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Rental for senior center going up 33%

It's going to cost a third more to rent the Manteca Senior Center.

Federal funds gives Manteca way to slash energy costs

The federal economic stimulus plan is sending some green to Manteca to save even more green.

A cop’s cop goes the extra mile for kids

RIPON- Scott Lindsay is a cop's cop who cares about kids.

Keeping shirt on your back, financially speaking

Sometimes the best place to save a little bit of money is right there on your back. Literally.

New Senior Pastor

Mark Mahaffie is the new Senior Pastor at Sequoia Heights Baptist Church.

Homeless 101: Kids sleeping in box

Manteca's unemployment rate is at 13.6 percent.

Teens, seniors dance the night away

Ken Wesela knows how to put smiles on the faces of people.

Project offers preemptive design to slow traffic

Crivello Estates – a 65-home semi-custom neighborhood planned for the northern extension of Vasconellos Avenue in East Manteca – may end up with at least three firsts for Manteca.

GETTING PREPARED

The Manteca Community Emergency Preparedness & Safety Fair took place Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Manteca Stake at the Northland Road stake house.

ZEPHYR IN CONCERT AT MAIN STREET CAFÉ

Zephyr was the opening act for the reggae funk band Braata during a concert Friday at the Main Street Café.

1989: Lathrop votes for city incorporation

Independence Day vendors sought

The City of Manteca in partnership with Big League Dreams will be sponsoring a community wide Independence Day Fireworks event at Big League Dreams on Friday July 3.

Turning sewer & garbage into power?

Manteca could stabilize its power costs by switching to renewable energy sources.

Little pizza from a big boy chef

There's a "Little Chef" at David and Sylvia's Restaurant creating his own signature mini-pizzas.

Get ready for rain barrels

New homes built in Manteca may soon have a new feature - rain barrels and cisterns.

RAIN DROPS RETURN

New Melones Reservoir - the linchpin dam on the Stanislaus River - is dropping again on the eve of a four-day weather system that promises to usher in March with a whimper.

Their mission: Remember the fallen

Tracy Cemetery is the resting place of nearly 1,000 veterans. They may be gone but certainly not forgotten.

Give Every Child a Chance bowl-a-thon on Saturday

The Give Every Child a Chance (GECAC) Antone E. Raymus, 16th Annual Bowl-A-Thon takes place Saturday, Feb. 28.

Property tax up 14%

Manteca's adopted budget calls for the city to dip into reserves to close out the books on June 30 to bridge a $592,940 structured deficit.

HOLD THE WATER

Don't expect to find that complimentary glass of water on your table the next time you sit down at a restaurant.

Rules against excess watering of landscaping being formed

Wasting landscape water for some future development could become a costly proposition.

Tentative port deal helps almond growers

The Almond Hullers & Processors Association applauded the tentative agreement reached to resolve the West Coast ports situation.

Weston Ranch student wins art contest

Victor Hernandez of Weston Ranch High School won the judges' nod in the art contest sponsored by the Manteca Garden Club. As the winner among 19 entries submitted, he receives $100 cash prize.

Area high school seniors honored by Daughters of American Revolution

Seniors at East Union, Manteca High, Lathrop High, and Sierra high schools were among those honored as Good Citizens by the El Toyon chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The local students were among the 14 who were recognized during a ceremony attended by the students with their parents, guardians, counselors, and administrators at the Central United Methodist Church in Stockton.

IT’S SERIOUS, FOLKS

Four winters. Four consecutive years of drought.

63 PARKS & COUNTING

Manteca hit a milestone three month ago when the city completed its 63rd park facility.

Help sought to spruce up veterans graves

There are hundreds of veterans buried at the pioneer East Union Cemetery in Manteca. The markers on many of the gravestones, through the years, have deteriorated and have become weather-worn.

Blight fight continues along Moffat

Manteca's ugly ducking thoroughfare - Moffat Boulevard - is inching closer to swan status.

Murder suspect faces other charges

If the murder case won't be enough to potentially keep Richard Howard Watkins behind bars for life, the other charges very likely will.