Opinion

In response to Don Austin’s letter of Oct. 12: Yes, Mr. Austin, you are right. The swim club…

Editor To our representatives, Sen. Merkley’s field representative, Oregon Rep. Sherrie Sprenger. Linn County Commission Chairman Roger Nyquist…

The fact that property values are down and that tax revenues for our local Police Department were likely…

Editor: Have you noticed? The East Linn Museum received a new roof, or at least part of a…

Editor: “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term…

The South Santiam Sweet Potato Queens were sorry to be unable to attend the Police Centennial celebration. The…

Editor: I read your article “Levy to be first option for pool” in the Oct. 5 paper. As…

The financial crunch we’ve all felt for the last several years continues to inflict pain on Sweet Home.…

Editor: Re “Responsibiliy equals terrorism?” (Aug. 10): Good for you, Jeani West. It’s called planning ahead. I’ve never…

Editor: Even in our sluggish economy 16 area restaurants generously agreed to participate in Dining for Troops on…

Editor: I recently took a walk around town to get some exercise, but what I got was a…

Let’s let the bus drivers design their routes. Why not have a passenger van parked at Foster School…

I support local business but then I shop at Wal-Mart, after that I will head over to Albany…

Osama bin Laden said in a 2004 videotape, “We, alongside the mujahideen, bled Russia for 10 years, until…

This Sunday will mark the 10th anniversary of the Muslim terrorists’ attacks on the World Trade Center in…

Editor: Thank you, thank you, thank you to the people who plant, feed and nurture those beautiful flowers…

Editor: School Board Chairman Jason Redick, please reconsider your plan to make children on High Deck and Whiskey…

Editor: I must be one of those extreme right-wing tea party terrorists who just ruined the credit rating…

Editor: During the Jamboree event I was fortunate to rub shoulders with many VIPs. The VIPs I am…

Bruce Bartlett, former deputy budget director for Pres. George H.W. Bush and aide to President Reagan, says the…

Scott Swanson It wasn’t until I went to visit my parents in Grants Pass last weekend that the…

Editor: The staff at Sweet Home Early Head Start would like to extend their gratitude to the Sweet…

Editor: Regarding the Frontier Bar: “A long history of violations,” “a history of serious and consistent problems,” and…

Editor: I recently received your issue of The New Era with the article on the 1939 class reunion.…