Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Brynn Robinson, 3, of Cottage Grove, celebrates July 4 in Holt Park in 2019. CHRONICLE ARCHIVES Creswell City Manager Michelle Amberg has a clear message for residents and regional fans of Creswell’s popular Fourth of July Celebration: “Yes!” To be…
The pandemic has been rightly compared to the effort to find a cure for polio. On that note, Rotary International has approximately 36,000 clubs in 200 countries. Rotary is a service club, like Lions and Kiwanis. It has 1.2 million members…
Harper, 5, looks over her empire. PAT EDWARDS/PHOTO As I sit at my computer and try to record my thoughts during this Phase 1 reopening of our state under the COVID-19 pandemic protocols, I feel somewhat vulnerable. It is a…
A national movement to make youth football safer has support from state and local athletics officials. The Oregon School Activities Association issued a statement May 18 endorsing USA Football’s Development Model, which teaches better techniques for tackling and playing football…
Now that health clubs have been given the green light to get going again, it has been full-steam ahead for members of the Emerald Fitness Club. Well, sort of. There’s no sauna, and no hot tub, either. Under Gov. Kate…
After a week of Phase 1 it feels a little bit like the Cottage Grove of pre-pandemic days. Not that it was “business as usual” by any means. People are still cautious (a good thing), masks are evident, tape marks…
Noel Nash, publisher I am lots of things. Sometimes all at once. I’m conservative. I’m liberal. I’m libertarian, and independent. I’m happy-go-lucky, chill, easy-going and feel an inner peace. I’m angry, downright mad, hateful, spiteful and harbor revenge. My doghouse, it’s been…
Longtime resident of Vida, Oregon, Iris ‘Patricia’ Thomson, 79, passed away May 17, 2020. Patricia was born to parents L.G. and Ruth Holeman on Nov. 20, 1940. She has three sisters, Margaret Harbick and Karen Rodgers, both of Vida, and…
Creswell Heritage Foundation has raised $9,325 toward window restoration by offering window sponsorships to individuals, businesses and organizations. The sponsorships are $1,500 and will be recognized with a plaque. The Lions Club was the first to sponsor a window. Other…
We are slowly resuming our daily activities. For a lot of us, we will have to go back to work in places that are not our home office. Our pets, particularly our dogs, have gotten used to having us home…