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Husky benefit breakfast raises bucks for baseball
The second annual Husky Baseball benefit breakfast was hosted Nov. 15 by the Rusty Bucket Tap House. The…
Scene Around Town: Nov. 26, 2025 – Thanksgiving
Packing Thanksgiving Boxes for Needy Members of the Sweet Home High School Leadership Class, above, pack food boxes…
Honoring Veterans
Charter School honors veterans Above, Sweet Home Charter School students Liam Potter, left, and Serinity Boyer prepare to…
Open house at new American Legion post
Sweet Home’s American Legion Post 133 held an open house Saturday, Nov. 15, at its new post headquarters…
School play offers something for all ages
By Satina TolmanFor The New Era For nine weeks, the Sweet Home High School auditorium has been alive…
Samaritan announces town halls to discuss merger
Samaritan Health leaders are inviting the public to learn more at a series of upcoming town halls across…
SHPD announces Christmas outreach details
Families interested in participating in the 2025 Teen Sharing Tree program this Christmas may now apply for their…
City Hall Gallery exhibitor blends realism, impressionism, fashion
By Satina Tolman For The New Era When Sweet Home artist Carolyn Owen creates, time seems to disappear.…
Community Harvest
CONNECT Linn County (CLC) held an expanded version of its annual Trunk or Treat Harvest Festival at Pioneer…
Winners have big night at talent show
By Satina Tolman For The New Era The lights dimmed, the crowd hushed, and the seventh annual SHOCASE…
Gallery quiltmaker’s reward is ‘beautiful product’
By Satina Tolman For The New Era When Carol Kilfoil talks about quilting, her eyes brighten and her…
Pens, Pencils and Paint, en Plein Air
Artists took their passion to the lake when the location became the city’s first “en plein air” art…
Musical reunion marks both Wolthuis family, chapel milestone
By Satina Tolman For The New Era The notes of Widor, Brahms, Bédard, Bach and more danced through…
Sweet National Night Out
National Night Out this year was the first event to be held on 13th Avenue between Long and…
City Summer BBQ and Movie in Halsey
Above, crew members from the Halsey-Shedd Fire District flip burgers and hot dogs over a barbecue flame while…
Brownsville Hands on History provides fun for all
By Cindi Hamar For The New Era Despite an extreme heat advisory, participants showed up in droves for…
Scene Around Town: Aug. 20, 2025
Learning about Health Sweet Home held its eighth annual Health Fair Saturday, Aug. 16, in the Activities Gym…
Wolthuis daughters to perform in church’s anniversary
Fifty years ago, the newly completed meetinghouse for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 1155…
Sweet Home Rodeo returns to enthusiastic response
By Satina TolmanFor The New Era The bleachers reverberated with the sound of cheers from more than 1,500…
Dinners fill need, connect community
When board members of CONNECT Linn County (CLC) learned the Central Linn School District would not be able…
Hands on History this Saturday
Hands on History returns to Brownsville Saturday, Aug. 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Library Park,…
‘Plein Air’ Artist Event
Interested in discovering your inner artist? If so, opportunity awaits at the inaugural “Plein Air” Artist Event, a…