Springfield Public School Superintendent Todd Hamilton spoke at the Springfield City Club luncheon on Oct. 17. VICTORIA STEPHENS/THE CHRONICLE SPRINGFIELD – Springfield Public School District Superintendent Todd Hamilton spoke at last week’s Springfield City Club luncheon on how the district is planning for student success. ”What is a life-ready student?,”[Read More…]
Springfield
Council focuses on housing
Willamalane Memorial Building at 765 A St. has been identified as a suitable Springfield Egan Warming location. VICTORIA STEPHENS/THE CHRONICLE SPRINGFIELD – Housing dominated the Springfield City Council agenda this week, including a mobile home park rezone, a temporary homeless shelter designation and grant for low-income housing. Council voted to[Read More…]
37 PLAYS / 97 MINUTES
COTTAGE GROVE – A crafty and dysfunctional presentation on the most famous playwright of all time filled Cottage Theatre seats during the opening weekend of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised]” on Oct. 13. During the performance, those in the audience find themselves befriending cast members Blake Nelson,[Read More…]
Helping other businesses succeed is his business
Seth Gruschow, owner of Togather Restaurant Consulting and Springfield Coworking. PHOTOS PROVIDED/TOGATHER SPRINGFIELD – And just like that, Springfield has its own award-winning industry leader. Seth Gruschow, owner of Togather Restaurant Consulting at 116 S. 4th St. said he was surprised to learn they were selected as the 2019 Allied[Read More…]
FUN AND FIRE PREVENTION
JEN BLUE/THE CHRONICLE As most school kids were tucked away in classroom in the morning hours of October 8, approximately 160 students convened for a fieldtrip to learn about fire safety. State Farm Insurance of Springfield invited students from For His Glory, a community of home school families, to celebrate[Read More…]
Jessica Cagle-Faber writes her own way
Jessica Cagle-Faber is a local speaker and mentor in Springfield working on her debut novel. Her presentations have focused on overcoming rejection when it comes to submitting work. PHOTO PROVIDED SPRINGFIELD – When Jessica Cagle-Faber was younger, she worked as a professional dancer. At least until her fear of rejection[Read More…]
SPOOKY SPRINGFIELD
Pioneer Memorial Cemetery Park, a public park containing the remains of early residents of Springfield. Elias Briggs founded and named Springfield in 1848. He delivered the cemetery deed to trustees on Oct. 31, 1866. Briggs died in an insane asylum, Oregon State Hospital, on Jan. 17, 1896, though he is[Read More…]
Everything is a design decision’
Jenna Fribley at the door of her firm, Campfire Collaborative, Architecture & Design, located at 341 Main St. VICTORIA STEPHENS/THE CHRONICLE SPRINGFIELD – With many irons in the fire, Springfield architect Jenna Fribley goes beyond the standard definition of what an architect is and does. She and Kelsey Buzzell are[Read More…]
Dark skies loom over Patrician residents
SPRINGFIELD – Springfield City Council’s meeting room was packed for the third reading of a controversial proposed rezoning ordinance of the Patrician Mobile Home Park Monday night. In March, park owner Richard Boyles of Urban Transitions LLC requested the 13.6 acres be rezoned from a low density residential area to[Read More…]
Springfield’s own Magnum P.I.
Bill Lioio is a private investigator from Springfield. Lioio was a former Eugene Police officer, and now investigates criminal cases and miscellaneous civil cases. ALIYA HALL/ THE CRESWELL CHRONICLE SPRINGFIELD – For the Oregon Association of Licensed Investigators (OALI) meeting happening on Nov. 2, Springfield P.I. Bill Lioio has been[Read More…]
Obituaries & Tributes
Death Notices: Duncan, Loftus, Fritz, Howarth, Elam, Knees, Book
■ William Leroy Duncan Jr. 62, of Eugene, died March 5. Arrangements: Sunset Hills. ■ Michael D. Loftus, 73, died March 5. Arrangements: Sunset Hills. ■ Susan Dru Fritz, 65, of Eugene, died March 7. Arrangements: Sunset Hills. ■ Donald Ralph Howarth, 75, of Eugene, died March 7. Arrangements: Sunset[Read More…]
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