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STANISLAUS COUNTY — Area fire crews crews are fighting a large wildland fire west of Patterson.
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GUSTINE - Contract negotiations for 2019-20 between the Gustine Unified School District and its teachers took a contentious turn before the school board last week.
GUSTINE - The Gustine Unified School District is once again sponsoring a free summer meals program, offering breakfast and lunch weekdays into early August.
A Monday morning accident on Highway 33 at Inyo in Newman sent a loaded tomato truck careening into the Yancey Lumber barn but resulted in only minor injury, authorities reported. Newman Police Lt. Brett Short told Mattos Newspapers that the 11 a.m. accident involved an eastbound Ford F350 t…
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A Gustine man drowned Sunday afternoon while on a family outing at the O’Neill Forebay near Santa Nella.
GUSTINE - The Gustine Police Department has added four new, grant-funded electric vehicles to its fleet.
Mattos Newspapers has welcomed Alex Banks as a new writer and photographer to the staff of the West Side Index and Gustine Press-Standard.
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Tough times have given way to cautious optimism in California’s dairy industry.
NEWMAN - Pioneer Park will be transformed into a showcase of vintage vehicles Sunday, June 23, when Comforting Kids hosts its 11th annual car show.
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NEWMAN - The after-school program at Orestimba High School will be discontinued next year, Superintendent Randy Fillpot announced at the June 3 school board meeting.
CROWS LANDING - A community pool which has stood empty for the past decade could once again become a centerpiece of summertime recreation on the West Side, if grant funding materializes through the state.
NEWMAN - The city’s annual budget is funding a number of new positions.
GUSTINE - Five single-family homes planned for North Avenue lots should have undergone architectural review when underlying zoning on the properties was established in 2016, city officials acknowledged last week.
GUSTINE - Fourth of July fireworks are a Gustine tradition which dates back over a century.
GUSTINE - The city will be keeping a closer eye of what goes into the garbage bins of large waste generators.
Gustine FFA was well-represented in the recent Merced County Fair swine competition.
NEWMAN - A wealth of information geared toward senior citizens will be served up Friday, June 14 in Newman.....along with a free lunch, prizes, entertainment and more.
NEWMAN - A community farmer’s market will debut Friday evening in Newman’s downtown plaza.
GUSTINE - Adversity and challenges were no match for the dedication and determination of Gustine High School’s 2019 valedictorian and salutatorian.
NEWMAN - A one-year, 2019-20 contract with Newman-Crows Landing teachers was narrowly approved by the school board at its May meeting.
An ad hoc committee convened in December to explore management structure options for West Side Community Ambulance is recommending that the agency brings back in-house management.
GUSTINE - The city will pursue the use of federal block grant funds to help a medical provider establish an urgent care in Gustine.
NEWMAN - The Newman FDES will host its annual festa this weekend.
GUSTINE - Kathy Silva’s path through life took her back to school in her mid-30s to pursue a long-standing goal of becoming a teacher.
The Gustine FFA chapter held its 81st annual awards banquet on Tuesday, May 21, at the Al Goman Community Center. This event recognizes FFA members for various achievements throughout the school year. A number of scholarships were also presented during the evening.
NEWMAN - Work is proceeding on a new city well, which along with a million-gallon storage tank is expected to leave the municipal water system well-prepared to handle not only current demand but future needs.
GUSTINE - City Council members recently signaled a willingness to consider the largest of three rate increase scenarios under consideration in order to fund repairs to Gustine’s aging water and sewer infrastructure.
NEWMAN - Veterans gathered Monday in Hills Ferry Cemetery, as they have each May for nearly a century, to honor their fallen comrades in a Memorial Day observance.
GUSTINE - City Manager Doug Dunford told Mattos Newspapers that he intends to order the issuance of building permits for the construction of five single family homes along North Avenue despite objections voiced to the City Council.
A preliminary hearing has been set for the defendant charged with the Dec. 26 murder of Newman Police Corporal Ronil Singh.
NEWMAN - Three Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District teachers are retiring this year - including Orestimba High’s senior staff member.
Gustine High seniors were presented a number of scholarships and awards during a senior awards program held Monday, May 13.
A number of scholarships and honors were presented at the Orestimba High senior awards night held Tuesday, May 31.
CROWS LANDING - The Crows Landing Pentecost will host its annual festa this weekend, with processions, dances, entertainment and more in store.
GUSTINE - In a break from past practice, the city will allow parking of motor homes and camping trailers in Henry Miller Park during the Gustine Pentecost Society festa in July.
NEWMAN - School board members last week took a closer look at alternatives for placing a bond measure before Newman-Crows Landing Unified School Board members - perhaps as early as the March 2020 presidential primary.
West Siders will join those across the nation this weekend in paying tribute to those who paid the ultimate price in defense of freedom.
GUSTINE - Nearby residents are protesting a builder’s plans to construct five single-family homes on North Avenue lots, contending the houses planned represent a sharp deviation from the semi-custom homes initially promised.
GUSTINE - A group of six Gustine High seniors are bringing change to the Gustine Unified School District Board of Trustees.
After working alongside the family of fallen police hero Ronil Singh, Representative Josh Harder recently announced the “Corporal Ronil Singh and Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act.”
Fellow officers and co-workers of fallen Newman Police Department Corporal Ronil Singh gathered last week in Washington, D.C., with thousands of officers from around the nation to pay tribute to the men and women of law enforcement who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2018.
NEWMAN - The Orestimba Scholarship Community Association, better known as TOSCA, presented three grants at its annual awards program last Wednesday which will further the education of students at three Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District elementary school sites.
A non-profit organization which operates a Patterson residential program for homeless men is expanding its efforts to reach out to those experiencing homelessness in Newman.
NEWMAN - Paying the monthly rent on the home they share near Von Renner Elementary School is a pleasure for Newman residents Gerald Stewart and Gene Martinez.
The Stanislaus County Small Animal Skills Day was held April 27 at the county ag center.
NEWMAN - Downtown Newman will be a gathering spot on Friday evenings through June - and perhaps beyond - as a new farmer’s market is launched in the community.
GUSTINE - Organizers of Gustine’s Fourth of July fireworks show are hoping the addition of mobile food vendors in the GHS stadium that evening helps boost attendance.
NEWMAN - Two advisory bodies, including the city’s Parks and Recreation Commission, are being disbanded as local leaders streamline the framework of commissions and committees which work beneath the City Council in the hierarchy of local government.
NEWMAN - Students at Yolo Middle School traded their classrooms for a glimpse of the working world last Wednesday.
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