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In addition to offering take-out meals, many restaurants in Merced and Atwater are thinking outside the box and industriously converting their outdoor spaces to outdoor dining in compliance with state guidelines during the pandemic. Restaurants with outdoor dining which deserve praise for their innovative thinking are too numerous…

The Applegate Park Zoo at 1045 W. 25th Street in Merced reopens on Saturday, July 25, at 10 a.m. Its new hours of operation are Tuesday through…

I’ve sewn for a long time, and I sewed all my kids clothes.  I wanted to help the community, and I thought, "That is something I can do because I know how to…

To Beverly Thomas, a local resident in her 60s, giving is a way of life. She is sewing face masks to give to others, and she recently took some to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. She told the Times, “When I go to UC Davis in Sacramento, I give masks to the nurses and nurse practitioners. I gave one to my oncologist.…

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following article was submitted for publication just prior to Governor Newsom announcement this week of the closure of "worship…

Jim Vineyard, Atwater’s former mayor pro tem who is currently outgoing vice president of the Atwater Historical Society (AHS), has spent several…

Dr. Greg Wright, an assistant professor in UC Merced’s Economics program, who earned both a Master’s degree and a Ph.D in Economics from UC Davis, shared with the Times his perspective on the coronavirus’ impact on the economy, based on the national unemployment rate. Dr. Wright told the Times, “Since March 2020, the effects of COVID-19 on…

Are you ready for some good family fun this summer? A scrumptious homemade barbecued chicken dinner can be purchased and will be available for…

The Merced Youth Council — which provides outreach to the community to increase youth involvement and engagement within the City of Merced — held…

'At this point, we will not be able to slow this curve unless the community steps up. It will continue to spread dramatically, or more likely, the state will come in and shut down everything again which we would like to avoid. That means potentially shutting down schools, and we’ve worked with the schools really hard to reopen them because it’s…