Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
For many years, I have been able to send small packages and large envelopes via first-class mail as long as the weight was over 13 ounces or less. A couple of weeks ago, I took a six-by-nine inch padded envelope that weighed all of three…
Months ago, I stumbled on a YouTube video titled, “Springtime for Hitler.” I was intrigued. As I watched this song and dance, the entire time I kept wondering, “Who could possibly have made this? Why would anyone make this?” It was so outlandish and offensive…
We’re going to need more wall space. The Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association last week announced winners of the state contest, recognizing The Chronicle with 21 editorial awards for its work in 2022 – including four first-place awards, and a prestigious General Excellence honor for the…
Over the past two months, Forrest Laiche, owner of Lane County-based Conscious Craft Construction, has been steadily deconstructing a dilapidated Cottage Grove farmhouse owned by Lane County near the Cottage Grove Transfer Station. Nail by nail, Laiche’s crew have worked to rescue as much as…
Dear Chronicle and Sentinel Editors, A very good friend, Marcia Allen, who was president of the CG Historical Society for many years, said to me, many times, “History not written down is history lost.” I would like to compliment the two weekly papers on the very…
In 1997, Cottage Grove mayor Darrel Williams was charged, along with the city council, to hire a new city manager. Out of 120 applicants, in a national search, Richard Meyers was unanimously hired and has served the community in that capacity for 26 years. …
SPRINGFIELD — What do you get when you combine three actors, 37 plays and one Elizabethan playwright? You get “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” now playing at Pegasus Playhouse in Springfield. The 97-minute parody of Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies and histories is directed by…
It had been a while since I had spent much time at either of our two designated camping sites for the unhoused in Cottage Grove. With three city councilors under threat of recall due to the public’s displeasure on how the City of Cottage…
Dear Editor, Certain registered voters should by now have received their ballots for the recall decision on State Representative Paul Holvey. It bears repeating that recall elections are meant to address serious criminal offenses by the elected official. Policy disagreements and other disputes not meeting…