City ready for more rain
All the work Madera City Manager Arnoldo Rodriguez has done to make sure roadways were clear and drainage systems work properly has paid off in the last couple of weeks with the amount of rain the city has seen. “We’ve had a lot of water coming through the city for the past three of four […]
Property taxes collected
Tracy Kennedy, Madera County Treasurer-Tax Collector, recently reported “Over 100 million dollars in property tax payments were collected and posted from the December 10 property tax deadline.” Kennedy is pleased to report that all payments were posted and balanced by December 21. The delay was due in part to the Groundwater Sustainability Project fee injunction […]
William stayed in jail
It was a quiet morning when the scream shattered the calm in Madera. People at first thought that the yell had come from the courthouse construction that was going on in June 1901. When a search of the half finished building turned up nothing, everyone rushed to the jail, which had only one occupant, William […]
Serving the street without joy
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Opinion: Farewell, MCH
We had a brief respite from all the rain that has fallen on Madera this week. The air smells clean and my tiny backyard is covered in leaves knocked off the shrubs by days of hard rain. The older I get, the less I like driving at night. My mother and her parents always had […]
Opinion: Harry, the Spare — boo hoo
In a TV interview, the multimillionaire resident of Montecito, who is a neighbor of Oprah’s, broke many hearts by saying that he wanted his father and brother back. I suppose that means that he feels alienated from them, and he wants to be part of a family. His tale of woe almost brings a tear […]
Toros battle tough against Patriots
The Matilda Torres Toros looked to be outmanned, but got the game close in the fourth quarter before the Hoover-Fresno Patriots recovered for a 54-44 victory at Torres. The Toros frustrated the Patriots for most of the night. Torres cut a 13-point Hoover lead to one with about three minutes left to go. However, the […]