Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Aliya Hall/The Chronicle SPRINGFIELD – For families, kindergarten is a big change and the Springfield School District wants to make that transition as easy as possible for parents who are getting ready for the 2020-21 kindergarten registration. That’s why the…
At last weekend’s ”codeORcreate” hackathon, students worked hard to create websites, games, and digital ad campaigns that helped shine light on social issues-diversity in CS, cyberbullying, tutoring help for students and pollution. The event culminated in a presentation from each…
”Clear Lake, Early Fall,” by plein-air artist Mara Thyegeson is one of the works displayed at Springfield City Hall. The public is invited to attend the gallery reception on Friday, March 13, from 5-7 p.m. Provided SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield…
Photo provided/Chris Safer Thurston High School girls who bowled with the Cottage Grove Lady Lions – a cooperative sponsorship girls’ bowling team that won the state championships on Feb. 22-23 in Salem. From left: junior Kari Kindrick, sophomore Josie Bridges…
Jen Blue/The Chronicle Emerald City Roller Derby and the Lane County Concussion on Saturday night battled it out at the Bob Keefer Center in Springfield. Lane County Concussion took on Portland’s Bridgetown Brawlers and was followed by a ”Leather vs.…
Nancy Newton. SPRINGFIELD – Contract negotiations are underway with Nancy Newton to serve as Springfield city manager. The role has been temporarily filled since June 2019 by pro tem Mary Bridget Smith, following former manager Gino Grimaldi’s retirement after 13…
Erin Tierney/The Chroncle SPRINGFIELD – Avery Brooks, 10, of Springfield Girl Scout Group 20128 catches Cabela’s customers on the way into the store on Saturday. She even offers tips to hunters – including freezing your girl scout cookies for hunting…
Don and Lauren Horton, of Springfield, have adopted eight children with special needs. Pictured, from left are, Ella, 13; parents, Don and Lauren; Taylor, 14, with Sophia, 11 on his lap; Victoria, 12; Michelle, 14; and Joseph, 14. Erin Tienrey/The…
WEEK IN REVIEW BOYS BASKETBALL Creswell 49, Sutherlin 42 The skinny: Fans wore red in support of CHS in a first-round playoff game. CHS trailed by three at halftime. Creswell’s senior-led team began the second half with eight unanswered points.…
I’ve referred to distance runners as ”twigs” when watching athletes file into old Hayward Field. The comment was never derisive, more an observation of the distinctions among athletic body types, because while possessing powerfully athletic bodies with a level of…