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Jonathan Whitaker serves as the Chief Editor for Mid Valley Publications and oversees the Merced County Times and the Atwater-Winton Times Newspapers. He can be contacted by calling the Merced Office at 209.383.0433 or by stopping by 2221 K Street, Merced CA, 95340 or by calling the Winton office at 209.358.5311 or by stopping by 6950 Gerard Avenue, Winton CA, 95388. Additionally he can be contaced by email at [email protected]

Local News

Merced honors fallen Vietnam War pilot

Jonathan Whitaker May 23, 2019 0

The City of Merced honored Air Force fighter pilot, Col. Wayne Bolte, this week with a memorial plaque on Veterans Boulevard — the latest of more than 80 street tributes that have been added to the north-south traffic artery also known as M Street. “I’m very grateful the city appreciates its veterans and recognizes them,” said Mark…

Politics

City reveals frugal budget despite growth

Jonathan Whitaker May 23, 2019 0

City leaders and department heads were kept busy on a variety of fronts this week with the release of the preliminary budget for fiscal year 2019-20, along with…

Outdoors

UNDEFEATED! … It’s a remarkable turnaround for El Capitan…

Jonathan Whitaker May 20, 2019 0

The Boys Tennis Team at El Capitan High School has accomplished a feat nobody thought would be possible only a few years ago. The school has only been…

Local News

UC Merced Student Speaker: Engineering, Natural Sciences

Jonathan Whitaker May 18, 2019 0

UC Merced's Victoria Arias was the student speaker today during the 2019 Commencement for the schools of Engineering and Natural Sciences. “I really feel like UC Merced has taught me that it’s not the name, but the experiences you have in school,” Arias said recently in a student profile. Arias, of Clovis, initially was…

Local News

UC Merced Grads: Natural Sciences, Engineering

Jonathan Whitaker May 18, 2019 0

The largest graduating class in UC Merced history is being honored this weekend at the 2019 Spring Commencement. On Saturday, May 18, UC Merced Chancellor…

Culture

St. Patrick’s Church celebrates Rosary Garden, ‘Our Lady’

Jonathan Whitaker May 16, 2019 0

St. Patrick’s Catholic Church and Parish in Merced celebrated the blessing of a new Rosary Garden, along with a “festa” in honor of Our Lady of Fatima last…

Education

State of the College address highlights access, expansion

Jonathan Whitaker May 15, 2019 0

Energized by new initiatives to improve student access and enrollment, and a community willing to invest in campus expansion with new facilities and programs, Merced College — the largest institution of higher education in the region — is considered “stronger than ever before.” Those are the words of Merced College President Chris …

Insights and Opinions

My dinner with Lorenzi … and other good people

Jonathan Whitaker May 14, 2019 0

To be honest, I had no idea where we were going. Mr. “E.J.” Almo Lorenzi called up a month prior and he told me to not make plans for a Friday night in…

Politics

All Kinds Of Welcome Signs…but which ones, and where?

Jonathan Whitaker May 9, 2019 0

Merced leaders are focusing in on developing welcome signs on Highway 99 — particularly atop the northbound side of the Mission Avenue…

Around Town

Otto Rigan, proud local veteran with many skills, dies at 97

Jonathan Whitaker May 9, 2019 0

He was truly a man of many talents. And he was a high-energy person who once told the Merced Sun-Star: “Curiosity has kept me alive.” Otto Rigan of Atwater died at home over the weekend with four of his six children at his side. He was 97. “You could say that all his parts finally wore out, at the same time,” his namesake son Otto…

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