Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
This cartoon was published in The West Shore in 1889 as a criticism of the quality of policing in Portland. The woman in the window on the extreme right is a prostitute negotiating with a prospective customer. It is possible,…
Dear Editor: Had the good fortune Saturday evening to attend the Gala Mayor’s Ball, a fundraising event for the continued reconstruction and update of the historic National Guard Armory in downtown Cottage Grove. The event was opened with the Jewel…
Mine was great, starting with my Miami Hurricanes and our Oregon Ducks winning Friday night. Then I gorged on college football Saturday, and NFL on Sunday. With no apologies. I’m a child of the TV generation, and I love sports.…
About 150 guests circulated through the airy, expanded space at Creswell Library on Saturday, Oct. 12 as the library celebrated the near-completion of its 10-year expansion project. Library board members, staff and volunteers, donors and supporters enjoyed a variety of…
Frank ‘Lowell’ Solesbee Frank ”Lowell” Solesbee left this earth Thursday afternoon on Oct. 3, 2019 followed by a celebratory Willamette Valley downpour. His 79 adventure-filled years of loving life began on Feb. 23, 1940 in Murphy, North Carolina, with his…
Norman Wallace Benton Norman Wallace Benton, known to many of his friends as Norm, departed for his heavenly home on Oct. 4, 2019 and now is in the presence of the Lord. Norm was born on April 21, 1923, in…
CRESWELL – After the word hit in September that the Whistle Stop building on South Mill Street was to be abated, property owner Carlton Garton penned a letter of protest to City Recorder Roberta Tharp. “I have performed clean up…
Looking Glass has purchased this space at 620 E. Whiteaker Ave. to better support the homeless and runaway youth in the area. JEN BLUE/THE CHRONICLE COTTAGE GROVE – Family stress can come in many forms when a parent loses their…
The Cottage Grove Armory was built in 1931 and has been rumored to be haunted. An Oregon-based ghost hunter team has even investigated the location. PHOTO PROVIDED/COTTAGE GROVE ARMORY COTTAGE GROVE – This is the time of year when we…
Jamie Oldfield CRESWELL – It was a typical Monday evening … until it wasn’t. By 7 p.m., about 30 local and state police officers and their canines blanketed the city in search of a man who allegedly stabbed someone on…