Garden: Going, going, gone?
Tenants of the Morgan Hill Community Garden might be without a place next year to grow their household fruits, vegetables and flowers – and raise produce for the needy – if the City declines to renew the nonprofit gardening organization’s lease at their current site.
How to beat the heat
As temperatures continue to hover in the 90s after peaking a triple digits earlier this week, one of the hottest places to stay cool this summer is the Morgan Hill Aquatics Center. But the swim facility that boasts three pools, water slides, fountains and geysers isn’t just for members every day, as the center welcomes day visitors and, on at least one day in August, free admission for residents.
MHPD proposes city’s first concealed weapon licensing program
For the first time, the Morgan Hill Police Department may soon have a program in place to process and issue permits for local residents to carry concealed firearms.
MHPD officers and city staff have been working on the local CCW licensing program after a 2022...
Morgan Hill Community Conference to focus on youth
NBC Bay Area News reporter Damian Trujillo is slated as the keynote speaker for the April 12 “Morgan Hill Community Conference: Uniting the Community for the Success of Our Youth,” which will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Loritta Bonfante Johnson Education Center (85 Tilton Ave.).
Woman of the Year Cricket Rubino leads wide variety of volunteer efforts
By the time Chamber of Commerce 2013 Woman of the Year Cricket Rubino and her husband Michael “retired” from the Live Oak Emerald Regime in 1998 – more than 25 years after the couple helped establish the marching band – she knew so many people in Morgan Hill that she couldn’t avoid being involved in the community.
Orchard Supply Hardware bought by Lowe’s
San Jose-based Orchard Supply Hardware filed for bankruptcy Monday, but will remain in business after a $205 million pending sale to rival hardware store Lowe’s, which bought out at least 60 of the 91 Orchard Supply stores in California, according to Reuters.
Alleged scam artists arrested
Police arrested two Richmond men Wednesday night who allegedly
Joshie Valdez remains in hospital, ‘usually in good spirits’
Joshua Valdez, 22, the young man who was critically injured in a June 16 hit-and-run accident in Morgan Hill, continues to make progress healing from the numerous injuries he suffered in the accident, according to his friends and family.
News brief: Free holiday event with Global Literacy Outreach Ministries
Global Literacy Outreach Ministries’ Gift and Thrift store—located at 16965 Monterey Road, Suite 114, in the Morgan Hill Plaza—will host its annual Christmas Community Outreach event on Sunday, Dec. 21.At the free event, there will be opportunities for pictures with Santa and Christmas gifts for children 13 and under as well as food and beverages for all who join founder Ralph Goduco and his staff.For more information on Global Literacy Outreach Ministries, visit globalliteracyoutreach.com or call (408) 763-1493.