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Even if they never met during their time in service, one veteran says there is still a bond among all who served.
Opinion

Even if they never met during their time in service, one veteran says there is still a bond among all who served.

  • Dave Faries
  • Nov 11, 2025

Dave Faries here, noting that Scott Donaldson, mayor of Del Rey Oaks, is a U.S. Army veteran.

Monterey’s Lower Presidio Park is owned by the Army but run by the city. Is that sustainable?
News

Monterey’s Lower Presidio Park is owned by the Army but run by the city. Is that sustainable?

  • David Schmalz
  • Oct 24, 2024

Lower Presidio Park in Monterey is arguably the most historic place in all of California, as it was long inhabited by Indigenous people and wa…

Marina Coast’s prehistoric water supply is not replenishing.
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Marina Coast’s prehistoric water supply is not replenishing.

  • David Schmalz
  • Dec 1, 2016

If you turn on a tap in Marina, or anywhere in the former Fort Ord, some of the water coming out is thought to be more than 20,000 years old, …

Uncle Sam
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Uncle Sam

  • Rob Rogers
  • Oct 28, 2016
Monterey County’s biggest food-and-drink stories of 2016.
Eat + Drink

Monterey County’s biggest food-and-drink stories of 2016.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Oct 20, 2016

If you were to consult Facebook, it would tell you one of the most important stories of the year in Monterey County food and drink was the fac…

Throwback to a Carmel Beach police sting targeting gay men.
831 (Tales from the Area Code)

Throwback to a Carmel Beach police sting targeting gay men.

  • David Schmalz
  • Jul 21, 2016

In September 1956, the Monterey Peninsula Herald published a four-part series by journalist Fred Sorri titled, “A Peninsula Problem.”

Monterey and the Army poised to begin a new partnership.
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Monterey and the Army poised to begin a new partnership.

  • Nick Rahaim
  • Jul 14, 2016

The city of Monterey has long prided itself on its relationship with the military, calling its maintenance agreement with the Army and Navy th…

Army withdraws charges against Presidio rape suspect.
Monterey

Army withdraws charges against Presidio rape suspect.

  • Ana Ceballos
  • Jun 23, 2016

Sexual assault charges against a U.S. Army Sergeant have been withdrawn without prejudice, but the investigation into the alleged rape is ongo…

Prescribed burns in Fort Ord could begin as soon as July.
News

Prescribed burns in Fort Ord could begin as soon as July.

  • David Schmalz
  • Jun 16, 2016

As part of the U.S. Army's ongoing efforts to restore the Fort Ord landscape, the Army announced yesterday that prescribed burns could begin t…

Sand City looks to its beachfront for future development.
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Sand City looks to its beachfront for future development.

  • David Schmalz
  • Jun 16, 2016

On a recent Friday afternoon, Sand City Mayor David Pendergrass sits shotgun in a city-owned Ford Expedition, giving a city tour that was set …

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