Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Editor’s note: This column discusses a person’s experience with sexual violence. It could be triggering for some readers. Not often talked about, but often experienced by women, girls, boys, and men at an alarming rate. Being part of the one-quarter…
RON HARTMAN/THE CHRONICLE – Clara Polson was a longtime fixture at the transfer station serving Creswell and the surrounding area. CRESWELL – The Lane County Waste Management site on Cloverdale Road is the place to go in the Creswell area…
When the Village Green shut down a few months ago, the Rainy Day Blues Society had to find a new place to host its annual blues festival. Mission accomplished. Springfield’s Island Park will be the place to be as Labor…
CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO – Participants are eager to dress up and enjoy the Oregon Country Fair after the Covid era. Started in 1969 as a benefit for an alternative school, the Oregon Country Fair has a rich and varied history…
Noel Nash Joe and Sandie came by our Springfield office last week to discuss their ideas regarding a weekly food-and-music festival they’re trying to establish in Cottage Grove. The experienced marketing and festival organizing experts hope to attract residents and…
This morning, as I try to figure out what I can write about, I’ve decided that it would be fun to tell you a little about a subject I’ve been trying to work on for quite some time. As most…
The Old Schoolhouse. CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO Heritage Foundation gets grants, elects officers CRESWELL — The Creswell Heritage Foundation has been awarded additional grants for the project of upgrading the electrical, plumbing and heating systems and a new ADA compliant bathroom…
PHOTO PROVIDED – Nathan Griffiths, a senior at Thurston High School, found a unique way to ask his girlfriend, Courtney Tiernan, to prom this week. THURSTON — Nathan Griffiths, a senior at Thurston High School, took his “promposal” to new…
JoAnn “Susan” Bain was born November 23, 1944 in Almont, N.D. to Joseph and Anna Kronberger. She died on March 20, 2022 with her husband at her side. Susan was the middle of five children: Gordon, Gary, Sandra, and…
Margarita (Rita) Madeline (Quaglia) Cantonwine was born June 24, 1927 in Booth Kelly Logging Camp #13 in Wendling, Ore. She came to Cottage Grove in 1928. Rita belonged to the 4-H club in school, Catholic church youth group, Catholic Daughters,…