Volunteer members of the Gales Creek Cemetery Association have been hard at work sprucing up the grounds in advance of Memorial Day.
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Highway 6: ODOT zeros in on three trouble spots in online open house
People keep dying in crashes on Highway 6. ODOT’s got some (mostly) unfunded ideas to help. Check it out at an online open house.
First Election Results: Forest Grove Rural Fire Board
Gales Creek’s Brooke Gramer, Melinda Fischer coast to victory in Forest Grove Rural Fire Protection District race, while incumbent Gary Post held an early lead of 51.6% of the vote to challenger Ryan Wiley’s 45.1%.
Gales Creek Garden Club hosts plant sale Wednesday
The Gales Creek Garden Club will host their annual plant sale in downtown Gales Creek Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Candidates for school, fire board weigh in
On Tuesday, May 16, polls will close on another special district election. That night and the following days after, ballots—picked up from ballot boxes, trickling in through the mail—will be counted, tallied, and the next batch of citizens who threw their hat into the ring to represent local residents on school, fire, recreation, and other districts will be determined.
Volunteers spruce up Gales Creek Fire Station to prepare for 50 year celebration
A group of volunteers more than a dozen strong pitched in to help landscape the grounds at the Gales Creek Fire Station Saturday in anticipation of a celebration to mark the building’s 50th anniversary next month.
Smokehouse expands hours, adds live music
Smokehouse Chicken and Guns has added additional evening hours and live music to their spot on Highway 6.
Dorman Pond, Hagg Lake stocked
Dorman Pond, Hagg Lake, Vernonia Pond: All three bodies of water were stocked with trout this week.
Gales Creek Campground prepares for spring opening
The Gales Creek Campground is scheduled to open to overnight campers Friday, May 19, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry.
Work party in Gales Creek to prepare fire station for celebration is Saturday
A work party is expected to take place this morning, Saturday May 6 at 10 a.m. at the Gales Creek Fire Station to prepare the grounds for the building’s 50th anniversary in June. Event organizers asked that volunteers bring gloves and gardening tools.
