Tag: Opinion
Worthy to Print Column | Happy New Year and Thank You
Good morning and Happy New Year! Here is hoping that you had a Merry Christmas and that you received everything you wished for. This...
Window on the World Column | The Time for Feasting
We’ve been on the gravy train these past couple of weeks and this train has fallen off the tracks. Going home for the holidays...
Guest Column | TAMC: Building Connections So That Communities Thrive and...
When asked why we do what we do, the answer is easy: we build connections so that communities thrive and grow. As the outgoing...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Look at Calendars Old and...
As the first column of a new year on the ol’ Gregorian Calendar, one could hold the expectation that the tradition of making resolutions,...
Worthy to Print Column | How Was Your Christmas?
I don’t know if I will see you or speak to you before Good Old Santa comes sliding down the chimney. I like to...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Long Look Back: A Senior’s...
For those of us with multiple decades behind us as we continue our personal journeys toward some inevitable end, it seems the compulsion increases...
Window on the World Column | Home for the Holidays
There is perhaps no better sound in the world than that of a familiar wave slapping against a familiar beach. I was born and...
Worthy to Print Column | Early Days…
A few weeks ago I asked you, dear readers, about your first memory. I wanted to know who might be reading my words and...
Guest Column | The Gift of Service to Others Can Be...
As 2023 comes to a close and I reflect on what seems to have been a whirlwind of a year, it is clear that...
Funny Papers Again Column | ‘Sink or Swim’ — In Greenfield...
Throughout my educational career I attended college and university at an erratic pace with time gaps of months and even years; but during each...
Local News
Miss Salinas Valley Fair competition opens for 2026 applicants
SALINAS VALLEY — Salinas Valley Fair is now accepting applications for the 2026 Miss Salinas Valley Fair Competition, offering young women the chance to...
