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City manager floats utility tax balloon
A looming 20 percent drop in property tax revenues could make Manteca municipal budget deficit projections for the 2010-11 fiscal years swell by $1.3 million.
School farm annexation before LAFCO Friday
The ball is now in the San Joaquin County Local Agency Formation Commission's court for Manteca's most controversial annexation in decades – 107.5 acres that include the Manteca Unified office complex, bus garage, and school farm along with 18 homes.
Celebrate the green too much & you could pay a lot of green
Get a little tipsy and decide to drive on this St. Patrick's Day and it may end up costing you a lot of green.
Bonus bucks: Most untouchable to cover deficit
Bonus buck balances – fees that residential developers agreed to pay for growth-related fees for things such as main roads, sewer and water lines plus parks and government facilities - are enough to plug the City of Manteca's projected deficit next fiscal year when combined with other measures being taken.
Spreckels Rec Park goes green for security lights
Spreckels Recreation Park – due to open this spring – is on target to become Manteca's greenest park yet.
Portuguese cultural class back by popular demand
Two new Portuguese cultural classes are being offered by the Manteca Senior Center and the city Parks and Recreation Department starting this Wednesday.
Kindred Arts holds Great Options drawing
Donate as little as $5 to the Manteca Kindred Arts and you could be the proud owner of a one-of-a-kind table runner made by nationally recognized by award-winning quilter Judy Mullen.
Tolman’s Eagle project helps Manteca Fire Department
Ben Tolman and 45 volunteers did maintenance on 200 fire hydrants in Manteca to fulfill a requirement for his Boy Scouts of America Eagle Award.
New home buyers: They’re back
Tax incentives that could put as much as $18,000 back into the pockets of new homebuyers are getting credit for a significant increase in new home sales in Manteca.
Ripon museum seeking volunteers
RIPON – John Mangelos knew that when the Veterans Museum project would eventually transform what was a blighted area into a place that people would enjoy visiting.
Monday deadline for Best of Manteca nominations
Who is the best dentist in town? Is it Sean Sangalang, Al Tonne, Ricardo Cuevas, Trang Duong, Marvin Bledsoe, Pamela Andrews, Mary Richmond, John Trueb, or someone else?
Dedicated Manteca merchant dies
One of Manteca's great movers and shakers has died. Aldo Brocchini, longtime owner of Accent Carpets One and the former Ace Hardware Store in Manteca, died Thursday night at Kaiser Modesto after a short illness. Friends, business acquaintances, employees and customers remembered the always amiable Brocchini as a people person, a progressive thinker, a shrewd businessman and a great business promoter with a golden heart. His death at the age of 82 came as a ...
Boys & Girls Club Youth of Year dinner March 26
Past Manteca/Lathrop Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year honorees have run the gamut from teens that turned their lives around to kids who have devoted an extraordinary amount of time helping with community service endeavors.
Gift blossoms into passion for orchid enthusiast
When someone gave Patty Reece an orchid to take care of herself, the poor plant didn't last more than a week before shriveling up and dying.
SJ General Hospital receives national award
FRENCH CAMP – Doctor Sheela Kapre, chair of the Medicine Department and director of the Internal Medicine Teaching Program for San Joaquin General Hospital, is one of 10 program directors from across the country to receive the nationally acclaimed Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award.
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Tailoring shop closed due to family emergency
A sign at the entrance to Manteca Tailoring on Maple Street has been baffling several people including some customers in a panic.
Valley CAPS plants community garden
Give a man a tomato and he can spruce up a salad.
Manteca Police plan checkpoint for DUI on Friday
Drivers beware – police are out to snare drunk drivers Friday night at a DUI checkpoint.
Greg Leland being inducted into Manteca Hall of Fame
Greg Leland - whose dedication to young people has spanned 27 years - is being inducted into the Manteca Hall of Fame.
100th birthday celebration for longtime Manteca resident
Nearly life-long Manteca resident Gilbert Simoni is celebrating his 100th birthday today from noon to 1:30 p.m. at The Commons at Union Ranch.
Daughter: ‘She was still my father on the inside’
Editor's note: First of two parts. In Friday's Bulletin the transgender spouse and non-transgender spouse share their thoughts.
READY TO ROCK OUT
Jim Anderson turned toward "Fingers" on the keyboard and let his legs shake, dipping his left knee as the music reached a crescendo.
LAFCo treating SSJID differently than Lathrop power provider
The request by South San Joaquin Irrigation District to take over a chunk of the PG&E service territory isn't the first rodeo for the San Joaquin County Local Agency Formation Commission.
Veterans laud McNerney efforts on their behalf
LATHROP – The war wounds that Al Alexander suffered during the 13 months that he spent in Korea still plague him to this day.
Firefighters go to bat for dying colleague
Tuesday morning was not about softball.
Community gets taste of top chef creations at Merrill Gardens event
Chef Jose Morales knows how to pick a menu.
What to do with Cottage Avenue?
Councilman Steve DeBrum wants Cottage Avenue made safer between the Highway 99 overpass and Louise Avenue and he doesn't want to spend thousands on a consultant to do so.
Renewable law enhances value of SSJID power by 70%
Dropping power prices may actually make it more feasible for South San Joaquin Irrigation District to leverage Tri-Dam Project receipts to deliver on a promise to reduce power costs by 15 percent assuming they get past the San Joaquin Local Agency Formation Commission.
Running for Boston to raise funds to help
Tracy Crane has organized memorial races, uniting the heavy-hearted in a common cause.
CIGNA Healthcare recognizes DHM as certified bariatric center
Weight-loss patients in Manteca now have a CIGNA Healthcare certified Bariatric Center at Doctors Hospital of Manteca, according to its CEO Nicholas Tejeda.
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