Block Party Last year’s celebration of Florence’s 125th year sparked a desire for more interactive community events.  This year the City of Florence has responded with its second annual Block Party which will take place on Friday, July 19th.  the city will close off the section of Bay Street from […]

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 […]

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, […]