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Council votes to seek water station bids
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council voted to seek bids on a proposed water filling station…
Steve Brown taking over reins of Husky girls basketball program
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School Athletic Director Steve Brown will get back into coaching this year…
Mystery quilt square awaits members of family named
Sean C. Morgan If your last name is Draper, if you are related to the family, if you…
Memorial’s visit to Sweet Home strikes chord with veterans
Sean C. Morgan Oregon’s new World War II memorial visited the Sweet Home Elks Lodge last week to…
SH man shot with arrow during alleged argument
A Sweet Home man was arrested Thursday evening for allegedly shooting another man in the leg with a…
Clarification: Festivals sponsored, but not owned, by Bi-Mart
Sean C. Morgan A story and headline in last week’s edition of The New Era did not clearly…
Kids spruce up vets memorial
Scott Swanson Some stormy fall weather did little to deter Hawthorne School fifth-graders who spent half a day…
Rising star Jake Owen to return to Jamboree
With latest album, artist emerges as top country vocalist The Oregon Jamboree has announced the final headliner for…
After 40 years, ODF bulldozer operator, mechanic Ken Johnston calls it quits
Sean C. Morgan Ken Johnston has retired after 40 years as a mechanic and bulldozer operator for the…
Survey this week to poll city residents about parks
Sean C. Morgan Got ideas for improvements you’d like to see in Sweet Home’s parks? City staff members…
Tim Theodoroff, Leslie Lentz wed
Leslie Lentz of Albany and Tim Theodoroff of Sweet Home were married on Oct. 13 at the Skyline…
B&G Club Auction
The second annual Fall Auction for the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Santiam, themed “One Club, One…
Vietnam veteran finds appreciation years after service
Sean C. Morgan When Dennis Bechtel attended a reunion of veterans in September, who had been stationed at…
Local Veterans Day activities
Sunday, Nov. 10 7 to 10 p.m. – Annual Veteran of the Year Banquet at American Legion Post…
Cottage Grove ends Husky girls soccer playoff hopes, 3-1
The Huskies finished their season in girls soccer on Nov. 29 at Cottage Grove, losing 3-1 in a…
City officials say piles of leaves in streets causing problems
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home officials are asking residents not to pile leaves in the streets because the…
School Board OKs pool levy for ballot
Sean C. Morgan The District 55 School Board agreed Monday night to send a renewal of the local…
Fire destroys historic Holley Grange Hall
Sean C. Morgan A flue fire destroyed a Holley home, formerly the Holley Grange Hall, early Monday morning.…
New Bi-Mart-sponsored country fest to take place on southern Oregon coast Jamboree weekend
Sean C. Morgan The partners who produce the Willamette Country Music Festival in Brownsville have announced the creation…
Area women invited to get-together
Working women, college students and moms are invited to an “After Five” get-together. From 6:30 to 8 p.m.…
Foster Lake trail run Nov. 23
Sweet Home Trails Committee will hold a Foster Lake Trail and Offroad Run at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov.…
Committee seeking Strategic Plan update ideas
Sean C. Morgan If you have a project you think the community should include in an updated Strategic…
City Council taking hard look at youth advisory program
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council is reviewing and trying to figure out what the focus…
Pacific Power Foundation awards $1,000 to SH Alumni Foundation for scholarships
The Sweet Home Alumni Foundation recently received a $1,000 grant from Pacific Power Foundation to support scholarships for…