is clearly visible from Main Street in downtown Cottage[Read More…]
Community Blessings – Don Williams, Cottage Grove Carousel
I am thankful to be born in a country that produces enough food to feed the population. I am thankful to be born in a country I can attend the church of my choice, that I can write for my newspaper where I can speak my mind, to be born[Read More…]
Local is where it’s at
THE SOUTH VALLEY FARMERS HAVE MOVED THEIR MARKET INDOORS INTO THE COTTAGE GROVE ARMORY AND WILL BE OPEN EACH SATURDAY UNTIL DEC. 22. PHOTO PROVIDED/DANA MERRYDAY I am pretty sure you have seen signs or heard it said: Shop local. Well this holiday season, I would like to encourage you[Read More…]
Warm hearts, warm beds
BEDS FOR FREEZING NIGHTS WARMING SHELTER IN COTTAGE GROVE. Photo provided If you are lucky enough to have a warm dry place to live, it is probably easy to forget that there are folks who have it pretty rough when the mercury drops and the rains set in. Ten years[Read More…]
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