Agriland’s James Maxwell honored for philanthropy
A philanthropist who operates farm-service companies in Madera and Fresno counties was honored as Central Valley Distinguished Citizen Tuesday night by the Sequoia Council of the Boy Scouts of America at a banquet for some 300 people at Pardini’s in Fresno. Besides bestowing the annual honor, the banquet serves to raise money to send needy […]
2 more city heads leaving
The Madera City Council declined to renew the employment contracts of two long-time city department heads, in closed session negotiations on March 20. The two department heads already had notified their staffs last week they would be leaving, and will be utilizing some leave already accrued, according to city officials, who declined to comment further […]
Students find historic gold mine in Madera
Two Madera South High School alumna came back home Wednesday to take advantage of some of the resources of the new Madera Method Archive and Special Collections being built by MUSD in the library of their alma mater. Jennifer Martinez and Silvia Navarro Hernandez, who graduated from MSHS in 2015, are now seniors at UC […]
Madera Police Log: March 8-12
The Madera Police Department reported the following incidents. March 8 8:05 a.m. — Vehicle stolen in the 300 block of West Clark Street. 9:57 a.m. — Code enforcement inspection in the 900 block of South Gateway Drive. 12:25 p.m. — Animal found dead in the 500 block of South A Street. 12:50 p.m. — Traffic […]
New operating hours at Salvation Army
The Madera Salvation Army has new operating hours: Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. through noon; closed from noon to 1 p.m.; and open again from 1 to 4 p.m. • Emergency assistance programs: Emergency food box: Requires ID and copy of PG&E bill. • Coats-4-Kids: Ages 3 to 12, the child must be accompanied […]
Two new shows on display at Circle Gallery
Two new exhibitions are on display at the Madera County Arts Council’s Circle Gallery. “Faces” is an exhibition for which artists portray their loved ones, interesting characters, animals, flowers, or anything else that can be interpreted as having a “face” in a wide variety of styles and media. “Fracture” is an exhibition, presented by Yosemite […]
Hawks get best of Coyotes in Madera battle
Since getting routed by the Yosemite-Oakhurst Badgers last week, the Liberty Hawks baseball team has won its last three games, including Wednesday’s 4-0 non-conference, rain make-up victory over the Madera Coyotes in Mel Parker Field. Both teams geared up for the non-conference make-up game Wednesday with league games in the forefront. Madera saved ace Nikayha […]
Coyotes beat Stallions on Chapa Night
Tuesday night’s game at Eddie Chapa Field was special. On one hand, the Coyotes’ and Stallions’ baseball teams got a chance to face off for the second time this season that resulted in an 11-1 win for Madera, and on the other, baseball fans across the community got a chance to honor the family and […]
Stallions continue strong start in league
The Madera South boys volleyball team continued its strong start to the season, sweeping the Edison-Fresno Tigers. Madera South coach Steve Guglielmana said the Stallions could have put together an even better performance, but they did enough to get the win Tuesday night at madera South. “It wasn’t what I expected as far as the […]
Stallions grab CMAC win over Edison Tigers
Behind a seven-run second inning, the Madera South Stallions softball team picked up an 11-8 victory over the Edison-Fresno Tigers in the County/Metro Athletic Conference opener for both teams. Erica Perez tossed six innings of relief to pick up the victory. Savaanah Garcia and Viviana Porras each scored two runs. Garcia and Aleecia Rosel scored […]