Ticket buyer could win grandfather clock at museum

There are plenty of bargains around in this down economy. But a $5 original handcrafted grandfather clock would be hard, maybe even impossible, to find anywhere.

Dinner helps fund software for RUOK

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ST. ANTHONY’S LUNCHEON

Manteca starts 119 housing units

Manteca builders have started 119 housing units in the first two months of 2010.

Manteca Senior Games taking place May 8-15

Over a hundred athletes plus a number of teams have already entered the 2010 Manteca Senior Games taking place May 8-15.

28-pound loss in 2 months sells him on TRX training

Vince Garcia didn't believe that working out with what are essentially straps would do him much good.

SOMETHING SPECIAL BRUNCH

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5,800 crosses at Woodward Park

By DENNIS WYATT

Manteca Unified school calendar back before board Tuesday

Last month, the Manteca Unified School District school board approved the student calendar for 2010-2011.

PG&E backs down; appears ready to comply with SSJID rules for pipeline

PG&E has backed off its threat to take legal action to force South San Joaquin Irrigation District to allow the utility to place a natural gas pipeline in SSJID right-of-way without following SSJID stipulations.

Street fair adds boat show plus carnival

The biggest Crossroads Street Fair yet takes place April 10-11 in downtown Manteca.

Hundreds attend 1st day of quilt show

Samantha Fitzgibbon's The Raven Queen doll did not qualify for the doll show. But she brought her original creation anyway to the 31st annual Manteca Quilt & Doll Show at MRPS Hall Saturday.

Coming Up: Quilters Guild – The next generation

The future of the Manteca Quilters Guild is already in the hands of the next generation.

MANTECA YOUTH FOCUS COMPETITION

Scenes from Saturday's Manteca Youth Focus Scholarship Competition at Woodward School.

Costa’s Wild-game Feed to take place Friday, Dec. 5

The annual Costa's Wild-game Feed will be held Friday, Dec. 5, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Manteca Trailer and Motorhome, 204 Vasconcellos (corner E. Highway 120). A story in the Monday, Dec. 1, edition of the Bulletin inadvertently indicated that the event will be held on March 5.

Support county’s Friends of Library Saturday in Tracy

It's time to celebrate the continuing effort to support the Stockton-San Joaquin County Library and literacy year after year.

Wild times ahead at Costa's Feed

A decades-long tradition of giving at Christmas continues on December 5 at Manteca Trailer and Motorhome when the perennially popular Costa's Wild-Game Feed returns.

Appoint or elect?

The clock is running for Manteca to avoid a $234,795 stand-alone special election.

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A global movement whose mission is to demystify the seemingly secret codes of computer science is coming to Lathrop High School on December 11. The hour-long tutorials are not just for the Spartan students. The two introductory sessions are open to the public as well.

Take your seat: Uecker, Restuccia votes confirmed

The Nov. 4 general election was recently certified by the Registrar of Voters of San Joaquin County.

Grand jury: City in line with disposal of ‘surplus’

LATHROP – If you're a government agency, getting rid of stuff isn't as easy as just taking it to the dump.

Valley CAPS enjoys dinner on Ministry

About four or five times a year, Sister Ann Venita Britto and her Ministry of Caring will conduct a special Thanksgiving luncheon for those at Valley CAPS.

3 died from flu spread of 1918-19

The last time Manteca – and the rest of the United States – faced a major flu epidemic that had the potential of closing schools and quarantining victims was 96 years ago.

Sierra grad Placeres passes state bar exam

Samantha Placeres of Manteca graduated with her Juris Doctor degree from Pepperdine University School of Law in a commencement ceremony held on May 16 in Malibu.

DARK DAYS AHEAD

Last year Garrett Todd hoped to land a 40-inch television on Black Friday.

Roll-over takes life of Sonora woman

A rollover accident spurred by slow traffic and a driver trying to avoid a collision claimed the life of a 64-year-old Sonora woman on Thanksgiving.

VFW celebrates groundbreaking Monday

A new $1.6 million community center that will serve as the home for Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6311 is part of the ongoing revitalization of the Moffat Boulevard corridor.