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Sweet Home auction sets records for Boys & Girls Club
Sweet Home turned out with generosity Saturday night for the Boys & Girls Club Fall Auction held at…
School staff union meets goal for free books
Sean C. Morgan The local chapter of the Oregon School Employees Association has reached its goal to qualify…
Elkettes help Hope Center
The Sweet Home Elkettes, an auxillary of Sweet Home Elks Lodge 1972, donated $500 recently to the Hope…
Italian visitor gives SHHS students taste of fine art
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home has a world-class potter teaching art to its high school students, but when…
Matt Davis, Sierra Swanson named Junior First Citizens
Sean C. Morgan Seniors Matt Davis and Sierra Swanson have been named Junior First Citizens at Sweet Home…
3 arrested after drug search
Sweet Home police arrested three persons after serving a search warrant at 1250 Nandina St., Apartment 4. Sweet…
Back-to-back Christmas parades OK’d
The city of Sweet Home approved two Christmas parade permits for Dec. 4. “They are within 30 minutes…
Teen charged with rape of acquaintance
The Sweet Home Police Department took a 16-year-old male into custody on charges of first-degree rape and fourth-degree…
PEO chapter plans antiques appraisal fund-raiser
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Philanthropic Education Organization Chapter FA is hosting “Antiques in the Afternoon,” an opportunity…
Police abate ongoing code-violating property after drug bust
Staff After serving a search warrant and arresting three people, Sweet Home Police Department abated an ongoing code…
Love at first sight leads to 65th anniversary for local couple
Audrey Gomez Cleta and Herbert Fox celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on Sept. 30. They’ve known each other…
Portable facility in place, RV store owners continue business following fire
Sean C. Morgan Recovering from an Aug. 25 fire that destroyed a shop and damaged inventory and the…
The building of Husky Field II: How a community came together
Scott Swanson This Friday night, Oct. 9, Sweet Home High School will hold its annual Homecoming game, hosting…
Sportsman’s Holiday Court members
A committee of organizers got the Sportsman’s Holiday Court off to an early start last week, naming six…
Celebrating fall at Harvest Festival
Sweet Home residents turned out in a crowd Saturday for the annual Harvest Festival in Sankey Park. Here,…
FBI: Local crime rate on upswing
Sean C. Morgan The crime rate in Sweet Home increased significantly from 2013 to 2014, increasing by 17.4…
Ileta Hopper, other Foster Grandparents, make big impact locally
Audrey Gomez Ileta Hopper spends many hours each week helping students and teachers at Oak Heights School. She’s…
Council passes on proposal to change billing
Sean C. Morgan The City Council rejected a proposal to change the monthly date for mailing delinquency notices…
Holley gardeners reap harvest
HolleyHawk Garden Club started in February with its largest group of participants ever – “hard-working” 30 students and…
Library open mic
Both Dana Kirk and Mark Holden teach at Sweet Home Junior High and recently published their books. About…
Sweet Home man arrested following drug-related search on Westwood
Sweet Home police arrested one man in connection with a search warrant on Westwood Avenue on Sept. 22.…
Harvest Fest line-up bigger than ever
Sean C. Morgan The annual Harvest Festival, bigger and better than ever, opens at 10 a.m. Saturday in…
Main Street effort aims to pick up where others have stalled, move ahead
Scott Swanson If you were to change something about Sweet Home’s downtown, what would that be and what…