Cops, city reach tentative agreement on contract
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Police Department Emergency Services Union last week reached a tentative agreement with…
Chickens in town get final OK from City Council
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council last week adopted an ordinance revision that will permit Sweet…
Budget fix is ‘Band-aid on an artery cut’
Sean C. Morgan The city of Sweet Home will transfer $572,000 to the Sweet Home Police Department and…
Mural committee needs help on cops photo
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Active Revitalization Effort Murals Committee is seeking at least one photo of…
Fire season ends mildly
Sean C. Morgan A short, mild fire season officially ended a little earlier than usual after 10 days…
Floating device monitors lake water quality
Sean C. Morgan Since last summer, boaters and visitors to Foster Lake might have noticed an extra floating…
Genealogy Society puts final touches on history book
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Genealogical Society’s new photo history book about Sweet Home is in its…
Biomass concept heats up at SH meeting
Sean C. Morgan Heat for downtown Sweet Home buildings could come from burning woody biomass, the byproduct of…
Cops press for arbitration in contract fight
Sean C. Morgan After meeting Oct. 19 to discuss declining revenues, The Sweet Home Police Department Emergency Services…
Kyle Winslow, Kristen Tolle named Jr. First Citizens
Sean C. Morgan Seniors Kyle Winslow and Kristen Tollen have been selected as Sweet Home High School’s Junior…
Charter School ‘outstanding,’ with others close behind
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Charter School received a rating of “outstanding” in school report cards released…
City variance ordinance to get bit of a makeover
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Planning Commission this month began reviewing and revising its variance ordinance, the…
After 35 years at commission helm, Meyers calls it quits
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Planning Commission Chairman Dick Meyers has made it his mission to help people…
City Council, planners updating conditional use rules
Sean C. Morgan The City Council held a public hearing on Oct. 11 to consider revisions to the…
Tax figures ‘shock’ chief, destroy cops budget
Sean C. Morgan Stunned Sweet Home city officials are scrambling to figure out what to do after learning…
Calligraphy conference draws enthusiasts to SH
Sean C. Morgan They enjoy creating beautiful letters, the way scribes did before the invention of the printing…
Board to mull 4-day week for schools
Sean C. Morgan A four-day school week in Sweet Home schools is a possibility for next school year.…
Cemetery running out of cash; puts levy on ballot
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Cemetery District is proposing a five-year 8-cent local option levy in the…
‘Leave us alone’
Sean C. Morgan Cascadia-area residents sound off on Post Office closure question Closing the local Post Office will…
Singing Christmas Tree needs some more singers
Sean C. Morgan Rehearsals for the 30th Annual Singing Christmas Tree performance are under way, but the choir…
Council zeroes in on final decision on chickens, pets
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council will likely make a decision on whether to allow many…
Teens needed to fill vacant Youth Advisory Council seats
Sean C. Morgan The City Council is seeking students to fill nine seats on the Youth Advisory Council.…
Levy to be first option for pool
Sean C. Morgan School District 55 officials will look into using a local option levy to fund the…
School board sets goals for 2011-12 academic year
Sean C. Morgan The District 55 School Board, during its regular meeting on Sept. 12, adopted a set…
Utah concealed handgun permit useful to Oregonians
Sean C. Morgan If you’ve got an Oregon concealed handgun permit, you can pretty much carry a weapon…