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After spending 15 years moving from one leased location to the next, Doris’s Place – a branch of the relief nursery, Family Building Blocks (FBB) – has a permanent and much larger home. “It was […]
More than 800 dancers will kick up their heels at the Oregon Mid-Winter Square Dance Festival, Jan. 23 – 25 at the Linn County Fairgrounds in Albany. “Mid-Winter Square Dance Festival is a three-day event […]
Most people don’t spend much time thinking about what they will do in the event of an emergency. But Scott Cooper – a firefighter and paramedic for the past 40 years in the Stayton, Turner […]
When Cherie Girod was a sophomore at Willamette University, she lost two people who were close to her to domestic violence related homicide – a teacher and an aunt on her mother’s side. And so, […]
The Cities of Stayton and Sublimity are getting into the holiday spirit during the first weekend of December. “Everybody is welcome to attend the tree lighting…” Howard Tsang, the Community Engagement Coordinator for the City […]
Holiday traditions, especially those handed down from one generation to the next, can feel as though they are set in stone. Putting up the same decorations every year, cooking the same recipes and listening to […]
Carmelle Bielenberg has worn many hats during the decade she spent working for the Stayton Sublimity Chamber of Commerce. “I was first associated with the local Chamber as member,” Bielenberg recalled. Then, in 2015 she […]
When Kevin Bibler retired from engineering in 2020, he began looking for something he could do that would still utilize his ability to build things and work with his hands but would also get him […]
It’s only been 16 months since Our Town shared the story of Lincoln Medeiros, the little boy from Scio who, when he was only six months old, was diagnosed with the rare genetic disorder spastic […]
In 2021 the Stayton Public Library Foundation (SPLF) – supported by private donations, grants and legislative funding from the State of Oregon – partnered with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Program to provide monthly, no cost, […]