Merced County Times Newspaper
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A President and a Gentleman

Editor’s Note: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has entered home hospice care in Plains, Georgia “to spend his remaining time at home with his family,” it was announced last Saturday. At 98, President Carter is the longest-lived American president. In 2010, Carter came to UC Merced to receive the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social…

Citizens group plans to put Measure C back on ballot

Former Merced Mayor Mike Murphy re-entered the city spotlight with a surprise appearance at last week’s Town Hall at Weaver Middle School, and a new message for local residents. Murphy announced to city leaders and the public that he was the chairman of the new Committee to Renew Measure C, and the group plans to renew the measure through the…