County may seize Yosemite Unified
Financial problems focus of concerns, says Massetti Madera County Superintendent of Schools Cecilia Massetti has notified the Yosemite Unified School District that the Madera County Office of Education considers YUSD to be in poor fiscal health and is at risk of becoming insolvent. In a letter addressed to YUSD board president Tammy Loveland, dated January […]
Baraldi was a business owner and activist
One of Madera’s grand matriarchs, Paula Baraldi, (nee De Cesari), was born in Madera and lived in the city all of her 88 years except for a three-year stint in Huron. She was an accountant, a business owner and a seemingly tireless volunteer for many Madera organizations. Mrs. Baraldi died early Monday morning. Arrangements were […]
Problem with helping the homeless
If you travel over the bridge on Gateway Drive that crosses the Fresno River, and look down on either side, you will see messes that resemble garbage dumps more than anything else. They are the quickly growing remains of homeless-citizen camps, cobbled together by people who populate that part of the river who are trying […]
It’s time to throw in the towel on HSR
What are we to believe? The story that is spun by one of the most important state agencies changes so often that any announcement is immediately suspect. I think that I’ve written 13 columns about the state’s proposed high-speed rail. Anyway, that’s all I could find in my computer files, which are incomplete because my […]
Third quarter blitz downs Hawks
The seven members of the Liberty Hawks girls basketball team stayed with the Chowchilla Tribe, but an 18-2 third quarter led to a 46-22 North Sequoia League loss at Liberty. The Hawks shot just 13 percent from the field and made only six field goals Tuesday. They were also 0-for-19 from 3-point range. “It’s very […]
Coyotes turn it over in loss to Apaches
The Madera Coyote girls basketball team committed 38 turnovers in a 50-39 County/Metro Athletic Conference loss to the Sanger Apaches. What hurt the most is that the Apaches scored 34 points off of Madera’s 38 turnovers. Meanwhile, the Coyotes forced 33 turnovers from the Apaches, but only scored 14 points off those turnovers Wednesday evening. […]
Stallions ride second quarter for win
The Madera South girls basketball team capitalized on a dominant second quarter to defeat the Bullard-Fresno Knights 57-40 in a County/Metro Athletic Conference game at Madera South. “We needed the victory,” Madera South head coach Johnny Sharp said. “They were without their best player tonight, but when we found that out, our level of intensity […]
Upcoming sports events
MNLL holds final registration The Madera National Little League hosts its final registration and sign ups at Town and Country Park’s Field 1 for both softball and baseball. Today, 8-9-year-olds try out out at 11 a.m. and 10-12-year-olds begin at 12:30 p.m. Players must attend at lest one try out for Rookie, AAA and Majors […]