Visitors to the San Lorenzo Valley Museum’s Faye G. Belardi Memorial Gallery in Felton can appreciate historic photos and souvenirs of the valley’s early vacation spots, made popular in the late 19th century by the arrival of the railroad in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Lillian Schrock-Clevenger
Since moving to Oregon in 2016, Lillian Schrock-Clevenger has reported for The Register-Guard and the Corvallis Gazette-Times.
She has also covered stories of entrepreneurs who launched their businesses with the help of the Oregon Small Business Development Centers and the Eugene Regional Accelerator & Innovation Network.
Lillian received her journalism degree from Drake University and cut her teeth at the Des Moines Register as an intern for two years. After graduating, she served as the statewide crime and courts reporter at the Casper Star-Tribune, covering criminal justice issues affecting Wyoming.
She believes in keeping readers informed and giving them hope about tough issues impacting our community.
Formerly a small business manager at Run Hub Northwest in Eugene, Lillian is also passionate about how individuals and their interests shape their communities. She looks forward to serving Springfield with critical information they need and the vibrant stories they want.
In her free time, Lillian enjoys cooking, reading novels and running half-marathons. She and her husband live in the Jefferson Westside neighborhood with their dog and two cats.
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‘She delighted in the world around her’: Aptos matriarch, WWII ‘human computer’ Marjorie Albright lived 108 years to the fullest
Marjorie Albright passed away Jan. 28 at age 108. The painter, golfer, bridge player and devoted community volunteer is remembered as being curious, resourceful and joyful. She studied astronomy at Wellesley, worked as a human computer during World War II and moved to Aptos in 1990.
Posted inRecreation & Sports
Surfer statue ‘to honor the women of the water’ proposed for Pleasure Point
The Pleasure Point resident spearheading the project said the statue would connect Santa Cruz’s Eastside to the Westside, where a bronze male surfer has stood with his board for nearly 35 years. The approximately 17-foot-tall monument with a female figure wearing a wetsuit and holding a longboard is proposed for a bluff along East Cliff Drive.
Posted inHousing & Development
Road closures, loss of parking during downtown Santa Cruz library construction taking toll on surrounding businesses
Multiple downtown Santa Cruz businesses say foot traffic is down since the city broke ground on the new public library and affordable housing project last August, eliminating a parking lot for customers and visitors.
Posted inBusiness & Technology
Despite partial Murray Street Bridge reopening, businesses continue to hurt
H&H Fresh Fish Co. in the Santa Cruz Harbor has seen an uptick in customers since the city reopened the Murray Street Bridge to eastbound traffic last week. But businesses on the west side of the bridge continue to suffer almost a year into the three-year construction project, and say they’ve lost faith that the city is listening.