Library summer program features wide variety of activities
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Public Library Summer Reading Program gets under way on June 20. Registration…
New superintendent gets high marks from board
Sean C. Morgan The District 55 School Board gave Supt. Don Schrader ratings of “high satisfactory” to “very…
Injuries add to Sweet Home cops’ woes
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Police Department continues to run shorthanded, with two new officers attending the…
Albany company gives SH woman’s home a new roof
Sean C. Morgan Mary Carter of Sweet Home was one of two recipients of new roofs provided by…
City officials crunch numbers on water filling station
Sean C. Morgan If the city of Sweet Home builds a proposed water filling station, the facility would…
4 chosen to lead graduates
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School’s 2012 valedictorians are Kristen Tolle, Tyler Fosback and Tiffany Miller. Kyle…
Principals hired for Oak Heights and Hawthorne
Sean C. Morgan The District 55 School Board hired Terry Augustadt as principal of Hawthorne Elementary School and…
Forest Service begins planning Cool Soda area
Sean C. Morgan The U.S. Forest Service Sweet Home Ranger District is looking for public input to help…
Remembering fallen heroes
Sean C. Morgan Mayor Craig Fentiman said it was an honor to have the opportunity to stand before…
Council opts for raises
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council voted 4-2 Tuesday to allow employees not represented by unions…
City considers new rules for lights
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Planning Commission is developing a new ordinance to control lighting in residential…
Quartzville fence goes up to protect threatened areas
Sean C. Morgan The U.S. Forest Service Sweet Home Ranger District and the Northwest Mineral Prospector’s Club teamed…
One veteran to replace another in high school principal changeover
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School Principal Pat Stineff will retire at the end of the school…
Seniors get kick out of their time capsule contents
Sean C. Morgan No one could find the Twinkie, but everything else that Pleasant Valley kindergarteners, the Class…
SH elementary schools losing two principals grade schools
Sean C. Morgan Derek Barnhurst and Ryan Beck have resigned from their positions as principals of Oak Heights…
Sweet Home Ranger District series of guided hikes a a public education hit
Sean C. Morgan The U.S. Forest Service Sweet Home Ranger District’s annual series of very popular guided hikes…
City Council discusses pay raises, bulk water usage
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council is discussing whether to rescind a resolution it passed last…
District asks legislators to address school funding inequities
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home School District #55 has asked state representatives Sherri Sprenger and Phil Barnhart to…
Pending city pay hikes raise eyebrows
Sean C. Morgan Following a discussion at the city’s Budget Committee meeting on May 2, city councilors will…
Saving smolts. Foster study seeks to determine best ways to keep young fish alive
Sean C. Morgan South Santiam Hatchery steelhead smolts are busy taking one for their wild kin this month…
Couple celebrates 70 years of marriage, including ‘a lot of give and take’
Sean C. Morgan Ed and Wanda McCartin of Sweet Home celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary Saturday at the…
High school to stage Monty Python’s ‘Holy Grail’
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School will present “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” on stage in…
City budget 14% lower, with loss of 3.5 positions
Sean C. Morgan The city of Sweet Home Budget Committee unanimously approved the 2012-13 budget as proposed by…
Proposed water filling station prompts questions
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Budget Committee member Dave Trask questioned the wisdom of including a $130,000 water…
Water station proposal prompts questions
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Budget Committee member Dave Trask questioned the wisdom of including a $130,000 water…