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Woman runs afoul of unemployment card ‘hold’
Scott Swanson Teresa Cissney says she got a nasty turn at the store the other day when she…
Longtime fire Battalion Chief Doug Emmert retiring
Sean C. Morgan Doug Emmert, 54, will work his last shift at the Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance…
Free Thanksgiving meals offered
Sean C. Morgan Nobody should go hungry this Thanksgiving Day. The Point restaurant, the Veterans Club and the…
Christmas Parade gets the OK; will go off Saturday morning, Dec. 3
The Christmas parade is on. City officials approved the parade route last week. The Chamber of Commerce lacked…
Christmas in the air Helicopter harvest helps local farmer get trees to distant markets in a hurry
Staff 11/23/11By Scott Swanson Problem: How to move 5,000 Christmas trees from the farm to the sales lot…
Questions regarding Cascadia Post Office’s future intensify
The loss of Cascadia’s Post Office doesn’t mean the end of Cascadia’s effort to keep a Post Office…
Rodeo to hold kick-off dinner
Sweet Home Rodeo will hold it Kick-Off Dinner and Auction at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at the…
Eighth-graders show off scientific prowess
Scott Swanson The Sweet Home Junior High eighth-graders’ Science Fair Wednesday, Nov. 9, presented visitors with a mathematical…
8th tree auction set for Dec. 3
The Sweet Home Alumni Foundation will host its Eighth Annual Decorated Tree Auction, “Home Sweet Home for the…
SHPD to give gifts to needy children
Sweet Home Police Department will offer a Kids 5-Point Star Christmas tree this year for anyone with children…
Plan spells changes for Green Peter, Quartzville
Scott Swanson The Linn County Parks and Recreation Department, together with other government agencies, has produced a Recreation…
Winslow named county Junior First Citizen
Kyle Winslow, a senior at Sweet Home High School, was named Linn County Junior First Citizen last week.…
TV stars strike gold
Sean C. Morgan Esben Selvig and Thomas Gullestad came all the way from Norway to Oregon looking for…
Cemetery board ups its prices
Sean C. Morgan In response to the defeat by voters of its request for a local option levy…
Schools to seek tax levy
Sean C. Morgan The District 55 School Board voted unanimously Monday night to place a local option levy…
Cascadia Post Office, former school burn
Fire destroyed the former Cascadia School Saturday morning and afternoon, then moved to the adjacent Cascadia Post Office,…
Volunteers take case for parade to city
Sean C. Morgan Whether Sweet Home will have a Christmas parade this year is in the city government’s…
Skate park neighbors complain about noise, rudeness
Sean C. Morgan Neighbors of the city’s skate park are getting sick and tired of the language and…
Parents, staff oppose four-day school week
Sean C. Morgan Parents and staff members packed the school disrict board room Monday night to let the…
Police, library get general fund money
Sean C. Morgan The City Council approved a supplemental budget last week, transferring money from the general fund…
Orange, grapefruit sale for harriers
The Sweet Home High School track and cross-country teams are holding their annual orange and grapefruit sale through…
Family Bingo for choir, forestry
A Family Bingo Night to support the Sweet Home High School choir and Forestry Club programs, will be…
East Linn Museum seeks funds for new roof
Sean C. Morgan The East Linn Museum Society replaced part of the museum roof this year in response…
Triathlete to speak on diabetes
Ironman triathlete and motivational speaker Jay Hewitt, who has Type 1 diabetes, will speak from 9 to 10…
Service members, past and present, deserve thanks
Robert Morrison It seems the term “Tall Ship” must have come from John Masefield’s poem, “Sea Fever.” My…