Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Dear Editor: A primary hotspot for the COVID-19, Delta, and soon-to-be Omicron viruses (and more mutations to come) in Lane County is the UO. Like it or not the “me-me’s,” with the full blessing of the administration, leave town on breaks to points everywhere, especially…
Griesel Courtney Griesel, Springfield’s economic development manager, can leave her post next month knowing she’s left the City in a better position than when she first walked onto the scene 15 years ago. Economic development for a city of over 62,000 is a lot to…
Creswell Mayor Dave Stram This morning I awoke with a great sense of joy as I reflected on the events of last evening – the Creswell Winter Lights celebration. Saturday, Dec. 4, was a wonderful day here in Creswell! Cloudy skies and the chill of an…
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…