The annual Blessing of the Harvest will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 8.

This year’s Cranberry Festival Parade grand marshal is longtime Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center volunteer Terrie Loomis.

BANDON — The 17th annual “Quilts By The Sea” quilt show will be presented during the Bandon Cranberry Festival, Sept. 8, 9, and 10. The show will be held at the Odd Fellows Hall, on Highway 42 South, two blocks…

The Bandon Parks and Recreation Commission will hold a Cranberry Festival Disc Golf Tournament beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at Bandon City Park.

Kranick Cranberry Farm Video  Oregon Cranberry Growers Association

Kranick Cranberry Farm Video  Oregon Cranberry Growers Association

There was this short-lived thing locally called the Upriver Blues Society that just fizzled but out of that came the association of musicians: Alec Berfield, keyboard; David Ford, guitar; and Michael Carrillo, drums and percussion. "That's where Michael, David and…

Friday, Sept. 9

Welcome to the 2017 Bandon Cranberry Festival! We hope you enjoy a fun-filled weekend of activities and events. The Chamber of Commerce puts on the annual event celebrating everything cranberry, and the festival is in its 71st year.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 2

Winners in the Port of Bandon Boardwalk Art Show "Blossoms, Butterflies and Bees" will be announced Sunday, Sept. 10. The public is invited to stop by to congratulate the artists and discover the theme for the 15th annual boardwalk show…

Satisfy your craving for sweet and savory cranberry goods at the Old Town Marketplace. The local farmers market is host to the festival’s annual Food Fair, with vendors serving a variety of ready-to-eat cranberry goodies.

Most seasons have a signature cocktail. We drink fresh and fruity in the summer, brown and brooding in the winter. But what do we drink in the fall, other than apple cider? Apple cider cocktails. Specifically, this Cortland Jab.

Most seasons have a signature cocktail. We drink fresh and fruity in the summer, brown and brooding in the winter. But what do we drink in the fall, other than apple cider? Apple cider cocktails. Specifically, this Cortland Jab.

BANDON - The skies were clear for the 2016 Cranberry Festival, but a squall was brewing. The Gant family Bandon Rain Cider Company made its debut at the festival and unveiled the company’s Cranberry Apple Squall hard cider. Just one…

BANDON - The skies were clear for the 2016 Cranberry Festival, but a squall was brewing. The Gant family Bandon Rain Cider Company made its debut at the festival and unveiled the company’s Cranberry Apple Squall hard cider. Just one…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon court has ruled a couple must have their dogs surgically “debarked” after causing their neighbors several years of disruption.

The Oregon Court of Appeals determined Wednesday that the devocalization operations were necessary since the dogs’ owners, Karen Szewc and John Updegraff, had not done enough to quiet the Tibetan and Pyrenean Mastiff dogs, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. The surgery involves cutting an animal’s vocal cords and is banned in six states under certain circumstances, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association.

Neighbors Debra and Dale Krein of Rogue River decided to file the lawsuit as a last resort after enduring more than a decade of nuisance barking by six or more dogs. The loud barking begins as early as 5 a.m. and has caused the family and their guests discomfort to the point where the children dread coming home, according the Kreins.

The dogs bark when they sense predators and are necessary to keep the livestock on her rural southern Oregon property protected, Szewc said in an interview with The Oregonian/OregonLive.

“The dogs are my employees,” she said. “We do not have the dogs to harass the neighbors. We have the dogs to protect our sheep.”

In April 2015, the Jackson County Circuit Court ordered Szewc and her husband Updegraff pay $238,000 to the Kreins as compensation, but the Kreins argued the court ruling would not do anything to stop the noise. The Appeals Court upheld the $238,000 decision and a ruling ordering the dogs be debarked to avoid a “judicial merry-go round.”

Szewc fears that the court ruling will put her small farm in danger. In 2010, the couple went through with court directive and had one of their dogs debarked. As a result, a cougar successfully made off with six lambs in a week, resulting in a $3,000 loss, Szewc said.

County hearings officer Donald Rubenstein determined that the Szewc and Updegraff’s land did not qualify for farm-use laws that permit the sound of barking dogs.

Szewc is debating whether they will follow the court order or appealing the decision.

For the 71st annual Cranberry Festival, "Shiver Me Cranberry!" the Chamber of Commerce has once again brought back the Treasure Chest that used to be a regular festival event. The chest holds more than 60 items donated by local businesses…

Improve your Bandon history and cranberry IQ at the Bandon Historical Society Museum. Agricultural and festival exhibits illustrate generations worth of farmers’ ingenuity and community enthusiasm for the bright red berry.

Avast ye! All hands hoay! Parade attendees and entrants are sure to be walking and talking like pirates with this year's Cranberry Festival theme, “Shiver Me Cranberry.”