Letters to the Editor
NORTH 3RD STREET PLAZA: A VISION FOR COMMUNITY AND VIBRANCY
Letter to the Editor – Jacksonville Review September 2025
From Mike and Laurie Thornton, Jacksonville Residents & Business Owners
We’ve heard the conversation around the proposed North 3rd Street pedestrian plaza, and we want to add our […]
PLEASE DON’T FEED THE DEER – by Nancy Pereira
Letter to the Editor – Jacksonville Review August 2025
ONE SUNDAY MORNING, the 13-year-old, half blind Australian Shepherd was walking quietly on the lawn at Nunan Square. As her 85-year-old owner, Linda, watched in horror, a […]
IN A PICKLE
Letter to the Editor – July 2025
From Kristene Cutts, David Doi, Don and Faye Haynes, Nancy Mansfield, Anne Mitchell, Allen Moore, Bruce and Cindy Picton, and Janice Slater
We are pickleball players who are Jacksonville residents. […]
NORTH 3RD STREET PLAZA
Letter to the Editor – July 2025
From Carolyn Kingsnorth, President, Historic Jacksonville, Inc.
Did you have a chance to experience the conversion of Jacksonville’s North 3rd Street into a pedestrian plaza on May 31st? The food […]
YES, WE DID ASK FOR IT – by Jack Akin
Letter to the Editor – June 2025
I read an article in the Jacksonville Review, May 2025 issue, entitled “You Asked for It,” that unfortunately castigated voters for taking part in the election of the most […]
CREEK RESTORATION AT CREEKSIDE PARK
Letter to the Editor by Sindy Harris – March 2025
CREEKSIDE PARK, located at 215 W. F. Street in Jacksonville, is the park next to the parking lot where the glass recyclable bins are located near […]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: TOUVELLE HOUSE PROPOSED PARTITIONS
I AM WRITING IN OPPOSITION of the proposed 2 shotgun lot partitions that would fragment this Historic Touvelle property at 455 N. Oregon St.
The Frank Touvelle House and its entirety is an Historic Icon located […]
Letter to the Editor: Celebrating Community Commitment This 4th of July – by Joe Warren, Postmaster
June 20, 2024
Dear Editor,
As the Postmaster of Jacksonville, Oregon I am writing to express the unwavering commitment of our postal staff to serving our wonderful community. With the 4th of July approaching, a time when […]
Let’s Talk Turkeys – by Sindy Harris
The topic of the hour this month has been the wild turkeys in Jacksonville. A number of residents have complained bitterly about the turkeys on social media; specifically, that Jacksonville has too many of them; […]
Affection for Our Jacksonville PD – by Diana Crabtree Green, CPA
Jacksonville Review – September 2023
When talking with others about living here, I usually sum up Jacksonville as “a quaint little bubble.” This reflects endearment for our city’s historic charm and moreover that I feel safe […]