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Around Town: Keep the tradition
Sponsors for bands are needed to continue the Sunday Social Tea Dances on the fourth Sunday from January through November at Merced Senior Community Center, 755 W. 15th St.
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Pageant to crown three beauties
Miss Merced County 2009 will be crowned Jan. 17 at Buhach Colony High School Performing Arts Centre.
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Golden Valley High Marches in Rose Parade
A high school band from here in the Central Valley marched all five and a half miles of the Rose Parade route Thursday morning.
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Around Town: White elephant sale
On Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Senior Citizens of the Perry Yokley Family Development Center located on the corner of Canal and Eighth streets in Merced will be having a second White Elephant Sale to ...
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Home invasion thwarted after victims fight back
Police say two men were arrested on suspicion of committing a home invasion this week, after the victims fought back against their attackers.
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'Tis the season to give
Merced Rescue Mission invites everyone who can to give a little of their time. A Christmas lunch for the homeless will be served at noon today and as always volunteers are welcome to help out.
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Meetings on Saturday and Sunday, December 27-28, 2008
Merced-Atwater Women of Love prayer breakfast at 9 a.m. 281 E. Juniper Ave., Atwater.
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St. Anthony's Church celebrates 50 years
Ann MacDonald has no problem remembering the date St. Anthony's Church opened. A couple of weeks after its Dec.
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Merced County Association of Governments has tips for recycling holiday waste
The Merced County Association of Governments offered seasonal recycling tips from its recycling specialist, Jenny Halpin.
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Atwater man confesses to shooting supervisor's dog
Sheriff's deputies said Wednesday that an Atwater man, already in jail on a domestic violence case, confessed that he also had shot and killed a 2-year-old border collie kept by his boss at the Turlock Golf and ...
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Calif. man dies after I-10 accident
One person died from injuries sustained Friday afternoon in a one-vehicle rollover on eastbound Interstate 10 at mile marker 87.
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Pets feel economy's pinch too
Campodonica said that she has seen a drop in adoptions of pets this holiday season.
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Around Town: Christmas cantata
First Christian Church Choir will raise their voices in song performing "Once Upon a Miracle" Christmas cantata.
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Atwater: Break out butter, bibs
Challenged FRC, a Merced nonprofit dedicated to parent support for children with special needs, is hosting an all-you-can-eat crab feed.
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2 lawmakers team up to oppose new Death Row
Two legislators from opposing parties and with opposite views on the death penalty joined Tuesday to propose cutting off funding for a new $395 million Death Row at San Quentin, calling it a boondoggle that a ...
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December 12 in Merced history
The grand opening of the Double M Restaurant in Atwater at the corner of Highway 99 and Buhach is slated for Dec.
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County schools to receive $27 million from state
Money doesn't grow on trees, but it is raining down on some local school construction projects.
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Peace and love cause a big stir in Atwater Village
No one had ever seen a crowd like this -- 1,400 people jammed into a bank parking lot, quite a turnout considering that fewer than 20,000 people live here.
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Atwater to strengthen developer commitments
Juniper Meadows is a small incomplete development on Juniper Avenue in Atwater. Twelve empty lots make up the project that came to a halt because of the dismal housing market.
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Funeral procession a fitting tribute for tow-truck driver killed on the job
It may not have been a typical funeral procession: dozens of tow trucks trailing behind a family in mourning.
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