Amity Board will discuss school calendar

The Amity School Board is scheduled to discuss and vote upon a 2024-25 student calendar when it meets at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10 in the district office. The board will also receive the 2022-23 audit ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Firefighter Mitchell Melton removes one of the handmade ornaments from a pole on Trade Street Wednesday. The decorations will go into storage and be back again in by late 2024.

Amity street ornaments stand for greater purpose

Amity’s old outdoor Christmas ornaments had seen better days. Two years ago, the Amity Volunteer Firefighters saw a way to refresh the street décor, and give some young people a positive ...

Amity City Council meets tonight

The Amity City Council will likely approve grant funding and will appoint council and committee members when it meets at 7 p.m. tonight at city hall. The city was awarded $2 million as a Coronavirus ...

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Amity administrator earns council's praise

The Amity City Council lifted the probationary status of City Administrator Nathan Frarck at a special meeting Monday, Dec. 18. He requested an executive session in which to conduct his evaluation. When ...

Amity City Council holds special meeting

The Amity City Council will review Administrator Nathan Frarck’s six-month job performance when it holds a special session at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18 at city hall. The action will take place in ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Amity High students, from left, Braiden Gray, Zane Aldrich, Rosa Avila, Kya Hernandez, McKenzie Dirksen and Izabella Swendig rehearse a scene from “Aunt Maggity’s Dark and Stormy Night.” The horror comedy opens Thursday at Amity High School. AHS graduate Emma Connor is directing the production.

Comedy and chaos on Amity High stage

Amity High School’s drama club will present a family comedy, “Aunt Maggity’s Dark and Stormy Night,” Dec. 14 to 23. The show, written by Edith Weiss, begins when grouchy Aunt Maggity ...

Amity Day planning committee formed

Summer’s a time for celebrations in Yamhill County. There’s Carlton Fun Days, Dayton Old-Timers’ Picnic Weekend, Newberg Old Fashioned Festival, Sheridan Hometown Day and the ...

Machete attack sends Amity man to prison

An Amity many was sentenced last week to 10 years and five months in prison for attacking his brother with a machete earlier this year. Peter Huber, 34, of Amity pleaded guilty on Thursday, Oct. ...

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Fundraiser planned for Amity cancer victim

“Warriors Unite for Marlo’s Fight” is the theme of an Amity High School fundraiser to benefit 1988 graduate Marlo Keliiheleua who was diagnosed last September with what event organizers ...

Amity schools welcome two new principals

Amity School District principals, two of whom are in the first year leading their schools, reported a strong start to the year at the Wednesday, Sept. 20, board meeting. Enrollment numbered 766 ...

Former employee sues Amity Market

A former Amity Market employee is suing Baba Deep Singh 3, Inc., which operates the market, alleging sexual harassment and a hostile work environment. The plaintiff, Alexa Oakes, is seeking $500,000 ...

Image: ARCADIS##Amity High School is scheduled to get a new gymnasium as part of a bond measure that passed in May 2022. The current facility will become the middle school gym.

Amity schools about to undergo a major facelift

While Jeff Clark may not profess to be any kind of power lifter, the Amity School District Superintendent recognizes a heavy lift when he sees one. Polk and Yamhill County voters passed a 25-year, ...

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Forester Ken Nygren presents sisters Marcy Satalich, left, and Mary Ann Nolan, center, with a sign certifying their woodland as a family forest. Nolan handles most of the regular forest management decisions in consultation with Nygren, as Satalich lives in Portland, but both sisters cherish their memories of the property.

A small woodland with a big purpose

Climb high enough along the logging road cut through the forested hills of the Satalich property, past new young fir plantations and neatly stacked logs, past the blackberries and the massive ancient ...

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Evelyn Miller of Amity practices greeting customers in her Lemonade Day booth, which she named Cup Full of Kindness. She will offer four types of lemonade, and reward customers who donate by ringing a bell. Her stand will be set up in the Amity Community Center Saturday, August 19.

Amity event features young entrepreneurs

Amity will celebrate not only Lemonade Day, with youngsters’ offering refreshing drinks, but also encourage all creative young people to sell their wares on Saturday, Aug. 19. A “Youth Vendor ...

City of Amity steps up during water crisis

Amity’s water system is running “non-stop again,” and the water supply is free of contamination, City Administrator Nathan Frarck said at a special Amity City Council meeting ...

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