By DEAN REA/Correspondent/The Herald — The preliminary architectural design of Lowell’s library and City Hall at 70 N. Pioneer St. will be presented for public review at 6 p.m. Thursday. The design by Curt Wilson, a Eugene architect, is based on suggestions offered by city officials and residents during a June 5 “visioning workshop” and […]
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‘Three Candidates for Change’ will appear in Facebook Live Q&A event Thursday, May 6
Oakridge Voices for Education, a local schools advocacy group headed by Nicole Sulick of Oakridge, has announced a Facebook Live question-and-answer event with the three school board candidates she and her group support in the May 18 elections. The session, set for 6 p.m. Thursday May 6, will feature conversations with candidates August Reed, Charlie […]
Read more...Deadline for voter registration nears for May 18 election
People who are not registered to vote in any Oregon county may register online at oregonvotes.gov no later than 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, April 27, to be eligible to cast ballots in the May 18 elections. Oakridge, Lowell and Pleasant Hill school district voters will fill school board positions in the elections. Registration options include: (1) […]
Read more...Informal Earth Day celebration announced for Thursday at Greenwaters
Oakridge minister and poet Iris Barratt is calling on the community to join her for a brief Earth Day observance and celebration at noon Thursday, April 22, at Greenwaters Park in Oakridge. “Come and celebrate Earth Day with us,” she writes in a news release. “Bring your drum, rattle, voice, presence or whatever! A simple […]
Read more...Two more file to run for Oakridge School Board seats
As Thursday’s 5 p.m. filing deadline looms, a school bus driver and a teacher have filed to run for the Oakridge School Board in the May 18 election. Lisa Samuelson, a driver for First Student school buses, and Stacy Tindall, and elementary school teacher and counselor, have filed for Oakridge’s Position 3 board seat currently […]
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