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Marine Patrol On Duty This Weekend This weekend the Lane County Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol will be out on the waterways. The sheriff’s office in conjunction with the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators will be participating in Operation Dry Water. Operation Dry Water […]
Construction Takes a Pause Crews working on the Florence Streetscape project will be on Hiatus for the 4th of July. Crews have been working on the east side of highway 101 with two side streets closed this week, Old Town Way and Maple Street have been closed but the holiday […]
Mapleton Pool to get State Money The Mapleton pool is in need of renovation. The project to restore the pool and provide amenities like water safety instruction and classes for youth will cost close to a million dollars to complete. Mapleton School Board member Marilyn Fox has spearheaded this campaign […]
Paving Scheduled On July 15th the city of Florence will begin its summer road rehabilitation projects. Sections of 23rd, 18th,and 17th, streets will be repaved from highway 101 west as well as some work on the east side for 11th and 10th streets. In addition several other roads will be […]
ReVision Florence Work Night work will continue on the east side of Highway 101 from the Siuslaw River Bridge to Highway 126. Removal of existing sidewalks and curbs are occurring this week and new sidewalks are to be installed after some underground utility work is completed. There will be some […]
Dissension Over Art Permeates FURA Meeting A profusion of accusations were tossed about at Wednesday evening’s Florence Urban Renewal Agency that began with a question from Mayor Joe Henry regarding the addition of an agenda item on the evening’s meeting schedule. Item number 6 in the amended meeting schedule was, […]
More Funding Needed For Fireworks The fireworks are a go for the 4th of July, but there is still not enough money to pay for the celebration. Bettina Hannigan with the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce says that they are just over half way toward funding the event with just […]
Coast Guard Chief Reflects on First Year With just over a year under his belt, Senior chief bosun’s mate Jay Nilles is enjoying his tenure as the head of U.S. Coast Guard Station Siuslaw River. Nilles says being stationed in a Coast Guard City has been a great experience, especially […]
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