Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Christmas has many songs and carols that begin playing earlier every year it seems, but Thanksgiving has hardly any musical offerings. One of the very few Thanksgiving songs is Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant Massacree. And by Guthrie’s own admission, it isn’t really about Thanksgiving at…
From left, Shannon Smith is VP of Human Resources, Chris Swanson is executive VP, and Steve Swanson, president and CEO. ERIN TIERNEY/CHRONICLE PHOTO Who are the ones that seem to be able to withstand the darkest of hours? Who are the ones that leave an…
To the Board of Directors and Coordinators: Please accept my formal letter of resignation from the Bohemia Mining Days Board of Directors as well as from the Bohemia Mining Heritage Association Board of Directors. It was effective as of Wednesday, Nov. 3. I wish to…
Fitzpatrick And just like that, the calendar, once again, turns to Veterans Day. For me, like many of my fellow veterans, Oregonians and Americans, it is a time to reflect and take stock. One year ago, we “gathered” for a Veterans Day unlike any before…
Memories of 34 W. Oregon Ave., cont’d: From the library to the newsroom Greetings, I enjoyed reading the memories shared of our longtime Chronicle office in Creswell. Given the opportunity to reminisce, I would share the following as to how I came to be a…
Pride of ownership, commitment ‘evident’ Dear Editor: I was the community reporter, news clerk at The Springfield News from 2004 until its closing in 2006. Like you, my editor Finn John, was committed to bringing local news and feature stories to the community his newspaper…
A framed Chronicle edition from Nov. 11, 1971 that hangs in the Creswell Area Historical Museum represents the paper’s longtime commitment to local news. I attended a business conference once where the keynote speaker asked the audience for a show of hands “if your team…
We need to keep Bi-Mart pharmacy Dear Editor: We have all been blessed for a long time to have our pharmaceuticals available in Creswell. Now we are hearing that Walgreens may move our convenience and need away soon. Please join with us and Michelle Amberg…
Whenever you are reading this, you can know that it is the worst day of the pandemic for The Chronicle. That’s an ugly truth for many small business owners, who see each passing day as an extension of the 18-month-long-and-counting pandemic, and its effects on…