Editorial: Park will get crowdedKeizer Rapids Park is becoming the utility space for the aspirations and hopes of people in the community. There are many acres of park land that are home to two new turf fields, soon-to-open pickleball courts. These join the dog park and the The Big Toy[Read More…]
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Council OKs updated street plan for neighborhood safety
By Keizertimes Staff The Keizer City Council this week approved an updated plan to manage the city’s streets that gives neighbors a bigger voice in remedying traffic problems. At their Sept. 16 meeting, councilors also set a fee schedule for Keizer Rapids Park turf fields and charted the course for[Read More…]
Council votes to move ahead with $800,000 pavilion at Keizer Rapids
By Lyndon Zaitz of the Keizertimes Keizer city officials are considering adding a pavilion to host everything from KeizerFEST to weddings at Keizer Rapids Park, a structure that could cost nearly $1 million. The Keizer City Council on Monday, Sept. 16, gave city administrators the green light to seek Marion[Read More…]
Sept. 16 Keizer City Council Agenda
Fall sports season begins
The 2024 McNary fall sports season has started and so far it is a mixed bag. The varsity football team lost its first home game against the South Medford Black Tornado by a score of 0-28. The Celts will play the Cavemen at Grants Pass High School on Friday, Sept.[Read More…]
McNary Band Day
McNary Band Day is Saturday, September 28th, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Students will be cruising Keizer collecting your returnable cans and bottles as well as donations. If you would like, you can drop off returnable cans and bottles to McNary High School on Band Day. This year was[Read More…]
State attorneys general seek warnings on social media
By BEN BOTKIN Of Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is leading a bipartisan campaign with 41 state attorneys general who are prodding Congress to require a U.S. surgeon general warning for young people on social media platforms. Rosenblum, president of the National Association of Attorneys General, sent[Read More…]
Public Square, September 13, 2024
Constitution week By RUBY PANTALONE The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution urges Americans to reflect on the United States Constitution during this month’s annual observance in honor this foundational document of national governance. The DAR initiated the observance in 1955, when the service organization petitioned the U.S. Congress[Read More…]
Seven Keizerites named to city committees
By LYNDON ZAITZ of the Keizertimes The Keizer City Council on Monday appointed seven residents to city committees,approving the recommendations of the Volunteer Coordinating Committee. Two were appointed to the Keizer Public Arts Commission, two to the Budget Committee, two to the Planning Commission and one to Parks and Recreation[Read More…]
Parks tour takes in new fields, courts
By LYNDON ZAITZ of the Keizertimes On a tour of some of the city’s parks, Mayor Cathy Clark, city councilors and members of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board were led by Parks Division Manager Robert Johnson for their first look at the turf fields at Keizer Rapids Park on[Read More…]