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Comprehensive plan public hearing is August 26
Next Tuesday, August 26, the Sweet Home City Council will hold a meeting in the City Hall Annex…
Congress must spend money to fight fires, remove fuels
U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio and Greg Walden Last fall, we made an effort to come together to write…
The New Era earns six ONPA awards
Photos of Sweet Home residents at play and mopping up after a 90-plus-mile-per-hour wind storm earned The New…
Support the Sweet Home Community Foundation
Max Thompson Sweet Home Community Foundation The Sweet Home Community Foundation (SHCF) has concentrated on increasing contributions to…
Where’s Sheryl Crow?
I have heard that Sheryl Crow has been sighted around Sweet Home in a teal Corvette convertible. For…
A billion here, a billion there…
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting…
Want to Protect the Earth? Then Protect Private Property
J. David Breemer Earth Day – April 22 – is a good occasion to revisit the question: Do…
SHHS class focuses energieson greenhouse construction
They’ve made bird houses an outhouse and now they’re working on a green house. Benny Dahlenburg’s construction technology…
ODOT doing something well
Now, here’s something amazing — Oregon Department of Transportation is actually doing something decent. Okay, the project itself…
Legislature should clean its own budget house first
Our friend Les Zaitz is an investigative reporter at the Oregonian. He and his wife, Scotta Callister, also…
Emergency preparedness tips: it never hurts to be cautious
Police Chief Bob Burford First let me say that if I had to pick anyplace on earth to…
Don Flood
Just Call Me Mr. Lucky I am the luckiest guy on earth. Not just because of my family,…
TV land marriage go round
As a society we ponder the impact of divorce on our children and its cost in every facet…
Library won’t close if levy fails
Voters need to realize that voting no on the current library levy request will not result in the…
Legislative Report (week of February 17, 2003)
Phil Barnhart, State Representative, Central Lane and Linn Counties Last week the House had its first substantive debate…
Morrisette to chair Senate Health Policy Committe
State Sen. Bill Morrisette, D-Springfield, whose district includes parts of Linn County around Sweet Home, will be chairman…
Year in review Part II
July Weyerhaeuser announces sale of Wimer; Retired New Era editor named parade grand marshal; SH grad appears on…
Smoking, religion, overeating are personal responsibilities
It’s strange that tobacco users are the most common target of those do-gooders who mean to improve the…
Police Chief urges caution when dealing with telemarketing calls
The Sweet Home Police Department and the Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District have received complaints of a…
Once Over Lightly
(Editor’s Note: I was fortunate last weekend to speak at the homecoming pep chapel of my alma mater,…
Letter to the Editor
The Bargain Seeker I love to go to garage sales. There is bargains galore. I think it is…
TimberOregonians who tresaure the forests should recognize that selective logging could save old-growth trees and revive the industry that built this state
Hal Salwasser First printed in The Oregonian Logging. It was once what Oregon was all about. Now, it’s…
Peacemakers ride trail with heart, independence
Some old saying goes something like “nothing is ever as good as you remember it.” I’m here to…
Giving back to the communityis mission of S.H. Foundation
(The Sweet Home Community Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting groups and projects in the immediate…
Honor Sept. 11 dead as well this Memorial Day
One year ago, we were a nation at peace, but not now. A short year ago, Blue Star…