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  • Oct 9, 2025

Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula

The Carmel Woman’s Club is still going strong after 100 years, bucking a national trend.
831 (Tales from the Area Code)

The Carmel Woman’s Club is still going strong after 100 years, bucking a national trend.

  • Pam Marino
  • Aug 21, 2025

It was a Sunday in early December 1925, when 54 women of Carmel made their way down and across the forest pathways and unpaved streets of the …

In North and South County, long-awaited library upgrades are coming soon.
News

In North and South County, long-awaited library upgrades are coming soon.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Apr 24, 2025

It was a good week for libraries on Monterey County’s northernmost tip and its southernmost point.

For Volunteer Appreciation Week, a reflection on the giving (and getting) that volunteerism brings.
Opinion

For Volunteer Appreciation Week, a reflection on the giving (and getting) that volunteerism brings.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Apr 21, 2025

Sara Rubin here, thinking about the fingerprints all around me showing volunteers have been here, improving parks and street corners, cleaning…

Nonprofit Second Bloom repurposes fancy bouquets to uplift hospice patients and others.
831 (Tales from the Area Code)

Nonprofit Second Bloom repurposes fancy bouquets to uplift hospice patients and others.

  • Pam Marino
  • Mar 6, 2025

On a gray, blustery Friday morning in Pebble Beach, Lynn Bohnen and Soozie Bauer are eyeing a large, jumbled pile of pastel-colored flowers an…

The Carmel Youth Center is forging a new path after a crisis interrupted programming.
News

The Carmel Youth Center is forging a new path after a crisis interrupted programming.

  • Pam Marino
  • Dec 5, 2024

Of the more than 200 youth centers that crooner and movie star Bing Crosby – and founder of the original Pebble Beach golf tournament – opened…

After 20 years at the helm of Monterey College of Law, Mitch Winick announces retirement.
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After 20 years at the helm of Monterey College of Law, Mitch Winick announces retirement.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Oct 7, 2024

After 20 years leading Monterey College of Law, Dean/President Mitch Winick has announced his plan to retire in July 2025. He was named as dea…

Pacific Grove police chief announces retirement after an extended medical leave.
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Pacific Grove police chief announces retirement after an extended medical leave.

  • Pam Marino
  • Sep 27, 2024

For about a year, Pacific Grove Police Chief Cathy Madalone has been out of the spotlight, reportedly working from home due to an undisclosed …

Del Rey Oaks City Council member Bill Ragsdale-Cronin dies at age 65.
News

Del Rey Oaks City Council member Bill Ragsdale-Cronin dies at age 65.

  • David Schmalz
  • Aug 30, 2024

Bill Ragsdale-Cronin, a Del Rey Oaks City Council member who was appointed to his position in February 2023, died on Wednesday, Aug. 28 at age…

Al & Friends anticipates a food service milestone, as well as a long future.
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Al & Friends anticipates a food service milestone, as well as a long future.

  • Dave Faries
  • Jun 27, 2024

Al Siekert is 81 years old, but don’t suggest that he’s going to back down anytime soon.

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