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Bells to celebrate 70th anniversary
Scott Swanson Bill and Verna Bell are matter-of-fact about the fact that they’re celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary…
City budget 14% lower, with loss of 3.5 positions
Sean C. Morgan The city of Sweet Home Budget Committee unanimously approved the 2012-13 budget as proposed by…
High school to stage Monty Python’s ‘Holy Grail’
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home High School will present “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” on stage in…
Saving smolts. Foster study seeks to determine best ways to keep young fish alive
Sean C. Morgan South Santiam Hatchery steelhead smolts are busy taking one for their wild kin this month…
Couple celebrates 70 years of marriage, including ‘a lot of give and take’
Sean C. Morgan Ed and Wanda McCartin of Sweet Home celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary Saturday at the…
Pending city pay hikes raise eyebrows
Sean C. Morgan Following a discussion at the city’s Budget Committee meeting on May 2, city councilors will…
District asks legislators to address school funding inequities
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home School District #55 has asked state representatives Sherri Sprenger and Phil Barnhart to…
Proposed water filling station prompts questions
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Budget Committee member Dave Trask questioned the wisdom of including a $130,000 water…
Water station proposal prompts questions
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Budget Committee member Dave Trask questioned the wisdom of including a $130,000 water…
Local youngsters invited to compete in Hershey track meet
Boys and girls ages 9 to 14 are invited to compete in the annual local Hershey’s Track and…
Alleged assault on mother leads to arrest
A Sweet Home-area man was arrested Saturday, April 28, after allegedly assaulting his 79-year-old mother, Linn County Sheriff…
City cracking down on wayward cans – sort of
Sean C. Morgan The city of Sweet Home has urged residents to get their trash cans out of…
Ashton Scholarship deadline May 7
Completed applications for the 23rd annual Dan and Daisy Ashton Scholarship must be turned in by Monday, May…
Krystina Tack returns home to help prostate victims
Sean C. Morgan After developing a career as a medical physicist with prostate cancer research and clinical experience,…
Students learn to deal with invasive species
Sean C. Morgan Four Sweet Home High School students spent Saturday morning, April 28, finding and cataloging invasive…
City Council: Ex-Frontier should get new chance
Sean C. Morgan Ernie Volkers and Manuel L. Victor are hoping to soon reopen the old Frontier bar…
School funding picture looking slightly rosier
Sean C. Morgan While forecasts are optimistic for school funding in the 2013-15 biennium, School District 55 will…
Fire Women’s duck contest to float Saturday
Sweet Home Fire Women’s Association will hold its second annual Duck Race at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 5,…
Cross-country cyclists, led by ex-cop, ride for pot
Sean C. Morgan Three men riding bicycles across the country, from Newport to Savannah, Ga., Passed through Sweet…
Drug collection event nets 128 pounds
The Sweet Home Police Department, in cooperation with the Drug Enforcement Administration, reported that 53 people dropped off…
Linn Shuttle rapidly reaching capacity, thanks to growing ridership
Scott Swanson The recent sharp increase in fuel prices has increased ridership of Linn Shuttle buses to the…
Ashton scholarship available to local students before May 7
04/24/12 Applications for the 23rd annual Dan and Daisy Ashton Scholarship are available from the Linn-Benton Community College…
City budget for 2012-13 14% leaner
Sean C. Morgan The city of Sweet Home’s proposed 2012-13 budget is 14 percent smaller than the 2011-12…
Lifesaver
Sean C. Morgan Custodian credited with aiding choking third-grader When 8-year-old Mary Maschke started choking during lunch on…
Foster Dam Road to close for 3 weeks of fish tests
Fish passage tests at Foster Dam will close Foster Dam Road during the day and restrict traffic to…