9/11 Memorial beam finds final resting spot
After Madera County acquired one of the 9/11 Memorial Beams from the World Trade Center earlier this year, the plan was always to present it around the city and finally find its permanent spot in Courthouse Park. Ground was broken Saturday after the Old Timers’ Day Parade for the 9/11 Memorial where the beam will […]
Library awarded $4.6 million grant
Madera County Library received a grant for $4.6 million from the California State Library’s Building Forward Library Infrastructure Project. The funds, which was announced Friday, will support improvements to the North Fork Branch Library through building projects that address life safety and other critical maintenance needs. First priority for grants was given to the state’s […]
MPD makes arrest
Madera Police Officers responded to the 400 block of N. Schnoor Ave. regarding a traffic collision. Upon arrival Saturday evening, the officer located a single vehicle collision that nearly caused the vehicle to be overturned. The driver, 35-year-old Thomas Bangoura, was found uninjured, but heavily intoxicated. Thomas provided a breath sample that was over three […]
Stallions dominate in home win
The Madera South Stallions football team was the dominant team last week, but it just took some time to show it. The Stallions finally pulled away in the second half for a 30-6 victory over the Sanger West Hornets at Madera South on Friday. The Stallions outgained the Hornets 360-205 and held the Hornets to […]
Stallions cruise to NYL volleyball victory
The Madera South Stallions girls volleyball team flexed its muscles early and often in a three-set demolishing of the Fresno Warriors last week. In the three-set sweep, the Stallions outscored Fresno 75-18 and only allowed three points in the third set. Fresno only had 15 side outs the entire match. The Warriors only recorded six […]
Toros celebrate first Homecoming with win
The Matilda Torres Toros football team did its part in helping the school celebrate its first-ever Homecoming last week. The Toros left no doubt in a 34-7 victory over the McLane-Fresno Highlanders to culminate the school’s first Homecoming. “We played well, but we are still growing,” head coach Joseph Marquez said. “We executed better offensively. […]
Honor Flight
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Book Talk: ‘Rear Window’ Revisited — ‘The Woman in the Window’
OMG! In A.J. Finn’s debut novel, “The Woman in the Window” (2018, 427 pages), there is a confluence of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” and Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” with a smattering of film noir as in the old black-and-whites with actors like Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Jimmy Stewart, and Barbara Stanwyck. The writing […]
Cake mix magic
Cake mixes are sometimes frowned upon, but I have never felt that way about them. When I was a kid, my parents liked to visit some friends of the family and play card games. My sister and I hung out in the living room while the adults played cards in the dining room. Every time, […]
The Brammer Building still stands tall
A few years ago I had the privilege of riding in the Old Timers Parade with Tom DaSilva in a beautiful, classic, 1931 Cadillac. Tom and I talked a lot about that automobile — how his brother, the late Lee DaSilva, had acquired it, and how much work it took to get it running. We […]