Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Dec. 2 through Dec. 5 ■ Christmas at the Western Oregon Expo, 2000 N. Douglas St., Cottage Grove. Live music, vendors, lights, warm fires, Santa and a live nativity scene. Begins at 4 p.m. daily. Free admission. Bring non-perishable foods for Community Sharing. Thursday, Dec.…
Longtime Thurston residents Michelle Yturri and Daygen Payne, 5th grader at Springfield’s Ridgeview Elementary, comb through the gourd harvest at Herrick Farms on Millican Road on Tuesday, Oct. 26. Yturri and Payne picked up about half a dozen pumpkins to donate to Payne’s class. They…
COTTAGE GROVE – Are the good times really over for good at the Village Green? If you ask some of the longtime regulars of the iconic hotel — known for having live music at least six nights a week in the lounge — rumors of…
Todd Snider will be inducted in the Oregon Music Hall of Fame on Saturday. It’s been a long, winding, exhilarating road for Todd Snider, who was finally afforded a much-needed break when Covid came around. “I put out my first album in ’94 and I’ve…
Gregory and Sharon Poitra with their 5-year-old granddaughter Zelda. RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO EUGENE – Sharon Poitra told her young granddaughter they were going “Camping in the Car.” Since she was talking to a 4-year-old, she didn’t want to be brutally honest and say they were…
RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO The return of the Concerts In The Park brought out hundreds of music lovers. COTTAGE GROVE – Everyone seemed to be in a celebratory mood last Wednesday. They had a good reason to celebrate – the Concerts in the Park series was…
RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTOBarry Klusman, left, jams with JaSkaMon at the Brewstation this past Saturday. COTTAGE GROVE — The flyers at the Brewstation proclaimed that none of the five major vaccine manufacturers are as effective as JaSkaMon – especially when dealing with rare tropical disorders such as…
The nominees were recently announced for the Rooster Blues Awards. The winners in each category are expected to be revealed in early June. The annual competition, sponsored by the Rainy Day Blues Society, is a nod to Gavin “Rooster” Fox, who was only 51 when…
COTTAGE GROVE – Jon Stinnett probably doesn’t have a theme song. But if he were to choose one, B.B. King’s “I Like to Live the Love (That I Sing About)” wouldn’t be a bad choice. Because Stinnett – even though he runs “about 30 miles…