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Sharing the small town spirit with newcomers
So you want to get a feel for your town - newcomers and old-timers alike?
Smoke bombs (& cherry bombs) can be dangerous
I do not like fireworks - at least the ones you buy and set off.
Summer finally arrives in the San Joaquin Valley
The mercury - for those old enough to remember when you didn't click on weather.com to find what the outside temperature is but instead actually stepped outside to read an old-style thermometer - is expected to reach the 100-degree mark on the Fourth of July.
National health care’s 1st dividend: A 10% tanning tax
If you go to a tanning salon, congratulations are in order.
M-60 wasn’t that big of a blast on 4th
While rummaging through my garage a few years ago, I came across an old M-60.
Who needs trees when CBS billboards are in Manteca park?
A small army of civic-minded volunteers from Crossroads Community Church did what they embraced as the Lord's work last October and helped the financially strapped city plant 250 trees along the Moffat Boulevard leg of the Tidewater Bikeway.
Potential still glitters in the Golden State
The Donner Party came to California 164 years ago.
Public schools: A return to ‘haves’ v. ‘have nots’?
California's public education could be moving toward another crisis that could ultimately undermine local control.
Summer beckons with the little pleasures of life
Summertime and the livin' is easy
Finding out about Manteca council, mayor hopefuls
Manteca voters in 160 days will elect a mayor and two council members.
So why does Manteca ‘allow’ new home building?
It is a common lament: Why is Manteca allowing new home construction when there are so many foreclosures?
Manteca taxpayers continue to subsidize Lathrop dogs & cats
It's animal cruelty - at least for Manteca dogs and cats as opposed to those from Lathrop.
Just part of a 50-year journey
When a couple is married for 50 years, it is actually a century of trying to support each other when it's all added up.
Stanislaus River needs balanced management
California water politics are about as easy to navigate as swimming through shark infested waters with 100 pounds of red meat strapped to your back.
Tower of Power’s horn line still as impressive as ever
Was that a Huey Lewis sighting at the San Joaquin County Fair?
Articles by Section - Local Columns
Big Mother: Hitting the bottle (of soda) can kill you
Drinking water can kill you.
Life: It’s how you play it that makes all the difference
It's time once again for Pomp and Circumstance.
Downtown antique fairs in Ripon & Tracy
Ripon's 1st Antique Fair will take place on Saturday, May 31, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Main Street Downtown Ripon. All proceeds go to Ripon Historical Society. There will be antiques, primitives and vintage signs for sale. For more info go to http://community.mantecabulletin.com/events/detail/13176/
Yes, your toilet can be intelligent
Are you ready for a toilet smarter than you?
Big Mother government & Kristen Olsen
Kristen Olsen doesn't like "unnecessary nanny government policies."
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