The New Era - All about Sweet Home since 1929

The Huskies’ defense broke down Monday afternoon, as they committed nine errors and helped the Sisters Outlaws dominate the baseball diamond and hand Sweet Home a 12-1 loss. Sisters scored seven runs in the first two innings. The Huskies were able...

April 28 9:45 a.m. - Caller reported the neighbor’s chickens are loose and eating her flowers, 2100 block of Main. Referred to code enforcement. 10:23 a.m. - Caller reported finding money on the sidewalk, 16th and Elm. Placed in found property. 10:...

A transient Sweet Home woman was injured in a hit-and-run Thursday night, and then Friday her pickup truck was apparently stolen and then abandoned and burned on Highway 20 west of Sweet Home. At 10:08 p.m. on Thursday, Sweet Home police responded... Full story

Linn County voters will decide May 20 whether to approve a 25-cent increase in the Linn County Law Enforcement Levy. The Law Enforcement Levy, which provides funding the Linn County Sheriff’s Office, Linn County Juvenile Department and the District... Full story

Editor: Just when you think things could not get any more perverted, you find out Canada is supplying America with dead babies to use as fuel at a Covanta Marion waste-to-energy facility in Brooks, Oregon. They are very quick to inform us that...

Editor: I would like to applaud City Councilors Trask, Mahler and Mayor Gourley for standing up and trying to look after the citizens of this community. Obviously, the other four councilors are lacking common sense and don’t understand the...

Editor: Many thanks to the Sweet Home Community Foundation Committee for choosing the Sweet Home School District Digital Vision Screening Program as a recipient of a $1,500 award this year. These funds will go towards the purchase of the Pedia...

Editor: I’m disappointed that Wildflower (Buttitta, April 23) finds our Community Center restrooms unsatisfactory. I think she hasn’t driven across our continent enough to find out what really grungy facilities look like. And that’s not...

Editor: I would like to make a correction concerning my previous letter (April 23) about the Oregon Jamboree. As has been pointed out to me, it was indeed Leslie Ancke, not Leslie Howe, who worked with Marge Geil in securing the first Jamboree. I... Full story

Editor: I would like to address some issues of April 22 (see page 1) in a positive way. It is a fact that any law or ordinance (especially zoning ordinances) is going to be a benefit to most people, but not all. The issue at this meeting was the... Full story

The road over Foster Dam will be closed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, May 1, and from 8 a.m. to noon Thursday, May 8 to move equipment being used for juvenile fish passage and research....

Feb. 6, 1929 - April 25, 2014 Former Sweet Home resident Wilma L. (Parker) Vasey, 85, went to be with the Lord on April 25, 2014. She was born Feb. 6, 1929 in Joplin, Mo. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Vasey also lived in Las Cruces, N.M. and in Joplin....

A retired Sweet Home couple’s request to stay in their recreational vehicle between trips out of town has been denied, leaving them and city officials pondering their options. The Sweet Home City Council last week denied an appeal of a Planning...

Sweet Home will not impose a moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries. The council, in a tight 4-3 vote, turned down a motion to enact a one-year moratorium on the facilities during its regular meeting on April 22, following the third reading of... Full story