Water rates should stay high
Manfredi says years of low rates have created problems If you were hoping a recent examination of water rates in Madera would lead to lower water bills, you can give up that hope. The city water rates have more than doubled in some cases over the past two years or so, leading some critics to […]
Recruiting call led to insurance career for Madera’s Cindy Vail
When Cindy Vail heard the phone ring, she did not imagine the call would be the start of a new journey, one that led her to owning her own insurance business. Vail, a Central Valley resident, already had a job in corporate business and was not particularly interested by insurance when a recruiting agency called […]
Here, there, everywhere
Another of the great ones is gone. Dr. John Bryan died unexpectedly in his sleep on Easter morning. He was 68. In his younger years, John ran the Boston Marathon, surfed, and biked, gardened, and maintained and drove a racecar at Madera Speedway. He was also a devout churchman and a community servant through the […]
Coyotes return with win over Selma
The Madera Coyotes softball team overcome spring break blues to record a 4-1 victory over the Selma Bears in a non-conference game at Zimmerman Field. The Coyotes scored four runs in the first two innings and Kaylee Dawson held off the Bears for the victory. “Kaylee threw real well for us,” head coach Judy Shaubach […]
Coyotes walk it off
The Madera Coyotes spotted the Edison-Fresno Tigers five runs in the first inning, but came all the way back to tie the game in the seventh and win it in the ninth at Mel Parker Field. The Tigers sent nine batters to the plate in the first inning. However, Christian Chavira tossed seven innings of […]
Madera’s pioneer pugilist
Wiss! Biff! Bang! Anyone passing the Mint Saloon on Yosemite Avenue on Jan. 10, 1893, and hearing these sounds could have guessed that Will Mace was at it again. The 24 year-old son of Madera’s innkeeper, Captain Russel Perry Mace, had managed to get himself in another fight, and as usual, he was getting the […]