A Pathway To Home Ownership In The Local Market
Finding the right loan for the home of your dreams doesn’t have to be a long, drawn-out ordeal.
Just ask Joe Stefani — one of the hardest working professionals in the Merced-area housing market.
“I try to be available to my clients 24/7,” he says. “I will meet with them any time, any day of the week. If a truck driver has to leave town at…
‘Mercado’ on Main fills downtown with Mercedians, visitors
Main Street in downtown Merced was bursting with life for the first “Mercado” event of the season last Wednesday, May 5th.
The farmers…
Atwater celebrates Ochoa-Jantz Insurance Agency
There’s a new business woman downtown, and Nereida Ochoa-Jantz is her name.
Ochoa-Jantz celebrated the official ribbon cutting of her Farmers…
Hilmar Cheese Company to open processing plant in Kansas
The website Farm Progress had a cheesy headline on one of its online pages this week.
It read: “Hilmar Cheese Is Gettin’ The Heck Into Dodge.”
The news flash pertained to the dairy company’s recent decision to build a new state-of-the-art cheese and whey protein processing plant in Dodge City, Kansas.
Hilmar Cheese Company, founded in…
Josie’s restaurant in Atwater at crossroads with employees…
Josie’s Mexican American Bar & Grill, a popular restaurant at 1301 Commerce Avenue in Atwater, made a decision last week to decrease the number of…
Marchini family opens Joe’s Premium Car Wash in Chowchilla
For generations, the Marchini family name has been synonymous with farming in Le Grand.
Family members started with tomatoes in the 1920s, went…
‘Bella Luna’ restaurant rising once again over Merced
Giancarlo DiTullio and Anaid Martinez-DiTullio were meant to be.
They’ve spent most of their lives in a serendipitous world marked by happy coincidences and beneficial twists of fate.
They both grew up in the restaurant business. They both found romance, love and marriage much like their parents did. And they both discovered,…
Rush Hours Return To Local Restaurants
Families, friends and loved ones are once again enjoying indoor dining in the Merced area thanks to Merced County being in the less restrictive…
Queens Hair Palace expands by opening braiding studio
Porchesia, Tania, Precious and Evangeline, the four co-owners of Queens Hair Palace Beauty Supply located at 1850 Yosemite Parkway in Merced, were…
A taste of the Merced County Fair is still within reach
Despite the cancellation of the 2021 Merced County Fair, CEO Teresa Burrola still wanted to do something to give the community a taste of the fair to enjoy, while supporting its vendors and an industry that has gone a full year without a single in-person fair due to COVID-19.
That led to the creation of the Merced County Fair’s new…