Girls reach second round of state water polo
Sweet Home’s water polo teams finished their season in the first rounds of the state playoffs last weekend…
Johnson top Husky finisher in state cross-country
Sweet Home sent five runners to the state 4A cross-country meet and sophomore Olivia Johnson came away with…
Vote yes on Extension District
Editor: As Nov. 4 approaches, I would like to urge you to vote yes for the 4-H Extension…
Operation Santa seeking help
Editor: Operation Santa USMC is once again seeking donations of items to include with Christmas In a Box…
Meeting chance to discuss sports
Editor: It seems that some people of the community may be getting the wrong information so I would…
Abortion is hypocrisy
Editor: How can anyone think their constitutional right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness includes the…
Gridders handle tough Central squad for a half, succumb in second
In the end, the Huskies succumbed to the athleticism of the Central Panthers, losing their final league game…
Netters defeat Taft in five-game in final match of season
Though Sweet Home teetered on the brink of disaster, the Huskies performed in the clutch when they had…
Soccer finishes with losses
The Husky boys soccer team wrapped up its season Thursday with a loss a 5-0 loss at Taft.…
Bully Gang wins big at Capital City Cage Fights
Capital City Cage Fights were good times for Sweet Home’s Bully Gang Mixed Martial Arts team as it…
Girls end regular season with loss
For The New Era It was senior day last Tuesday as the girls water polo team played its…
Water polo teams advance to state
The Huskies water polo teams both finished in fourth place at their district meet at South Albany High…
Betty Vogel
Betty Mozelle Linton Vogel, 73, died in Sweet Home on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008. She was born in…
Dorothy Irene Brown
Dorothy Irene Brown, 91, of Sweet Home died on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008. She was born on Nov.…
Luella Stutzman
March 25, 1927 – Oct. 23, 2008 Luella Stutzman, 81, of Sweet Home and Lebanon died on Thursday,…
Paul Douglas Hamilton
Paul “Sasquatch” Douglas Hamilton, 50, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008. He was born on…
Hwy. 20 move raises questions
Editor: What a smiley face the state puts on closing Hwy. 20 (Oct. 15). Nowhere did they acknowledge…
Measure 65 seriously undemocratic; Vote no
This year we face many statewide ballot measures. Most of those have already been fully discussed in public…
Ames photos missed some IDs
Editor: Mona Waibel wrote a fine, detailed article about the Ames family in the September 2008 issue of…
Homecoming Court
Members of the 2008 Sweet Home High School Homecoming Court are, from left: Ryan Graville, Jessie Snow, Zane…
Cleanup Crowd
Local residents turned out Saturday morning to do some fall clean up work in the downtown are, an…
Sheriff’s sergeant charged with assault
John Lovik, 42, a sergeant with Linn County Sheriff’s Office, was charged with fourth-degree assault and harassment on…
Harlan Banta
Harlan Banta, 86, died at his home on Oct. 12, 2008. He was born Oct. 28, 1921 in…
Ila Withrow
Ila Beatrice (Bea) Withrow, 88, of Sweet Home died Oct. 18, 2008 at Lebanon Community Hospital. She was…
Jacqueline Moore
Former Sweet Home resident Jacqueline “Jackie” Moore, 81, of Grants Pass, died Oct. 14, 2008 at Royale Gardens…