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Salt: The next sewer rate buster?

Salt could do to your monthly sewer bill what ammonia did – raise it considerably. Manteca is in the process of re-licensing the municipal wastewater treatment plant with the Central Valley Regional Water Control Board. The city is almost through with a $61.3 million treatment plan upgrade and expansion project that started in earnest in December 2003 after six years of struggling to devise a way to deal with a state demand that additional ammonia ...

Employment picture improves in Manteca

Manteca's unemployment picture – as well as that of every other community in San Joaquin County – bucked the statewide trend in August as more people went back to work.

Social, turkey BBQ Sept. 27 benefits museum

Tri-tip, barbecued turkey, spaghetti, French bread, salad and marinated tomato slices are all on the menu at the 17th annual Old-Fashioned Barbecue Social on Sunday, Sept. 27 from 2 to 5 p.m.

Miss Lathrop contest today at Lathrop High

LATHROP - If you have been to a community event in Lathrop during the past 12 months, it is a very good chance that you have met Ana Pacheco and Omar Ornelas.

Harvest Festival weekend

Nobody is going to have an opportunity to dunk a man of the cloth in a big tank of water. But the lack of the once-so-popular feature at the annual St. Anthony of Padua Harvest Festival this weekend will be more than compensated by a host of family fun, food, games, auctions both live and silent, in addition to a beer garden for adults. The church is located at Fremont Avenue and North Street. The ...

Brothers work in family store & on CSU degrees

It isn't uncommon for Parminder Singh to throw out a hello to a customer that saunters through the doors of his family's Discount Market.

POWERED PARACHUTE RESCUE

RIPON - The rescue of two lost and cold rafters on the Stanislaus River was credited to the Ripon Police Department's powered parachute – "Air One."

Idols deliver the sound of music from big screen

Now that the Manteca Idol judges have decided to come up with weekly themes for the contestants, the true talent of those who remain in the competition is about to shine through.

MRPS MEMBERSHIP DINNER

The MRPS held its annual membership dinner on Thursday.

MUST Pumpkin Run set Oct. 3

For the past four years, the Pumpkin Run has served as a major fundraiser for the Manteca Unified Student Trust.

Moms Club park day set for Sept. 23

The Moms Club of Manteca North will be holding a Park Day at Northgate Park on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 10 a.m.

Civil Air Patrol squadron plans open house

LATHROP – The Sierra Composite Squadron, local unit of the Civil Air Patrol, is hosting an open house Sept. 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the Sharpe Depot on Roth Road in Lathrop.

Tractors wanted for Main Street Day event

Wanted: Tractors to be displayed at Ripon's downtown Main Street. The event, sponsored by the Ripon Chamber of Commerce, is the 24th Annual Main Street Day & 7th Annual Car Show & Health Faire scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 17, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Those who want to enter their tractors in the car show are asked to fill out a form and indicate the make, model and year of the vehicle entry. Tractors ...

People mover down on the farm

LATHROP - San Francisco International Airport has them. The Stockton Metro Airport doesn't. However, Dell'Osso Farms will soon have one.

Guinta thanked for good deeds during parade

Manteca entrepreneur and restaurant owner Frank Guinta was more than a grand marshal in Manteca's Christmas parade Saturday night.

Bishop tells faithful bankruptcy filing likely

Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of the six-county Catholic Diocese of Stockton announced over the weekend the diocese will likely file for bankruptcy saying there is "no viable option" other than re-organization.

Rosie the Riveter & a soldier in England

In May of 1944, Al Ftacek, a soldier from the town of Ottawa in Illinois, was sent to England to be part of a six-month bombing mission to Germany.

Ministry of Caring’s Christmas lunch set

The annual Christmas luncheon hosted by Sister Ann Venita Britto and her Ministry of Caring is planned for Thursday at the St. Anthony Parish gymnasium.

Bottom line: $1.4M a year for city

A private lodging tax is the linchpin that financial experts believe is crucial for a complex deal to secure a 500-room Great Wolf Resort Lodge to make sense for the City of Manteca.

Ripon honors fallen police officers

Tears were prevalent at the Ripon's Police Memorial at 1 p.m. Saturday as it was dedicated in the memory of late Ripon officers Paul Stevens and Bob Winget.

Teen crisis counseling among many benefactors

It's the $75 ticket that keeps on giving.

He turns losing proposition into business

The proof is in the pudding.

DVD project helps capture WWII memories

The introduction is brief, but it packs a heady and heavy punch, not just in an emotional but in a very inspirational way.

Main Auto Repair helps homeless MHS student

Neal Plymate recently received an unexpected call from Main Auto Repair.

Help needed for Christmas meals

Various businesses, school groups and individuals are working with Second Harvest Food Bank in the hopes of filling enough donation barrels around town with food stuffs to meet the Christmas dinner needs in Manteca, Lathrop, and Ripon.

Modesto police shoot. wound armed suspect

MODESTO (AP) - Modesto police say one of their officers has shot and wounded an armed man.

Buffs take section by storm

STOCKTON – The Manteca High football team claimed its third Sac-Joaquin Section championship in eight years, routing Sacramento 49-6 in a driving rain at Alex G. Spanos Stadium.

Manteca seeks $3M for Austin from Uncle Sam

Uncle Sam could put up $3 million to help finance public improvements in the Austin Road Business Park.

Virtual academy hires 8 new teachers

The California Connections Academy has expanded its staff with nine new hires at the Ripon site where it serves more than 500 students online in grades kindergarten through high school in Alameda, Amador, Calaveras, Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Santa Clara and Stanislaus counties.