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Drive-thru BBQ helps ‘Mo’ cover therapy costs
It was just another Saturday morning for Mauricio Araniz who was on his way to Modesto Junior College for a basketball game.
DAY OF BEAUTY BENEFIT
Fuzion Salon and Spa in downtown Manteca conducted a Day of beauty to raise funds for Jason Davino's cancer treatment fund.
Warrant Officers Association donates flag to EU Cemetery
The local retired U.S. Army Warrant Officers Association donated an American flag to the East Union Cemetery on Tuesday.
VFW Post 6311 plans poppy sales in Manteca Friday & Saturday
The Manteca's VFW Post 6311 & Ladies Auxiliary will be offering Buddy Poppies on Friday and Saturday, May 8 & 9. They will be available at various locations throughout Manteca including Bass Pro Shop, the Post Office on Maple Street, Raley's and Save Mart on Main Street.
Stimulus funds help Manteca cops
Federal dollars may help assure that the Manteca Police have top-notch functioning equipment while at the same time avoiding dipping into general fund receipts. The Manteca City Council tonight is expected to seek its share - $147,000 to be exact – of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funds' component aimed at providing funds through the federal Department of Justice to assist state and local law enforcement combat crime. Police Chief Dave Bricker ...
Manteca Soroptimist awards night hands out $12,000 in scholarships
Manteca Soroptimist women handed out a total of $12,000 at their recent awards night dinner to six graduating high school students and four area women who received special recognition awards. The soon to graduate high school seniors receiving college scholarships included Gurwinder Kaur, Manteca High School, Mayra Padilla, East Union High School, Amber Alcaraz, New Vision High School, Tolulope Afolabi, Weston Ranch High School, Mahlynn Liotard, Sierra High School and Heather Scharmann receiving the Betty ...
One-stop remodeling has other benefits
The creation of a one-stop permit center at the Manteca Civic Center is also setting in motion improved efficiencies for other municipal departments as well as improving public access. The $430,000 project – less than a third of the cost that was originally envisioned – requires shifting personnel around and remodeling other offices. As a result when work being handled by city employees is completed there will be: •American Disabilities Act access for the handicapped ...
Manteca leaders may waive $5,923 in city costs for Memorial Day
Staging a major "thank-you" for war veterans who returned home and those who didn't this Memorial Day Weekend will incur $5,923 in Manteca municipal costs. In the current austere times, the City Council has directed staff to provide exact details of what various endeavors are going to cost whether it is construction, ongoing maintenance or specific costs tied to a specific event and determine if there is a way to recoup the money. That is ...
Participants sought for Rina’s Run
RIPON – Organizers of Rina's Run are keeping their fingers crossed for more participants. The event consisting of 5 kilometer run / walk is planned for 8 a.m. Saturday kicking off with a mile run for youngsters' age 5 through 12 (the winner gets a GT BMX bike). Thus far, the Ripon Community Athletic Foundation has been thrilled with the numbers of sponsors exceeding that of the previous year. "I'm also extremely excited about the ...
Ripon native Hester meets President Obama
By GLENN KAHL Staff reporter for the Manteca (Calif.) Bulletin One of President Obama's first stops on his inaugural trip to Europe included a face-to-face meeting with Ripon native Coreen (Ruiz) Hester. The President and Mrs. Obama visited the American School (ASL) in London where they met Hester who serves as head master. It was part of Obama's eight-day tour where he also met with the London U.S. Embassy staff and their families in the ...
Manteca adds 897 housing units
Manteca – despite the mortgage meltdown that sent nearly 1,000 single family homes into foreclosure during 2008 - experienced its second highest year in terms of the number of new housing units that were built within the city limits since a growth cap was imposed in 1987.
Manteca taking shot at stimulus funding
Manteca is joining a growing trend across America – smaller cities hiring lobbyists to go after $787 billion in federal stimulus funds.
City Hall: Is it going downtown, staying put or going on Industrial?
The city is doing a top-to-bottom reassessment of all options including going forward with moving the Manteca Police into the former Qualex building at 555 Industrial Park Drive that was purchased by the Manteca Redevelopment Agency. They are working with the consulting firm Group Four to complete the overview.
Board buys land for French Camp site
FRENCH CAMP ­- Jason Messer calls it "shovel-ready" stimulus money. According to the superintendent of the Manteca Unified School District, the funding source that's being used to help purchase some additional land adjacent to French Camp School is different to that of the one-time stimulus package earmarked for education due anytime from the federal government. "These are contingency dollars used to cover the amount on this project and others," Messer said at last Tuesday's school ...
SHARPS seeks 20 volunteers to beef up patrols
The Seniors Helping Area Residents and Police (SHARP) corps of volunteers supporting the Manteca Police Department is looking for nearly two dozen new members to increase their visibility in neighborhoods and shopping centers.
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Stay-at-home mom & her bundle of joy
Jessica Becker knows what it's like to be there when her daughter wakes up every morning and when she goes to bed every night – relishing in the bundle of joy and energy that 4-year-old Lauren brings to her family.
Fire engine, picnic shelters
What could Manteca do with an extra $1.8 million?
6-year-old dies following bathtub mishap
Charlie Jayne Crandall Davis was a happy 6-year-old who wore red-framed glasses, loved to dance and refused to be defined by Down's Syndrome.
Council chambers work: $787K
It cost just under $30,000 in 1924 to build Manteca's original brick two-story city hall that still stands across from the downtown Library Park.
Get ready for 40 mph speed limit on Cottage
The speed limit on Cottage Avenue is going to go up by a third.
Jack Miller joins Hall of Fame
Jack Miller - a coach and teacher lauded for his "pay-it-forward attitude" - is being inducted into the Manteca Hall of Fame.
Home is where the travel agent is
When the foreclosure crisis leveled the local economy, June Hum knew she was in for a bad trip.
FUN TIME AHEAD
FUN Club Program Inc. has a new location with more room and amenities. But, according to Rev. Quincy McClain, the message remains the same: "Education, education, education," she said on Friday. McClain is the director for FUN – an acronym for Friday Unity Night in the Neighborhood – for the past six years. The previous five were held at her Southside Christian Church at 314 Locust Ave., Manteca. "Every Friday night after the FUN Club, ...
$2.6M upgrade for Austin/99
Moffat Boulevard between Austin Road and Woodward Avenue will be widened to four lanes under a $2.6 million plan to secure employment centers in the first phase of the 1,050-acre Austin Road Business Park. Ramps at the Austin Road and Highway 99 interchange would be widened including allowing the southbound off ramp to 99 to have two left turn lanes and a right turn lane. There would also be traffic signals at the off ramps. ...
‘Bowling alley’ yard maximizes every inch of space
Robi and Ray Cornelius describe their Del Webb home's back yard as something akin to a two-lane bowling alley. Yet, the garden that they have created in that limited space is nothing close to a "tunnel vision," as Robi Cornelius puts it.
STORYBOOK ENDING?
Shelves and stacks of books, some reaching from floor to ceiling, create a labyrinth inside this Main Street store.
Generations facility may open by next summer
LATHROP – A few months ago it was unofficially known as the "teen center."
Cinco de Mayo celebration Sunday at downtown Manteca’s Library Park
Everything from a low rider car show to Mexican bands are part of the free Manteca Cinco de Mayo celebration taking place this Sunday, May 5, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Library Park in downtown Manteca.
There are now 71,164 Mantecans
Manteca has bumped Turlock to become the fifth largest city in the Northern San Joaquin Valley.
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