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N-CL trims $1.1 million from budget

Classified employee Matt Vargas was among those addressing board members and district administrators last Wednesday about potential budget cuts. About 60 people were on hand for the workshop, in which the school board identified more than $1 million in budget cuts for the coming year.NEWMAN – The Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District is planning to shed more than a dozen jobs through attrition and staff reduction, the music program could be scaled back and ...
February 19, 2012 | Posted in: News | 0 Comments | Full Story »

Debate simmers over ag land preservation plan

NEWMAN – Debate is simmering over a proposal backed by the mayors of Stanislaus County cities to establish voter-approved growth limits aimed at preserving ag land. Newman is among the ...
February 19, 2012 | Posted in: News | 0 Comments | Full Story »

Plans begin for celebration of Newman milestone

City turns 125 next year NEWMAN – The city of Newman is turning 125 years old on April 28, 2013, and community and city staff members are planning to celebrate ...
February 19, 2012 | Posted in: News | 0 Comments | Full Story »

Critics pan Gustine school restructuring plan

GUSTINE – Critics of a proposed school restructuring to create smaller learning communities, which would include re-opening of the old middle school campus as a 7-8 school, last week panned ...
February 19, 2012 | Posted in: News | 1 Comment | Full Story »

GUSD to roll the budget dice

GUSTINE – The Gustine Unified School District will dip into its reserve funds to minimize staff reductions or concessions next year – a strategy that could deplete its rainy day ...
February 19, 2012 | Posted in: News | 0 Comments | Full Story »

Motorcyclist dies in Highway 33 crash

A Los Banos man was killed last Thursday morning when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a 1994 Peterbilt tractor at Highway 33 and Cottonwood Road. The victim was ...
February 19, 2012 | Posted in: News | 0 Comments | Full Story »

Gravel mine proposed near Newman

NEWMAN – A proposal to develop a sand and gravel mining operation at two locations west of Newman will soon be moving into the environmental study stage of the application ...
February 10, 2012 | Posted in: News | 0 Comments | Full Story »

Grant funding purchase of electric vehicles

NEWMAN – The city’s vehicle fleet is about to get a little greener. Newman landed a $100,000 grant from the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District which will be ...
February 10, 2012 | Posted in: News | 0 Comments | Full Story »

Gustine Sober Grad planning in full swing

GUSTINE – Organizers of the Gustine High Sober Grad Night are gearing up to throw graduating seniors a party to remember. The annual Sober Grad Night gala offers a drug- ...
February 10, 2012 | Posted in: News | 0 Comments | Full Story »

A call to action in Santa Nella

Melissa Strawn, right, and fellow community enthusiast Rusty Alexander, left, are seeing their dream of building a community garden for Santa Nella come to life. Local property owner Greg Arnaudo gave permission to use a parcel of his land, which moved the project one step closer to becoming reality.SANTA NELLA – Timing and determination can prove to be powerful forces when they converge. For one Santa Nella resident, those two factors are driving her effort to make a ...
February 10, 2012 | Posted in: News | 3 Comments | Full Story »