Along the Street: Pulitzer winners get into wine, cider
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof is turning his family’s cherry orchard in Yamhill County over to cider apples and wine grapes. Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn — both of whom ...
Along the Street: New antique mall owners host lawn sale
The Lafayette Schoolhouse Antique Mall, now under new ownership, is hosting a Vintage Lawn Sale Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Former Lafayette mayor Don Leard, who owns multiple downtown properties along ...
Along the Street: Sheridan coffee house closes doors
Bridge Street Coffee House closes doors Bridge Street Coffee House in Sheridan closed its doors Aug. 22. The coffee house at 229 S. Bridge St. operated largely to benefit the nonprofit organization LINCS ...
Along the Street: Bounty of Yamhill County marks its ninth
Bounty of Yamhill County marks its ninth installment Tickets remain for most of the 2019 Bounty of Yamhill County events while two of the events are sold out. Now in its ninth year, Bounty of Yamhill ...
Along the Street: Willamina Farmers Market opening this week
The Willamina Farmers Market opens for the season from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, June 16, with live music from Recca Maze. The market offers fresh produce, honey, baked goods, artisan goods and kids’ ...
Along the Street: Lumber company lays off 40 percent of its workforce
The owners of Stimson Lumber Company announced May 31 they are laying off 60 people at their Forest Grove sawmill, representing 40% of the mill’s employees. CEO Andrew Miller said in a company press ...
Along the Street: Annual Memorial Day weekend event offers
Tasting rooms welcome holiday weekend visitors The annual Memorial Weekend in the Wine Country runs Saturday to Monday, May 25 to 27. Area wineries kicks off the tasting season with samples of newly ...
Along the Street: New county grants available to promote business
A.R.E. president named champion of small business Alvin Elbert, the president of A.R.E. Manufacturing of Newberg, received the Small Business Champion Award from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s ...
Along the Street: Downtown association gives an upbeat annual report
Brad James, who resigned early this month as executive director of the McMinnville Downtown Association, left the organization better off than he found it when he took the job 14 months earlier, MDA board ...
Along the Street: New liquor store opens
Husband-and-wife team Jeff White and Rachel Sykes opened McMinnville North Liquor at 2628 Highway 99W in the McMinnville Plaza shopping center Monday. They were granted an OLCC license for the new store ...
Along the Street: MEDP gets new executive director
Scott Cooper has been named the new executive director of the McMinnville Economic Development Partnership. He replaces Jody Christensen, the only director the organization has had, who recently left ...
Along the Street: Store volunteers spruce up Juliette's House
Russell Mark, the executive director of Juliette’s House in McMinnville, and some of this staff members have refurbished offices thanks to volunteers from Roby’s Furniture & Appliance. As ...
Along the Street: MEDP left without interim director
Former McMinnville Planning Director Doug Montgomery agreed to serve as the interim director of the McMinnville Economic Development Partnership following the departure of Jody Christensen last month, ...
Along the Street: Third Street businesses sprucing themselves up
Third Street businesses sprucing up for new year Several businesses along Third Street have covered their windows as they beautify the inside for the new year. “January is a pretty common ...
Along the Street: Farm Bill opens a path to a local hemp in
The 2018 Farm Bill signed by President Trump this month includes a provision legalizing industrial hemp, and already Yamhill County entrepreneurs are lining up to take advantage of it. The Hemp Farming ...
