Merced County Times Newspaper
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Young Merced students return to school in style 

Students at Luther Burbank Elementary received the celebrity treatment as they began the 2023-24 school year on Wednesday morning. Students walked a red carpet that faculty prepared as they said farewell to summer, with parents waving them on. Luther Burbank is one of 20 schools in the Merced City School District that resumed classes this week.…

Juniper Elementary School opens in Atwater


Atwater residents, educators and local leaders celebrated the opening of the new Juniper Elementary School on Aug. 4. The campus, located at 661 E. Juniper Ave., is the first to be added to the Atwater Elementary School District (AESD) in decades. Members of the community filled the school’s auditorium to witness the ribbon cutting…

The Town of El Nido: That’s Spanish for ‘The Nest’

By Jim Cunningham & Flip Hassett In the early 1800s the area on which the little town of El Nido now stands was land on which a few Indians, various wildlife and wild horses lived. Today, in the area are many acres of rich farming ground covered with many different crops and some very progressive and productive dairies. There are…