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SHJH work unearths surprise time capsule
By Sean C. Morgan Of The New Era Where were you in ’92? Burying a time capsule, perchance?…
Rural home burns
By Sean C. Morgan Of The New Era A fire ripped through and destroyed the home of an…
Fire danger level drops with added rain
The rain has driven the fire danger level and industrial fire precaution level to “low” and level one.…
Bank closes
Nichole Forbes, manager of Wells Fargo branch in Sweet Home locks the door for the final time after…
Elm Street residences to get updated water line connections
By Sean C. Morgan Of The New Era The Sweet Home City Council last week approved a project…
Lockout lifted at SHHS, SHJH after threat proves unfounded
Sweet Home Junior High and Sweet Home High School entered lockout Thursday, Sept. 13, after a report by…
Holley gets new playground equipment
New playground equipment was installed last week at Holley School. The school had an old wooden play structure…
Sweet Home students scout their futures at Classroom to Careers Expo
Students from Sweet Home Junior High School toured the Classroom to Careers Expo Friday, Sept. 14, in Lebanon,…
City makes changes at Sankey in effort to ‘take back’ park
Sean C Morgan Big changes continue at Sankey Park as part of the city’s effort to “take back”…
Sweet Home adopting new approach to leaf collection
Sean C. Morgan For decades, when tree leaves start dropping as fall arrives, city officials have asked residents…
Hazardous trees removed from Evergreen pocket park
The City of Sweet Home cut down 10 hazardous trees in the 1400 block of Evergreen Lane, which…
Fire danger reduced after rainfall
Sean C. Morgan With some rainfall over the weekend, local fire danger levels fell to “moderate” and Industrial…
Local man accidentally shoots self
A Sweet Home man accidentally shot himself in the leg at Circle K. Police responded to 2405 Main…
Owners honored for 29 years of effort in timber propagation
Sean C Morgan Sherman and Leslie Weld, Linn County’s Tree Farmers of 2018, are managing their tree farm…
Board OKs plan to fund SHJH project
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home School Board Monday approved a resolution allowing the School District to spend…
School starts smoothly as SHJH prepares for construction project
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home principals reported smooth opening weeks of school as the new year began on…
Here and gone: Tennessee walker takes no breaks on way across U.S.
Sean C. Morgan A Tennessee man walked through Sweet Home Monday, Sept. 10, as he neared the end…
Local quilters produce skirts for capitol Christmas trees
Sean C. Morgan A group of Sweet Home quilters on Friday, Sept. 7, turned in the last of…
Hawthorne renovations completed in time for new school year
Sean C. Morgan Hawthorne Elementary School has some 70 new faces this year, but the biggest of them…
Capital campaign begins for Samaritan drug rehab facility
Sarah Brown Samaritan Health Services launched its capital campaign to raise funds for the construction of its Samaritan…
How to overcome after you’ve overdone it on sugar
Cathryn Arndt I vividly remember the last time I over-did the cookie eating. I had been able to…
City Hall goes to bid
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council last week approved plans to seek bids to remodel the…
Logger finds hobby in woodworking
Sean C. Morgan In a case of real-life foreshadowing, Kody Marvin was the Tin Woodman in the Sweet…
Owner seeks arsenic solution
Sean C. Morgan Landlord Josh Victor says he plans to initiate the process to connect his north 18th…
Library wraps up summer with puppet show, carnival games
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Public Library’s Summer Reading Program ended last week with a bang –…