Sweet Home’s Safe Routes campaign kicks off with SHJH meeting
Scott Swanson Sweet Home’s bid to get Ore-gon Safe Routes to School funding to improve pedestrian and bicyclist…
County purchase of Edgewater moves forward
Scott Swanson Edgewater RV Park and Marina will soon be owned and operated by Linn County after the…
Community Forest team to sign cooperation declaration March 10
Scott Swanson What organizers are calling “one of its most important milestones” will take place for the South…
Meeting focuses on getting kids into the outdoors
Scott Swanson In a “get-to-know-you” meeting for representatives of various area organizations and government agencies who gathered Thursday,…
SH response to Girls on the Run has been slow
Scott Swanson Sweet Home girls aren’t exactly running to participate in a nationwide program being introduced by the…
Boys and Girls Club looking to improve program offerings, stabilize funding, director reports
Scott Swanson In her second year as executive director of the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Greater…
Girls take third in state swimming
Scott Swanson The 400 Freestyle Relay is one of the most important events for high school swimmers and…
SH wrestlers qualify nine for state as they finish second in regional
Scott Swanson It wasn’t a regional championship, but Sweet Home came close Saturday, finishing second to Cascade and…
Shuttle bus ridership on rise as new routes, schedule changes go into effect
Scott Swanson Ridership on Linn Shuttle buses is at an all-time high, thanks to expanded routes and more…
Girls pull off come-from behind district swim title; boys third
Scott Swanson Of The New Era Going into the final event, the 400 Freestyle Relay, at the district…
County negotiating to buy Edgewater RV Resort, marina
Scott Swanson Linn County has an offer on the table to purchase Edgewater RV Park and Marina on…
Just-installed stained glass windows throw new light on library
Scott Swanson Several years of fund-raising and planning came to fruition last week as stained glass artist Chuck…
Column: Elks’ goal to fix up arts performance venue deserves kudos
Scott Swanson A couple of years ago I was in the audience in the Sweet Home High School…
Board appoints book review panel
Scott Swanson The School Board on Monday evening, Feb. 3, appointed nine people to a Reconsideration of Instructional…
Victim remembered as ‘very athletic,’ with ‘kind heart’
Scott Swanson Family members recall Christine Marie Tiffany Smith as a “kind,” intelligent woman who intensely loved her…
Paintings in prose
Scott Swanson “Rising in a land of snow, Down my rushing waters go; Gathering force along my trail,…
Livability team: Sweet Home ‘unique,’ with notable collaboration
Scott Swanson Three representatives of the Livability Initiative, who toured Sweet Home Dec. 15-18 to assess and help…
Falling branch knocks out power, dents truck
Scott Swanson Charlie Spencer was getting ready to fire up his box truck to pick up mail at…
Texting to tobacco to tethers: State lays down new laws
Scott Swanson Now that it’s 2014, it’s going to cost you more if you get caught using your…
County, state parks users may see big changes starting in 2014
Scott Swanson After years of discussing the possibility of Linn County taking over the operation of Cascadia State…
Solutions Team’s role in community forest coming to end
Scott Swanson The South Santiam Community Forest Corridor Oregon Solutions Team is ready to call it quits –…
Livability program advisors here to tour, visit with Sweet Home residents
Scott Swanson Sweet Home’s Livability Initiative kicks off for real this week with a visit from three representatives…
Christmas card display rapidly develops from vision to ‘real success story’
Scott Swanson Drive into Sweet Home on a winter night this Christmas season and you will see, on…
After 33 years in wrestling room, Tim Boatwright takes off proverbial shoes
Scott Swanson It’s a tradition in Sweet Home for senior wrestlers who have finished their last home match…
Wrestlers open season in reloading mode
Scott Swanson Sweet Home’s wrestling program has had an almost unprecendented run of success in the last five…