Opinion

The visit to Sweet Home last week by a pair of experts in downtown renewal did what it…

Editor: I attended the Jan. 14 Sweet Home School Board meeting. In honor of School Board Appreciation month,…

Editor: Thank you, Kim Lawrence. I believe your ongoing weekly complaints are having a positive effect on this…

Editor: Impressive! The Varsity and Junior Varsity basketball teams volunteered their time and talents at Little Promises to…

Editor: As I write this I don’t know who the City Council will choose to appoint as a…

With some of this year’s Oregon Jamboree line-up signed, if not delivered, it’s time to start getting ready…

Suzanne L. Penegor and Gienie Assink Oregon counties find themselves in a budget dilemma as a result of…

Editor: I really feel terrible for Kim Lawrence. I can’t imagine having such a deep anger focused on…

Editor: Ms. Lawrence, with all the time you seem to have to pen rude, ignorant, hateful letters, I…

Editor, I am writing in response to both “Letters to the Editor” published Jan. 9. The first letter…

Editor: What is wrong with the city department heads? What type of experience do they have to have…

Editor: I would like to personally apologize to the residents that were affected by the removal of their…

Now that the new year is here, we’re pondering answers to the question of what’s going to be…

Editor: Several years ago Sam Shipp, Rich Dodge and Randy Whitfield had a forward-looking vision. They envisioned a…

Scott Swanson Here it is, the beginning of a new year. Seems like we just celebrated the start…

Editor: This is an open letter of thank you to the citizens of Sweet Home and the local…

I had intended this week to write a scathing column on the ban on the phrase “Ho Ho…

Editor: Recently, I had the pleasure of attending Sweet Home’s Singing Christmas Tree. It was wonderful. From the…

Editor: Do you not know, have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the creator of…

Editor: How soon we forget! Regarding Sean Morgan’s article in the Dec. 5 New Era concerning the Sweet…

Editor: During the last two weeks the Sweet Home community has twice dealt with periods without electricity. Neither…

Editor: The William Johnson family wishes to apologize for the incorrect date for the service in the copy…

Editor: Operation Santa, USMC, began when two Marine moms from Oregon realized that the holiday season would be…

Editor: We, as citizens of these United States of America and the state of Oregon, want our voices…

Editor: The Elks Lodge 2007 Purple Ball was a huge success. A lot of money was raised for…