Alice Blanco-Curtis
Dec. 23, 1929 – Jan. 2, 2021 Alice Blanco-Curtis, 91, a former Sweet Home resident, died Jan. 2,…
SHHS gets two grants for work skills education
Sweet Home High School teachers won two microgrants at the end of 2020 to support projects that reduce…
Review of the Year, part 2: Challenges mount as 2020 progresses
This is the second half of our review of last year’s news in Sweet Home. The first half,…
Public Safety Log Jan. 6, 2020
Dec. 27 9:51 a.m. – Caller reported his son was on his property and damaged his fence, 1100…
Weather Service issues flood watch through Wednesday morning
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for Linn County, including Sweet Home, starting at…
Wanda Mulholland
May 23, 1933 – Dec. 28, 2020 Wanda Alene Mulholland, 87, of Sweet Homewas born in Vandervoort, Ark.,…
Kenneth Noah
March 23, 1931 – Dec. 17, 2020 Kenneth Leslie Noah, 89, of Sweet Home died Dec. 17, 2020.…
Wrestling history missing vital piece
Editor: After reading the three pages, on the Husky wrestlers putting Sweet Home on the map, in the…
COVID restraints population control
Editor: As I re-read the letter by Debbie Woody and Linda Cutright in last week’s The New Era,…
Remembering Donna Dorsing
July 17, 1944 – Dec. 31, 2020 Donna Dorsing, 76, passed away on Dec. 31, 2020. Donna was…
Around Town Dec. 30, 2020
Gallery Calapooia Aesop’s fables show Works by Albany painter Mary Ridler will be featured at Gallery Calapooia for…
District mulls options after Gov. Brown changes policy
The New Era Gov. Kate Brown on Wednesday, Dec. 23, directed the Oregon Department of Education and the…
Public Safety Dec. 30, 2020
Dec. 21 7:13 a.m. – Caller reported her neighbor drove into a ditch, 2600 block of Harding. Officer…
Sewing shop’s Lerena Ruby closing after 26 years, decade after originally planned
Lerena Ruby stands in her Seamingly Creative sewing goods store at 1245 Main St. as she has for…
We review the events of 2020, part 1: Great start to a challenging year
We’ve said it before, but we’ll repeat for emphasis: What a year. Our annual Review of the Year…
Pandemic result: economic cruelty
By Rich Lowry Just when it seemed some of the most disheartening trends in the U.S. economy were…
COVID numbers don’t add up to rules
Editor: Regarding Kelly Kenoyer’s opinion piece, published in the Dec. 16 edition: We understand the strain that everyone…
Raquel Dawn Gonzalez Ndzeidze
Oct. 18, 1981 – Dec. 17, 2020 Raquel Dawn Gonzalez Ndzeidze, 39, of Corvallis, passed away Dec. 17,…
Edward O. Miller
Aug. 29, 1941 – Dec. 21, 2020 Edward O. Miller, 79, of Sweet Home passed away Dec. 21,…
Berdina Emmert
June 10, 1928 – Dec. 18, 2020 Berdina Ann Emmert, 92, of Sweet Home, died Dec. 18, 2020.…
Ted and Kathleen Franks celebrate 70th wedding anniversary
Ted and Kathleen Franks, of Sweet Home, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary recently. They were married Nov. 24,…
Efforts under way to raise funds for businesses shuttered by COVID
Efforts are under way to provide opportunities for the community to help two local businesses that have been…
Public Safety Log Dec. 23, 2020
Dec. 14 7:06 a.m. – Caller reported a truck parked behind a building with extension cords plugged into…
Governor turns responsibility for opening schools over to local districts
Gov. Kate Brown today (Wednesday, Dec. 23) directed the Oregon Department of Education and the Oregon Health Authority to implement…