Around Town – August 14, 2019
Summer meals for kids till Aug. 23 Sweet Home School District will continue to offer free lunch and…
Temperate temperatures, moisture drop fire danger a notch
By Sean C. Morgan Of The New Era Thanks to low temperatures, relatively high moisture and a shot…
Public Safety Log – August 14, 2019
Aug. 12 5:23 a.m. – Caller reported glass in her back door was broken out, 5600 block of…
Local swimmers compete in regional all-star meet
Sweet Home Swim Club’s Chloe Tyler and RJ Abbott swam on Oregon’s all-star team in the Oregon Swimming…
From Our Files – The New Era 25/50 Years Ago – August 14, 2019
Aug. 14, 1969 A thousand balloons, each with a certificate inside good for free merchandise from area merchants,…
Death Notices – August 14, 2019
Former Sweet Home resident Patricia Hoy Hainline, 85, of Hammond, died Aug. 5, 2019 in Seaside. Ocean View…
Well-intentioned though it might be, new paid family leave law is going to cost all of us
Staff Like many pieces of legislation, Oregon’s new paid leave law provides some benefits. But it’s going to…
Mega-bicycle race runs cyclists right through Sweet Home
More than 100 cyclists rolled through Sweet Home off and on all day Saturday, Aug. 9, competing in…
Shirley Atkison
Shirley Ann Atkison, 80, of Sweet Home, passed away July 27, 2019. She was born Aug. 9, 1938…
Phillip Jackson
Phillip Jackson was born on June 25, 1939 in Wichita Kansas, to parents Willard C. and Mary (nee…
Around Town – August 7, 2019
Thriller ‘Gaslight’ movie at the mill Scroggins Mill in Lebanon presents Movies at the Mill, a series of…
Public Safety – August 7, 2019
Aug. 5 1:02 a.m. – Caller reported that a male subject had come onto the Jamboree grounds twice…
TOPS members attend Recognition Day
TOPS #0309 (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) represented Sweet Home very well at IRD (International Recognition Day) in Portland.…
Planners hold off on updates to city code
Sean Morgan and Scott Swanson Of The New Era With just four members present, the Planning Commission held…
Local swimmers compete in big meets
Sweet Home star swimmer Megan Hager competed over the weekend in U.S. Swimming’s 2019 Futures Championships at Mt.…
Norman Eiler Kaldahl
Norman Eiler Kaldahl, 85, of Sweet Home, went to meet his Lord and Savior, on July 28, 2019.…
Death Notices – August 7, 2019
Shirley Ann Atkison, 80, of Sweet Home, died July 27, 2019. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the…
Sylvia Starline
Sylvia J. Starline, 79, of Foster died Aug. 2, 2019. She was born Sept. 22, 1939 in Santa…
Around Town – July 31, 2019
Know a special kid who needs help? The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires schools to make…
James Roy Seiber
James Roy Seiber, 80, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday, July 25. 2019. He was born Feb. 18,…
Johnie Fagan
Johnie Russ Fagan, 96, of Sweet Home died July 20, 2019. He was born Nov. 17, 1922 in…
Diane Gaye Yunker Green
Diane Gaye Yunker Green passed away on June 29, 2019 after a two-year battle with cancer. She had…
Stormy Barge
Stormy Lee Barge, 24, of Sweet Home died July 23, 2019. She was born April 25, 1995 in…