Bluegrass festival is ‘just sweet’ for musicians, fans
Romona Howe moved a bow across the strings, leaned into the fiddle and beamed as the wooden instrument erupted with sound.
Local residents Villalon, Scattini touted for creating peace
At National Night Out on Tuesday, two local residents were honored as peace advocates in San Benito County. Assemblyman Luis Alejo selected Dolores Villalon and Robert Scattini to receive the 2013 California Peace Award along with three other residents or groups from his assembly district.
‘Stronger Than Yesterday’
"Just keep moving! It doesn’t matter how fast you go,” a voice yelled in a bustling fitness facility on a Monday night, music blaring and sweat pouring from the faces of participants as they performed lunges, climbed ropes and practiced their form on overhead barbell squats. This is a familiar scene at Morgan Hill’s Brethren CrossFit 5 p.m. class and the voice is that of Nicole Perry, one of the seven certified CrossFit trainers that teach classes at the gym. Opened in January 2009 and owned by Lee Pappas, Brethren CrossFit is one of two CrossFit affiliated gyms in Morgan Hill attracting locals to take up the popular fitness regimen.
SJB hires new city manager
The San Juan Bautista City Council was set to approve an employment agreement for a new city manager, Don Reynolds.
Reynolds currently works as the assistant public works director in Salinas. Reynolds told the Free Lance he’s spent three decades in public service, working...
First signs point to defeat for parcel tax measure
First signs from Tuesday's election results point to a defeat
