Downtown Merced

Members and supporters of the American Legion Post #83 were serving up great dinners of corned beef and cabbage for the entire community on St. Patrick’s Day last Sunday in Merced. Next Up: Post 83 is serving Menudo and Pozole this Sunday, March 24, 9 a.m. to noon. $9 for large bowl, $6 for small. All donation go to support  the Legions…

Those who attended the Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA) February meeting at the Merced Multicultural Arts Center last week got a very personal…

The Merced City Council opened up a three-part series of Town Hall meetings this week, starting with one downtown at the Merced Multicultural Arts Center on…

The 32nd Annual Original Merced Criterium took to the streets of Downtown Merced last Sunday, displaying high-speed action, and racing thrills. As one of Merced’s longest running bike races, the Original Merced Criterium hosts a dynamic street course that comes in at just under a mile. Riders made their way down M Street to 18th Street,…

Jane Eyre, a musical based on the classic novel by Charlotte Brontё, opens at Playhouse Merced on Friday, May 4, and runs for two weekends, ending with a…

The California Arts Council made its way from Sacramento to downtown Merced last week to conduct one of their five yearly meetings. Led by Executive…

Merced's El Capitan Hotel is about to embark on a journey which will see it try to recapture the 19th Century grandeur it once enjoyed. The $16 million project at West Main and M streets is due to be finished in fall 2019 and help downtown Merced become a destination in itself. Scott McBride, director of development services for the city of…

I love painting on anything with a surface,” says local artist Tonia Hemme. And you can see that for yourself at her new expanded studio at 561 W. 18th…

Hundreds of people – youth and adults – gathered at Bob Hart Square Wednesday evening, Feb. 28 to welcome the Youth Leadership Institute (YLI) to Merced and…

By day, Eric Stephen Bocks is a fifth generation farmer. His family has been farming in Le Grand since 1974. By night, Eric is a composer, singer and songwriter bringing original musicals to the Merced area for the last twenty years. Now, after raising his children, he is pursuing his music career. Last year he went to Nashville and recorded his…