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Chips ‘n’ Splinters strikes chords with local audience members
By Satina Tolman For The New Era The annual Chips ‘n’ Splinters variety show lit up the Sweet…
SHEDG announces final Jamboree
The Sweet Home Economic Development Group announced Tuesday, July 8, that 2025 will be the final year for…
Flipping out on the Fourth
The Brownsville Rural Fire District kicked off the Fourth of July with its annual pancake breakfast fundraiser at…
What to expect at Linn County Fair
By Alex Paul For The New Era The 2025 Linn County Fair will kick off on Thursday,…
Eyes on a Classic
Above, Ty Jewell scrutinizes a Model A Ford as he judges entries during the Sweet Home Sweet Ride…
Meet the Court: Princess Bailey Chafin
Princess Bailey is the daughter of Justin and Deana Chafin and has just finished her junior year at…
Fireworks show to return to SH – on Fourth of July
A summer fireworks show will return to Sweet Home this year, but it won’t be during Sportsman’s Holiday.…
Learning to love hoops
Sweet Home girls basketball Coach Erika Evans talks to campers at the Girls Basketball Camp held last week,…
Long-standing Pioneer Picnic celebrates logging camps
The Brownsville community was not going to let rain break their 138-year tradition of hosting the annual Pioneer…
Jamboree kicks off summer events with Santiam Smoke Show
By Cindi Hamar For The New Era The “Santiam Smokeshow” barbecue cookoff competition, which touted itself as the…
Scene Around Town: May 21, 2025
Oak Heights holds annual carnival, auction There as a lot going on Saturday evening, May 10, at Oak…
Scene Around Town: May 21, 2025
Breakfast feed funds medical equipment Above, Halsey-Shedd fire crews serve up pancakes, eggs and ham for (from…
Jamboree organizers plan beefed-up events leading to festival
Sweet Home residents have the opportunity to enjoy some juiced-up events from the Oregon Jamboree, which began May…
Saturday Market back for its third year in Library Square
By Timothy Major For The New Era A full cloud cover, mid-50s temperatures, and a cool breeze did…
Oregon’s plane history display in Portland has local ties
Soar through the history of aviation in the Oregon Historical Society’s newest exhibition, “She Flies with Her Own…
Scene Around Town: May 7, 2025
Held every week through October from 3-6 p.m., the Brownsville Thursday Market opened on May 1 at the…
Booking It for Halsey Reading
More supporters turned out this year than ever before in the annual “Book-It” 5K Library Fundraiser, held Saturday,…
Looking Back for the Future
Two historical reenactors prepare for a skit in the Moyer House, one of several vignettes playing throughout town…
Scene Around Town: April 30, 2025
Arbor Day Celebration at Sankey Park Sweet Home celebrated its 38th year as a Tree City USA with…
County’s new RV dump station to open May 8
The public is invited to a ribbon cutting and grand opening for the new Linn County Parks &…
Carriage Me Back in Brownsville this weekend
Brownsville’s annual Carriage Me Back celebration will provide attendees a chance to step back in time to 1909…
Kids of all ages enjoy Sankey egg hunt
Four- to 6-year-olds scramble for eggs during the Rotary Club’s annual egg hunt held Saturday morning, April 19,…
Traveling exhibit at library features innovations of Native Americans
The Sweet Home Public Library is hosting an exhibit from the Museum of Natural and Cultural History that…
Easter Scene Around Central Linn: April 23, 2025
Scrambling for Egg-citing Pursuit Children poise themselves and pay close attention for the sound of a whistle that…
Gala delivers musical journey around the world
By Satina Tolman For The New Era The fifth annual SHOCASE Gala, themed “Passport to the World,” transformed…