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The New Era Celebrates 85 Years of Service to Sweet Home: 1929-2014 Souvenir Section Article
The New Era was born on Sept. 27, 1929 with the publication of the first issue by Dr.…
Boys and Girls Club kicks off Blue Doors fund-raiser
Sean C. Morgan The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Greater Santiam is aiming to raise $150,000 during…
OSP investigating crash that resulted in SH woman’s death
Oregon State Police are investigating a two-vehicle crash that killed a Sweet Home woman last week at the…
Marijuana dispensary opening goes ‘pretty good’
Sean C. Morgan Going Green, a medical marijuana dispensary, opened Aug. 30. That was later than Manager C.J.…
Three arrested in connection with break-ins
Sweet Home police have arrested three men in connection to a series of burglaries this month. Arrested were…
SH man ejected, injured in crash
A Sweet Home man was ejected from his vehicle and seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash on Crawfordsville…
Local cyclists seek state OK for scenic route
Scott Swanson Doug Robin and Donna Short have ridden the entire breadth of the United States and many…
Corps starts work on Green Peter Dam
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started work on one of Green Peter Dam’s two spillway gates Monday.…
Elderly bicyclist injured in collision with car
A bicyclist was injured Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 17, in a collision with a vehicle near Hilltop Market in…
Stop signs approved for airport-area intersections
Sean C. Morgan The City Council last week approved new stop signs at four different locations on cross…
Planners approve use of RV as temporary dwelling
The Sweet Home Planning Commission approved on Sept. 8 the use of a recreational vehicle as a temporary…
Tour DaVita takes hundreds of cyclists hundreds of miles – to SH
If you noticed large numbers of bicyclists riding along roads through and surrounding Sweet Home Sunday, you witnessed…
Fires reminder of ‘extreme’ danger
Sean C. Morgan The Oregon Department of Forestry Sweet Home Unit responded to five calls on Thursday, two…
Entertainers planning ‘Hee Hee Haw Haw’ dinner show
Sean C. Morgan To help raise cash for a project at the Sweet Home Elks Lodge, Shirley Austin…
Enrollment stays about same as last school year
Total enrollment in School District 55 is about the same as it was at the beginning of the…
Schools off to smooth start
Sean C. Morgan While district officials report a smooth first week of school, they continue adapting to Common…
Officer Hamlin named SHPD Employee of the Year
Sean C. Morgan The staff of the Sweet Home Police Department named Officer Geoff Hamlin Employee of the…
Second man sentenced in home invasion
Brian Lee Lindsay was sentenced on Aug. 18 to 78 months in prison in three cases, including a…
Struggle to have baby ending for SH couple
Sean C. Morgan Joe and Stephanie Borello of Sweet Home have struggled to have a baby for eight…
BMX project under way
Sean C. Morgan Over the past two weeks, James Goble and city staff have been busy repairing and…
Couple celebrates 65th anniversary
Fred V. and Edi (Stanton) Smith celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on Sept. 1 with many of their…
Fall Car Care tips from NAPA Auto Parts of Sweet Home
Natalie Grove Advertising Writer NAPA, which stands for National Auto Parts Association, is all about parts. With over…
Fire danger reaching highest level of season
Sean C. Morgan While fire ripped across some 100 acres in Corvallis, forcing the evacuation of more than…
BLM sells timber east of Sweet Home
Approximately 15.6 million board feet (MMBF) of timber was offered for sale at oral auction by the Bureau…
Voters get green light on city charter ballot measure
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home voters will decide on Nov. 4 whether or not to revise the city…