The Year in Review: 2014 as reported in the pages of The New Era
January – A 31-year-old Australian man, Rowan Thomson-Sapstead, was arrested for luring a minor, first-degree online corruption of…
Public Safety Log December 29th
Dec. 29 12:23 a.m. – Gypsie Marie Esperum, 56, cited and released in field on Sweet Home warrant…
Sweet Home youth wrestlers win titles
Sweet Home Mat Club won the Junior Comet Bring the Heat Team Challenge wrestling tournament Dec. 13 at…
Husky alums making their marks in college
Senior guard Gavin Kauffman has averaged 8.7 points per game for the men’s basketball team at Lewis-Clark College…
Central Linn’s Carley Robb wins Elks Hoops Shoot (again)
Carley Robb from Central Linn will represent Sweet Home at the Elks District Hoop Shoot Jan. 10 for…
Fanatics require different methods
I subscribe to the old adage “Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth”. If waterboarding saves one…
Torture report lacks perspective supplied by context of history
Rich Lowry The Senate Intelligence Committee spent roughly $50 million on its investigation into the CIA and apparently…
Cartoon painted wrong picture
Editor: I was quite offended at your poor choice of the “cartoon” in the Dec. 17 paper. You…
Barbara Mowry
Nov. 29, 1931 – Dec. 27, 2014 Barbara Jean Mowry, 83, of Sweet Home died Dec. 27, 2014.…
Charles Nicholson
March 18, 1948 – Dec. 20, 2014 Charles “Chuck” Nicholson, 66, of Lebanon died Dec. 20, 2014 at…
Judith Miller
Aug. 20, 1947 – Dec. 25, 2014 Judith Lynn Miller, 67, of Sweet Home, died Dec. 25, 2014.…
David Miller
Oct. 24, 1945 – Dec. 27, 2014 David John Miller, 69, of Sweet Home died Dec. 27, 2014.…
Around Town December 24, 2014
Husky basketball to hold skills camps Sweet Home High School boys basketball Coach Brandon Gaskey and his team…
Seattle festival gives local musicians taste of big-time band
Samantha Ramirez gets a kick out of music and, particularly, band. “I’m not really a sports person and…
Two Huskies named All-State in football; Jutte to First Team
Hunter Jutte and Brycen Mitten were both named to the Division 4A All-State Football Team released last week…
Swimmers show depth, strength in winning own invitational
Sweet Home Coach Doug Peargin had a healthy respect for the visitors at his team’s Sweet Home Invitational…
OSP seeking recruits for training
Oregon State Police is preparing to hire recruit troopers in 2015 and recruitment has begun. Using the State…
SH man arrested following burglary
Sweet Home police arrested Forrest Norman of Sweet Home Friday, Dec. 19, in connection to a burglary at…
Public Safety Log December 24th
Dec. 21 9:38 a.m. – Caller reported security cameras had been cut, 4800 block of Main. Report taken.…
Husky girls notch basketball win against Yamhill-Carlton
The Huskies won their first girls basketball game this year against Yamhill-Carlton at home on Dec. 16. The…
Struggling Huskies lose to Cascade, Y-C in boys basketball
The Huskies lost games last week to Yamhill-Carlton, 55-46, at home on Dec. 16 and at Cascade, 64-41,…
Thanks for local hospital support
Editor: The communities of east Linn County have supported Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital for more than 60 years,…
Thank you for remembering Bob
Editor: The families of the late Bob Waibel would like to take this time to thank all of…
Wrestlers down Tillamook, Lebanon and Tigard
Sweet Home’s wrestlers steamrolled Lebanon and Tigard and gave 4A foe Tillamook more than it could handle in…
James Namitz
March 13, 1939 – Dec. 17, 2014 James “Jim” E. Namitz, 75, of Sweet Home died Dec. 17,…