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Articles from the December 11, 2024 edition


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  • Fire District needs help providing gifts to children

    Updated Dec 12, 2024

    The Spirit of Christmas Giving Tree program sponsored by the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District is well underway to provide Christmas gifts to children in Sisters. The deadline for families to request gifts was last Friday, December 6, and an additional 67 children were added to the list of requests by the deadline. There are a total of 140 children needing assistance with gifts this year. The deadline to return donated gifts for this program is Friday, December 13, and as of today there are over 160 tags (requests for... Full story

  • Cooking tops Sisters holiday traditions

    Bill Bartlett|Updated Dec 10, 2024

    Readers continue to share their favorite celebrations and activities surrounding the holidays and a clear favorite has emerged - baking. Take Mayor Michael Preedin for example. "My favorite holiday tradition is making my grandma's clam dip that is best with wavy potato chips – perfect addition on either Thanksgiving or Christmas Day where grazing on food is encouraged and counting calories is discouraged," he said. City Manager Jordan Wheeler weighed in: "Christmas for me i... Full story

  • Looking a lot like Christmas....

    Jim Cornelius|Updated Dec 10, 2024

    There is possibly nowhere south of the North Pole that has more Christmas spirit than the home of Richard and Sherry Flaherty. Each year in this season, the house at 15686 Trapper Point Rd. blossoms into a spectacular Christmas display - inside and out. Hundreds of decorations, from a train set to an elaborate Italian nativity diorama, to Santas of every size and description fill virtually every room of the house. Sherry Flaherty told The Nugget that they started decorating at... Full story