Supes approve county budget
The Madera County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the 2023-2024 county operating budget of $494,333,777 at a special meeting. The budget, which was approved Monday, reflects a net increase of $26,400,769 over the current fiscal year across all operating funds. The County is facing a significant challenge given the current climate consisting of high inflation […]
541 graduate Madera Community College
Madera Community College; Madera Community College presented diplomas, degrees and certificates of achievement to 541 students during commencement ceremonies on May 19. Associate of Arts degrees (Major) Alyssa Georgette Gutierrez (Liberal Studies); Carlos Daniel Ballesteros(Liberal Arts & Sciences: Natural Sciences); Liliana Echevarria (Liberal Studies); Roxanna Ward (Liberal Arts & Sciences: Natural Sciences); Vanessa Raquel Hudson […]
Holiday runs for City title
Madera American Little League Champions, Holiday Muffler, created enough havoc on the bases for an 8-6 victory over Madera National Little League champions Fitzgerald, Alvarez and Ciummo to capture its second straight Madera City Championship. Holiday also took advantage of seven wild pitches and a passed ball to help create the runs for the victory […]
Lee’s Concrete captures AAA title
Madera National Little League AAA champion Lee’s Concrete responded to a six-run inning by Madera American Little League champion Silva’s construction with three runs of its own for a 7-6 victory to capture the Madera AAA City Championship. Silva’s scored six runs in the top of the fourth inning for a 6-4 lead. However, Lee’s […]
Book Talk: Fiona Barton, ‘The Suspect’
Thailand. A magnet for so many young people seeking the exotic, the thrilling, the majesty of nature. Alexandra (Alex) O’Connor has chosen to use her gap year to go backpacking through the Southeast Asian nation with her best friend, Mags. But, on the day that they had planned to buy their plane tickets, Mags had […]
From furniture to caskets; kindness carried on
Richard Curtis Jay was a remarkable person. Among his many laudable attributes was his concern for the underprivileged of Madera. It is a well-known fact that it was the plight of a destitute, local woman that took him out of the furniture business and transformed him into a mortician. That same concern for those less […]