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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 ...

Kaiser Manteca nurses taking hospital concerns to Del Webb folks

Kaiser Manteca nurses are pounding the pavement today at Woodbridge at Del Webb to share with the residents their concerns about the state of health services at the West Yosemite Avenue medical facility.

Suspect, 19, arrested in attempted double murder

A 19-year-old Sacramento man has been arrested on attempted murder charges associated with an early morning double shooting Sept. 7 in a Victory Avenue home south of Alameda Street and east of Union Road, just blocks north of the Manteca Police Department.

Economist: Twin tunnels may be Delta death knell

FRENCH CAMP –Jeffrey Michael thought of the people at "Restore the Delta" as a "bunch of hippies" when they first papered his car with their mantra.

Higher speeds for Manteca streets

It may soon be legal to "speed" on Cottage Avenue and Atherton Drive based on current posted speed limits.

Interest is high in 14 gun bills before Brown

San Joaquin County Undersheriff Jon Picone had a few things that he wanted to talk about to the Manteca TEA Party Patriots as their featured guest Thursday night.

Manteca saves water, reduces costs with park irrigation wells

Manteca avoids using enough treated water each year to meet the needs of roughly 9,000 people.

Feng Shui changed Manteca woman’s life

Fifteen years ago Linda Kay read an article in a magazine that changed her life.