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Sharing Tree, food basket drives start
It’s the time of year when the citizens of Sweet Home come together to help less fortunate local…
Gardeners plan geranium giveaway
Anybody out there want a piece of the floral contents of Sweet Home’s Main Street median? Members of…
Teens needed to fill vacant Youth Advisory Council seats
Sean C. Morgan The City Council is seeking students to fill nine seats on the Youth Advisory Council.…
Council zeroes in on final decision on chickens, pets
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home City Council will likely make a decision on whether to allow many…
LBCC brown bag series features local academics
The Linn-Benton Community College Physical Science Department is offering a brown bag speaker series each Wednesday from noon…
Fire at chip mill
Firefighters battle a fire in a woodpile located at 28859 Hwy. 20, a WPK Industries chip mill west…
Rise in ridership forces addition of more Linn buses
Scott Swanson The number of passengers on the Linn Shuttle buses has increased to the point that Manager…
Levy to be first option for pool
Sean C. Morgan School District 55 officials will look into using a local option levy to fund the…
Sweet Home man arrested after fatal motorcycle crash
Sweet Home police arrested a Sweet Home man on Friday in connection to a fatal motorcycle crash on…
Singing Christmas Tree needs some more singers
Sean C. Morgan Rehearsals for the 30th Annual Singing Christmas Tree performance are under way, but the choir…
New SH librarian has always had yen for books
Sean C. Morgan Rose Peda had a library in her garage when she was in the fifth grade.…
Artist’s talent for painting bloomed late
Scott Swanson Judy Dean always has loved art, but she really didn’t get serious about it until four…
Police: Lock or pay price
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Police Chief Bob Burford is wondering what it’s going to take to get…
Fern Ridge fire destroys shop
Fire engulfed a shop located at 27455 Fern Ridge Road early Sunday. At right, a firefighter prepares gear…
Seachers find man’s body in Foster Lake
The body of a Corvallis man, who had been reported missing on Monday, Sept. 12, was found by…
Police centennial celebrates department history
Sean C. Morgan When the Sweet Home Police Department formed, William Howard Taft was president of the United…
Blasts from the past
Sean C. Morgan The date that the Sweet Home Police Department was actually established is a bit of…
Junior high field gets donated scoreboard
Sean C. Morgan Sweet Home Junior High School is installing a scoreboard on its upper football field this…
Oct. 5 meeting to let residents weigh in on Cascadia Post Office closure
Scott Swanson Cascadia residents will get a chance to voice their opinion on whether their neighborhood Post Office…
SHEDG to stop underwriting Rodeo
Sean C. Morgan The Sweet Home Economic Development Group Board of Directors, at its regular meeting on Sept.…
Foster fields get fix-up, thanks to Eagle Scout project
Scott Swanson When Reed Meyers completed his Eagle Scout project in July, he was following a family tradition…
Jim Basting hanging up fire helmet after 42 years
Sean C. Morgan After more than 42 years in the fire service, Jim Basting, 62, is retiring from…
Web concerns prompt man’s removal from substitutes list
Sean C. Morgan and Scott Swanson Following a local parent’s complaint about the content of a local artist’s…
Utah concealed handgun permit useful to Oregonians
Sean C. Morgan If you’ve got an Oregon concealed handgun permit, you can pretty much carry a weapon…