Lenora Slater
May 14, 1940 – July 27, 2012 Lenora Jean Slater, 72, of Sweet Home died July 27, 2012…
Kenneth Roberts
Oct. 25, 1950 – July 26, 2012 Kenneth Edward Roberts, 61, of Sweet Home died July 26, 2012…
Noel Burningham
Dec. 25, 1933 – July 24, 2012 Noel G. Burningham, 78, of Sweet Home died July 24, 2012.…
Juliann Amundson
May 10, 1932 – July 24, 2012 Juliann Amundson, 80, of Sweet Home died July 24, 2012. She…
Guns ‘R’ Us and we pay the price
Editor: Since 2001, 4,977 (and still counting) Americans have died in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, while back…
Petroleum is not finite
Editor: I know little or nothing of geology, petroleum or chemistry. That being said, I believe that while…
Thanks for your museum support
Editor: We would like to thank the community for support given to the annual East Linn Museum yard…
Shirley Whitton
Sept. 5, 1936 – July 16, 2012 Shirley Jean Whitton, 75, of Sweet Home died July 16, 2012.…
Sylvia Ashley
Sept. 14, 1921 – July 12, 2012 Sylvia “Louise” (Morgan) Ashley, 90, of Siletz, died July 12, 2012…
Earl Humphries
May 4, 1957 – July 19, 2012 Earl Dean Humphries, 55, of Sweet Home died July 19, 2012.…
Sweet Home midgets 5th in state
Sweet Home’s Midget National Eastern Division champion East Linn Roofing finished fifth in state last weekend at the…
Tyler Schilling 5th at nationals before team heads to Sth Africa
Tyler Schilling of Sweet Home qualified for All-American status last week with a fifth-place finish in Greco at…
Local newspaper has big day at state awards ceremony
The New Era was the top award winner among the state’s 54 weekly newspapers at the Oregon Newspaper…
Hiett top finisher in Sportsman’s Holiday Mile
Despite a lower-than-normal turnout after a year’s hiatus, a dozen runners gave it a serious effort Saturday morning…
SH man gets 90 days for charges related to attack on mother
Chris Walnum, 50, has been sentenced to 90 days in jail in connection to an incident in April…
Peggy Morehead
Jan. 10, 1946 – July 14, 2012 Peggy L. Morehead, 66, of Sweet Home, died July 14, 2012…
Lillian Marjorie Brown February 29, 1916 – July 14, 2012
Lillian Marjorie Brown, 96, of Sweet Home passed away Saturday with many of her loved ones by her…
Credit for car show goes around
Editor: This is to the sponsors and fellow volunteers of the Sweet Home Sweet Ride Charity Car Show…
Give your fresh fruit a washing
Editor: I have noticed that both family and public kitchen help all seem to presume that if strawberries…
Happy to see SH’s success
Editor: This is to the amazing people of Sweet Home. Recently, Rural Development Initiatives brought our two-day Board…
Romney not only ‘hypocrite’
Editor: In answer to Diane Daiute’s letter to the editor (July 11) in which she complained about Mitt…
Welcome home, Husky alumni
Only one of our staff here at The New Era is currently a graduate of Sweet Home High…
Ashley Severns, Ben Bracellin engaged
Ashley Severns and Ben Bracellin have announced their engagement to marry on Aug. 31 in Portland. The bride-to-be…
Rash of graffiti pops up around town
The Sweet Home Police Department is investigating a series of tagging on July 5 and may have suspects.…
Victim’s role in fire under investigation
Police are investigating a fire in which a Sweet Home woman was seriously burned on July 1 in…