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Couple celebrate 70th wedding anniversary
Sean C. Morgan They said it wouldn’t last, but it did. Jim and Jerry Mosher will celebrate their…
State officials caution taxpayers about tax-related scams
State tax officials caution taxpayers to be on the lookout for tax-related scams, which tend to increase around…
Old Girl still rides after decades of parades
Sean C. Morgan The Old Girl has been a silent and inanimate partner to the Sweet Home VFW…
Starting up the Franklin
Navy veteran Marion Fritts choke starts by hand the Veterans of Foreign Wars Sweet Home Post’s 1930 Franklin…
Trask, Gourley, Goble, Gerson win City Council election; marijuana sales allowed and taxed
Winners of the Nov. 8 Sweet Home City Council election include incumbents Dave Trask, Diane Gerson and James…
SHFAD to start bond sale next week
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District Board of Directors has completed the final policies…
SHEDG, council mull property partnership
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council agreed by consensus Oct. 25 to partner with the Sweet…
At the World War II Memorial
The New Era went with Walt Rasch on an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.; with his son, Gerry…
Council reopens grants program
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council approved a new community grants program, with $5,000 available for…
New teacher wants to provide more to choir students
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School choir teacher Duncan Tuomi wants to help students pursue music past…
Police, fire crews start their annual Christmas gift programs
Both the Sweet Home Police Department and the Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District have begun their annual…
Elea Hewitt named Linn County Junior First Citizen
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School senior Elea Hewitt was named Linn County Junior First Citizen along…
Daytime Christmas parade moving forward
Audrey Caro Gomez “A Traditional Christmas” will be the theme of this year’s Sweet Home Christmas Parade, which…
Ex-SH volunteer wrestling coach sentenced to 18 years after guilty plea
Sean C. Morgan After pleading guilty and no contest to charges in six separate sex offense cases involving…
Chief: SH may find help in Lebanon’s efforts to deal with its homeless
Audrey Caro Gomez Sweet Home Police Chief Jeff Lynn was one of some 300 people who attended the…
Mushroom hunter missing near Green Peter
Search and rescue teams entered their second day looking for missing mushroom hunter Oliver Mercer, 58, of Lebanon.…
Arrest made in Crabtree arson case
Anthony Allen Victor (AKA Lonnie Victor), 32, of Sweet Home was arrested and lodged in the Linn County…
Longtime Sweet Home resident finds her place – on stage
Scott Swanson When Shirley Austin stands in the wings of the stage in the Sweet Home High School…
One-time top freshmen named to Jr. First Citizen honors
Scott Swanson Elea Hewitt and Shawn Wolthuis have been selected Sweet Home’s 2016 Junior First Citizens. They are…
Towry in as city manager; starts Nov. 14
Sean C. Morgan Following approval of a contract last week by the City Council, Raymond Towry is planning…
Mortuary gurney may be last link to story of unfortunate peddler
It being Halloween season, this seems a good time to revisit one of East Linn County’s unsolved murders.…
Hwy. 20 wreck
Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District rescue workers remove the roof of a pickup truck that rolled off…
UO planners say $417,000 required to spiff out Sankey Park
A draft concept plan for Sankey Park, prepared by the University of Oregon Community Planning Workshop, calls for…