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Those seeking the basics, as well as helpful tips, which can be used when planting Spring vegetables learned a lot at the Merced County Master Gardeners workshop at 2145 Wardrobe Avenue in Merced held on the morning of Feb. 8. The seminar portion of the workshop was taught by Master Gardeners Nicolai Laquaglai and Tom Dinwoddie.…

Playhouse Merced’s production of “Matilda, the Musical” is based on a well-loved novel by British author Roald Dahl, published in 1988. “Matilda,”…

The Wild & Scenic Film Festival began in 2003, but the group which formed it was organized in 1983. That was when members of the South Yoruba River…

An exciting new program, the Winter/Spring 2020 Author Series, is anticipated to attract new audiences to the Merced County Public Library branches. Robert Dawson The first event in the series will be author/photographer Robert Dawson’s visit to the Merced branch on Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m. The Dawson event was organized by the…

During the month of February, the Atwater Elementary School District will hold its annual Round Up for incoming Transitional Kindergarten and…

Nancy’s Food Truck, located at 2050 Industrial Road on former Castle Air Force Base, operates from the parking lot of Big Creek Lumber. Its…

UC Merced’s 14th annual Human Rights Film Festival will present four films: “The Human Flow” on Feb. 7, “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” on Feb. 14, “500 Years” on Feb. 21, and “Adios Amor: The Search for Maria Moreno” on Feb. 28. The films, which are free to the public, will start at 7 p.m. on each of these four Fridays in…

Crystal Vega, the Manager at the Atwater branch of the Merced County Public Library, and Esther Garcia, the Library Assistant, are excited about a pilot…

The observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday on Feb. 20 is coming up fast. Caren Ross, who teaches second grade at Peggy Heller School…

A book signing event on Jan. 12 at Barnes & Noble, located at 1720 W. Olive Avenue in Merced, led many people to learn about an intriguing work of fiction, Nostalgic Blood, written by J. Crockett. As customers were asking for Crockett’s autograph on their copies of his book, they were enjoying chatting with him and hearing how…