Opinion

Editor: Recently, the Sweet Home Veteran’s Club and Double “D” Karaoke hosted their first karaoke contest. Our main…

Editor: My wife and I have recently bought a house in Sweet Home. We have lived here about…

Editor: The first two weeks of October celebrate National Nurse Midwifery Week and National Physician Assistant Week, giving…

How do you turn a downtown around? That was the topic at a revitalization workshop held in Albany…

Editor: I’m a big-city boy and have always found it annoying that small-town people think of themselves as…

Editor: We are writing to thank the Sweet Home School District Transportation Department, (Transportation Director) LD Ellison, and…

Sweet Home Emergency Ministries has been the face of hope to many local residents who have seen tough…

Editor: I recommend reading the Sept. 23, 2007 New York Times article “At Many Homes, More Profit and…

Editor: I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised to read the report that our governor has chosen to…

Editor: Thank you for all your prayers, cards and donations. The outcome at his (Tony Erevia’s) funeral service…

Editor: To the wonderful caring people of Sweet Home, I want to thank you for the love, caring…

Editor: I was on the Safety Committee when I got some neighbors from Oak Terrace and Hwy. 228…

The recent announcement that Groves Pharmacy is closing this Thursday is, admittedly, a bit of a downer for…

Editor: It has come to my attention recently that a librarian who has given our community 20 years…

Editor: Thank you for your donations to our auction for Operation Santa, USMC. We raised more than $4,600…

Editor: We would like to take this means of thanking the City Council, Public Works director and city…

They tell you to be true to your school, but I’m having a little trouble with the old…

During their budget process last spring, Sweet Home School District No. 55 administrators proposed a plan to change…

John Kuhns Sweet Home Gleaners is here to help the community. Our mission is to help people to…

Recently, the Sweet Home Economic Development Group offered Sweet Home School District 55 a wad of cash to…

Editor: Sweet Home takes care of one another. Just last month, my husband, Bob Waibel had a problem…

We’d like to remind our readers that we welcome letters to the editor. Lately, though, we’ve received several…

Editor: Oregon’s new Domestic Partnership law (HB 2007) imposes by fiat what the citizens of Oregon in 2004…

Editor: This letter is in response to those people at the Jamboree that felt Dierks Bentley was too…

Photos don’t lie. Or do they? Though our main focus here at The New Era is on issues…