Opinion

Editor: In the March 21 edition of The New Era there was a cartoon showing a soldier having…

If you’ve ever seen the 1994 movie “The Paper,” which purported to portray life at a New York…

Editor: On April 3 Oregon had its 100th traffic fatality of 2007. A traffic crash occurs every 13…

Editor: I have a few questions regarding Councilman Jim Bean’s so call ” license for cats” (April 4).…

Editor: I was once again honored to attend an early breakfast in Sweet Home and personally thank a…

Editor: Many thanks to the Sweet Home Kiwanis for purchasing more than 100 pairs of tennis shoes for…

Editor: For many years, throughout Oregon, people who suffer pulmonary problems have pleaded with grass seed growers to…

That Sweet Home has too many stray cats is undeniable. But recent suggestions by City Councilor Jim Bean…

Editor: This Alaska town of Anderson that is offering free land, well don’t jump too quickly. Anderson was…

Editor: I feel that legal social gambling in Sweet Home would be the lesser of two evils. It…

Editor: First I would like to thank Sean Morgan for the article written regarding my request to the…

Editor: This is to thank the city of Sweet Home with all of our hearts, the city, its…

I was so pleased to see Dr. Dowling honored by the Sweet Home Chamber Banquet. He is so…

I covered a difficult story recently, one that involved a situation I had thought about on more than…

Many thanks to Dr. Ivan and Dr. Henry Wolthuis for volunteering their time on the Northwest Dental Van…

Editor: I admit that I am a bit perplexed with how to begin this letter, so I think…

Editor: I know these three topics seem completely unrelated, yet the fact that they are contained in a…

Editor: Bringing in gambling to Sweet Home – no matter what kind – seems to me to be…

It’s rare that we respond publicly to a letter to the editor. But the letter below, from Skyler…

Editor: Let me begin by saying that I am not a longtime subscriber of your weekly publication. The…

Editor: I am responding to the recent editorial by my friend, Sean Morgan, calling for social gaming to…

Editor: In a front-page news story Monday, Feb. 26, in another paper, it was stated that ethanol was…

Editor: Saturday evening, Feb. 25, the Sweet Home, Lebanon and Albany Seventh-Day Adventist women’s ministries hosted a “Fashion…

Editor: I put aside my paint brushes, pen and ink to drop you a line regarding the changes…

It doesn’t make a lot of sense, but we’re supposed to move our clocks forward one hour this…