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Blood Donations Needed A severe shortfall in blood donations has been making it difficult for the American Red Cross to keep hospital shelves stocked with “lifesaving” blood products. According to a recent release, they have seen a shortfall of about 25-thousand donations in June and July. Type O blood, both […]
City Council Meeting This evening’s Florence City Council meeting will not include an agenda item to discuss the proposed year round homeless shelter that was proposed last Thursday to the City Council. tonight’s meeting will center around a public hearing on a Community Development Block Grant and a second public […]
Yesterday’s two and a half hour work session for the Florence City Council on the possible establishment of a full year homeless shelter on the north end of town created a lot of questions for the council. the planned shelter would consist of 21 housing pods and a common area […]
Protest Group Attends City’s Work Session A group of Florence residents in opposition to the construction of a year-round homeless facility gathered outside of city hall this morning to show solidarity against the proposed project. The large crowd attended the special work session at 8:30 this morning as city councilors […]
People Gather For National Night Out Last night the Florence community turned out in droves as the Florence Police Department celebrated National Night out. An estimated crowd of more than 2000 showed up during the 3 hour celebration that began at 5:30 with the dedication of the new Miller Park […]
State Senator Commitment Leads to Key Role The State Senator serving the Central Oregon Coast, Dick Anderson, played a key role in this year’s legislative session. Early on, he said, lawmakers could see that this year was going to be a challenge because there were new people heading up both […]
National Night Out The City of Florence will welcome community members to the annual National Night Out tomorrow evening at Miller Park. The annual event is to bring the community and local law enforcement together. It is a night of food and entertainment and the Florence Police Department will be […]
97J working on transitional program for developmentally disabled students School board members heard from Mary Jo Vollmer during the public comments section at the beginning of Wednesday’s board meeting. She wanted to “re-open” a complaint she had filed earlier this year related to her son Luke. Vollmer’s son is only […]
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