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I have lived in Morgan Hill for nearly 40 years, and have participated in City Council meetings over the years as well. I became a campaign treasurer and manager for a number of local campaigns beginning with the election of Former Mayor Dennis Kennedy.  I...

A new literature organization known as SCRAWL has been formed in Morgan Hill with the goal of bringing together readers and writers from across South County to share in a mutual love of stories.  Founder Jordan Rosenfeld, a local journalist, editor, and author of 11...

A Morgan Hill man was arrested Oct. 3 after he drove his dying wife to the hospital and told authorities he had killed the woman, police said.  About 9:20am, San Jose Police notified the Morgan Hill Police Department that the man, Roy Anthony Lopez, 37,...

Morgan Hill residents are pressing the city and housing developer Valley Oak Partners LLC to change plans for a 93-unit housing project so that a massive Coast Live Oak, thought by some to be among the largest and oldest trees in Morgan Hill, is...

In this space in the last month, colleagues from different traditions have written about positive actions one may take in these times that are so challenging. They have expressed a moral urgency regarding our nation’s military moves and threats against other nations, and the...

The Edward Boss Prado Foundation is ending its partnership with Morgan Hill Unified School District, with the nonprofit’s leadership saying the district’s plan to run its own food and clothing programs leaves it without a role. Cecelia and Gary Ponzini, who founded the foundation in...

League fireworks are about to start in South County, as the new divisional setup has three local powerhouse programs battling head-to-head in the new Blossom Valley Athletic League, Mt. Hamilton South Division. The six-team loop includes Live Oak, Christopher, Sobrato, Lincoln, Silver Creek and...

In an effort to make downtown Morgan Hill more accessible and improve the visitor experience, the city is launching a new downtown parking strategy that will designate 18 spaces on side streets near Monterey Road as 20-minute short-term parking.  The spaces will be identified with...

A city is more than its roads, buildings and parking lots. It is also the places, images and creative touches that make residents stop, look and say, “That’s Morgan Hill.” Take a walk around town and you’ll find plenty of examples. Our 12-foot tarantula sculpture...

I believe candidates for public office owe their communities something very basic: accurate information. That is why I was troubled reading Marilyn Librers’ recent candidate statement (Morgan Hill Times, Sept. 25), particularly the assertions about Morgan Hill’s history and her own experience. Librers writes that when...