Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Johnathan Verl Miller of Cottage Grove, Oregon, passed away at the age of 68 on August 1, 2020, following complications with Alzheimer’s. John was born in Cottage Grove on July 13, 1952, to parents Benjamin and Rose (Rentz) Miller, one…
Carma Halverson, 86, of Coburg, Oregon, passed away on Monday, July 27, 2020. She was married to her sweetheart, Lloyd Halverson, in 1992 who preceded her in death in 2010. She was also preceded by her parents Chester and Verna…
Bill Perry passed July 30, 2020, after a long illness. He was born in Talihina, Oklahoma. He is survived by wife Susan from Springfield and daughters Denise Lawry and Tish Maxfield from California. His son Richard predeceased him. He also…
Albert “Al” Rohrbach, 88, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, passed away August 3, 2020. Al was born January 17, 1932, in White Plains, New York, to parents Albert and Elsie (Crumm) Rohrbach. While attending San Bernardino Community College he met the…
Above, the donation boot has come full circle over 56 years, once again connected to fundraising. I would like to take a moment of the readers’ time and thank the wonderful donors to the recent fundraising drive for BMD at…
I started wearing a camera around my neck when I was 15, and for 25 years, I took pictures. Faces interested me most. I studied portrait photographers and learned that the best portrait comes when you are close to the subject,…
July is harvest time for the Pleasant Hill Humble Bee Honey beekeepers. Since March, when the bees returned from annual pollination duty in California’s almond groves, the beekeepers have cared for hives by treating for mites, control for swarming, and…
Because of COVID-19, the 2nd annual Tacos & Tequila Festival, which had been scheduled to run today through Sunday, Aug. 9 at PublicHouse, has been scrapped. “Unfortunately, we have canceled all of our large events for the year,” PublicHouse manager…
Dear Editor: August is a great month for Springfield and a great month for The Chronicle. In just a few days, The Chronicle, formerly the Creswell Chronicle for over 100 years, will open an office in Springfield. This will be…
Noel Nash With all this talk of the United States Postal Service on the verge of extinction, I can’t help but recall the Seinfeld episode where Jerry agrees to deliver mail for his neighbor, Newman, a postal carrier. Jerry takes…