$50,000 donated for autism treatment
Author(s): Elsa MejiaFEAT gifts to help children better their social skillsFamilies for Effective Autism Treatment (FEAT) Fresno/Madera County gave $50,000 this week to support autism treatment. The...
View ArticleAgriLand celebrates end of harvest with 400 employees, partners
Author(s): Elsa MejiaA Madera farm management company celebrated the end of harvest season with its employees, business partners and their families on Friday. The lunchtime celebration included meals,...
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Judge weighs penalty for $68B high-speed rail
Author(s): Associated PressBy Juliet Williams SACRAMENTO — Attorneys for the California High-Speed Rail Authority argued Friday that Central Valley residents who sued the state over its bullet train...
View ArticleVeterans Day closures
Author(s): The Madera TribuneAll banks, post offices, and city, county, state and federal offices will be closed for Veterans Day on Monday.Schools will not be in session Monday in honor of the...
View ArticleDog park filled for play, show
Author(s): Leon EmoDozens of dogs ran, played, sniffed, did their thing, and made new friends during the Central Cali Kennel Club biannual dog show held Saturday at the Dog Park at Rotary Park.The show...
View ArticleThanksgiving dinner raises funds for needy
Author(s): Elsa MejiaA longtime annual church Thanksgiving dinner — mainly held in the past to bring people together to socialize — for the first time was used to raise funds to help the poor build...
View ArticleWine tasting features releases, holiday shopping
Author(s): Elsa MejiaThousands of people from near and far reveled in wine produced locally during Madera Wine Trail’s 2013 Holiday Spirit Weekend. The annual two-day wine tasting event is the last of...
View ArticleCattlemen’s association honors its members
Author(s): Tami Jo NixCOARSEGOLD — It should come as no surprise that a banquet honoring the men and women of the beef industry would serve steak dinners to its members. Awards and scholarships were...
View ArticleHumans, robots compete in Madtown Throwdown
Author(s): Elsa MejiaCoyotes stopped in semi-finalsStudents behind the controls in a robotics competition were not looking to qualify for anything, as it was an off-season event, but that did not mean...
View ArticleLow turnout at Veterans Day dinner
Author(s): Elsa MejiaThe first ever Veterans Dinner hosted by the Madera chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People did not get the turnout organizers hoped for, but...
View ArticlePatron saint honored during fiesta, faithful given Catholic sacraments
Author(s): Elsa MejiaThe celebration of a patron saint, thousands of miles away from the hometown he’s venerated in, drew hundreds of people to a lot in northwestern Madera. The Fiesta de San Martin...
View Article‘We owe them everything’
Author(s): Mark SmithVeterans Day marked by local honor, prideIn wheelchairs and walkers with songs and spirit, Madera-area veterans young and old alike were celebrated at a Courthouse Park ceremony...
View Article2 killed in SR99 rollover
Author(s): DJ BeckerA 20-year-old Chowchilla man and his 12-year-old sister were ejected and killed in a solo vehicle rollover crash on southbound State Route 99, just north of Avenue 18 1/2 according...
View ArticleMadera actor to play Scrooge in Playhouse Merced holiday musical
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneA Madera man will play the lead role in 12 performances of a Playhouse Merced live musical adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens holiday novel “A Christmas...
View ArticleMaderans win 2nd in national FFA quiz competition
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneRecent graduate gets his second national titleThe Madera South High School FFA team beat out squads from 32 states in a quiz competition and took second place overall...
View ArticleHis effort equals success
Author(s): Mark SmithMadera High senior piles up honors and still works in family groceryAhmed Alhomedi, a 17-year-old Yemen-born senior student at Madera High School, has a work ethic that many...
View Article‘Tooth fairy’ visits school
Author(s): The Madera TribuneA “tooth fairy” from First 5 Madera County visited preschool students at Cesar Chavez Elementary School this week to share about the value of dental health.Unidentified by...
View ArticleMSTC to present homeless Shakespeare play
Author(s): John RiepingMadera South Theatre Company (MSTC) begins a two-week run of William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy “Twelfth Night” at 7:30 tonight with a twist on the classic.“Twelfth Night’ is...
View ArticlePlanning commission approves homes, brewery
Author(s): Mark SmithAn established business will move a short way down the street to a larger location, a closed-down bar will reopen as a microbrewery, a billiard parlor and video arcade will open on...
View ArticleLaw library offers free access to resources
Author(s): Elsa MejiaHidden near a corner of the Madera Superior Court, right next to State Route 99, an abundance of legal information lies free and ready to use for anyone willing to make the effort...
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