Hot swing earns Matsui MVP honors
NEW YORK Hideki Matsui took a meaty cut, watched the ball fly and winced when it hooked a foot foul. That s about all that went wrong for him. Matsui put the world in World Series MVP, earning the award by homering, doubling, singling and driving i...
 4.9K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 72.0 Groundbreaking for boat center
The Coos Bay Boat Building Center Board of Directors will hold a groundbreaking ceremony this weekend for the future home of the Boat Building Center. The event will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at 101 Newmark Ave., Coos Bay. The center would offer cl...
0.6K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 72.0 Cheers & Jeers, Sept. 19
Give a holler Visitors to Empire s Hollering Place find no real invitation to stop, gawk and learn. Cheers for a budding plan to build a wayside, with parking and a viewpoint. A sign explaining the spot s history would be good, too. Oh, by the way .....
1.9K - Sep. 19, 2009; scored 93.0 City plans wayside in Empire
COOS BAY The Hollering Place doesn t have a private developer, but it has a public one. The city of Coos Bay is planning to solicit construction bids to build a wayside there next month. The Urban Renewal Agency asked city staffers to bring back a ...
2.2K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 403.0 Walla Walla eyes CB's city boss
Coos Bay s city manager is one of seven finalists who hope to manage the city of Walla Walla, Wash. Chuck Freeman was in the Eastern Washington city this week for a public reception and interview. He had not shared his news with city employees as of ...
2.8K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 72.0 All hands on deck
COOS BAY The leaders of a boat building center project are eager to get it under way. Luckily, the owner of an old fishery building on the Empire waterfront is happy to oblige. The Coos Bay Urban Renewal Agency signed a three-year lease Tuesday wit...
3.1K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 93.0 All hands on deck
COOS BAY The leaders of a boat building center project are eager to get it under way. Luckily, the owner of an old fishery building on the Empire waterfront is happy to oblige. The Coos Bay Urban Renewal Agency signed a three-year lease Tuesday wit...
3.3K - Aug. 21, 2009; scored 93.0 City plans for boat center
COOS BAY The city of Coos Bay has big plans for the unused fishery complex at the end of Newmark Avenue. Once the exterior is improved and the inside remodeled, the facility could serve as a boat building center, attracting local residents as wel...
3.9K - Aug. 13, 2009; scored 481.0 CB ready to move on boat building center
The city of Coos Bay is close to inking a lease agreement to put a boat-building center next to its Hollering Place development in Empire. The owner of a former fishery complex has been negotiating a deal to allow the city to use the facility in exch...
1.0K - Aug. 12, 2009; scored 114.0 Vacancies on boat building board
The city of Coos Bay is seeking volunteers to fill positions on the Boat Building School Board of Directors. The city is envisioning the project as a key to developing city-owned waterfront property in Empire at the Hollering Place. The owner of an o...
0.9K - Jun. 30, 2009; scored 72.0 Out of its shell
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter roared and bystanders hollered near the Empire boat launch on Saturday as the community gathered en masse to celebrate Clamboree. Festivities included live music, a golf event, a Coast Guard search-and-rescue demonstrati...
1.2K - Jun. 29, 2009; scored 119.0 Bivalve bash
COOS BAY - Thanks to an old cookbook and a renewed community spirit, Empire will be hosting a festival on Saturday to honor its history, showcase its potential and cook some clams. The Empire Clamboree has a little bit of everything. Musical acts wil...
3.2K - Jun. 22, 2009; scored 156.0 Vikings leave comeback decision to Favre
MINNEAPOLIS It s all up to Brett Favre now. Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf made that much clear on Wednesday night. Wilf told a group of very interested season ticket holders that the possibility of Favre playing for the Vikings next season hing...
4.0K - Jun. 18, 2009; scored 72.0 City seeks ways to help business
The Coos Bay Urban Renewal Agency opened its checkbook to move forward with projects in its two existing districts, while looking to possibly add urban renewal districts in Eastside and Englewood. The agency agreed to pay another $15,060 to ...
1.8K - Jun. 18, 2009; scored 72.0 Officials helped with a Mountain of duping
This is regarding Having a lovely time in Nicaragua (The World, June 2). Sadly, after all of the loss and distress over the past three and a half years, gullible California investors, as The World is so fond of calling us, receive further insult ...
2.5K - Jun. 13, 2009; scored 114.0 Empire celebrates roots with Clamboree!
The former city of Empire is celebrating its roots and its future with the revival of Clamboree! The event is set from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 27. Clamboree! will include an unusual array of activities, a press release said, everything from...
1.3K - Jun. 9, 2009; scored 93.0 food events
Downtown Farmer's Market continues Wednesday and Sunday The Downtown Farmer s Market will run every Wednesday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through October on Central Avenue in Coos Bay right off U.S. Highway 101. Better with bacon bake s...
2.4K - Jun. 5, 2009; scored 72.0 A labor of love
PORT ORFORD - Building a replica American clipper ship isn't easy. Getting started can be even more of a challenge. Mark Feldhaus has surmounted the first hurdle, but he's struggling with a lack of manpower to complete the second. The Port Orford coo...
4.1K - Jun. 1, 2009; scored 93.0 An Oregon 150 event
What : The former city of Empire is celebrating its roots and its future with revival of Clamboree! When : from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 27. Why : Clamboree! will include an unusual array of activities, a press release said, everything from ...
2.2K - May. 27, 2009; scored 129.0 Food events May 26
Downtown Farmer's Market begins May 27 The Downtown Farmer s Market will run every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through October Call Coos Bay Visitor Center at 269-0215 for general information. Vendors should call the Coos Bay Downtown Association...
2.4K - May. 27, 2009; scored 72.0 | 
