Maureen Tobin named new City Communications and Engagement Manager
Maureen Tobin, who has worked more than six years in the City of Morgan Hill’s Community Services Department, was named Tuesday as the City’s new Communications and Engagement Manager, according to City Manager Steve Rymer. In her new role, Tobin will be responsible for overseeing the City’s community engagement, public information and internal communications efforts, Rymer said in a press release. “After a highly competitive recruitment process, we are pleased to have Maureen serving as the City’s first Communications and Engagement Manager,” Rymer said. “We are looking forward to her working with the entire organization to advance the City Council’s communication and engagement priorities by enhancing transparency and access to public information.” Tobin is currently the City’s Community Services Manager. Her work in the community services department over the last six years have focused primarily on marketing and communications for the City’s recreation facilities, programs and services, according to the press release. She will start her new job as Communications and Engagement Manager in January 2014. The City Council created the new Communications and Engagement Manager in the 2013-2014 fiscal year budget, as part of the Council’s annual goal to improve community engagement. “I am honored to serve the organization and the Morgan Hill community in this new role,” Tobin said. “I look forward to the opportunity to work internally and with the community to improve and enhance communications and information sharing.”The listed salary range for the new job, according to the City’s website, is between $7,807 and $10,017 monthly.
A sign of the wines
New signs directing wine-loving motorists to South County wineries will do much more than keep agritourists and oenophiles from becoming disoriented under uniformly blue skies and rolling hills in search of vineyards and tasting rooms.
Prep Swimming: Brolin inks letter of intent with Washington State
MORGAN HILL — All the early morning workouts, weight training and practices have paid off for Gilroy’s Anna Brolin.
Meeting ‘good guy’ online requires serious search
DEAR ABBY: May I address a question you printed on July 24? "Where Are the Good Guys?" has trouble meeting men and wrote about seeking sexual partners on Craigslist. You answered that there were no good men there.
Dominguez sentenced to nine months in county jail
A former Gilroy Unified School District trustee was handcuffed and led away holding back tears Thursday following a formal apology to his family and the community of Gilroy, but the display of raw emotion did little to sway the outcome of his sentence.
Police respond to domestic violence outside apartment complex
Police arrested a Morgan Hill man Sunday who allegedly hurt his wife in a physical altercation on suspicion of misdemeanor battery.Morgan Hill Police were called to a residence on the 100 block of Warren Avenue about 4:15 p.m., where a married couple who lives there were in a physical argument, according to MHPD Sgt. Carson Thomas. Charles Splees, 80, pushed his 80-year-old wife who fell down, resulting in a complaint of pain, police said. The female victim was transported to Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy, police said. The suspect was booked at Santa Clara County Jail on suspicion of misdemeanor battery, Thomas said.
Coalie Cat
My Mother, who died this summer used to say, “She’s just an old black cat.” She was right about that, but she has a special place in my heart.
Kittone
We have a tradition in our family to not wait for funerals to honor those we love but to share what that person means to us while they’re alive. Our cat is a huge part of our family and though not human it is her birthday month and I thought ... what better time to reflect, remember and honor our cat, Kittone. She will be 15 years old this month.
Molly, Frankie, Mitsy & Truck Kitty
I have always said animals choose their owners, not the owner choosing the animals. This is especially true of cats. The other myth I have found to be true is cats are not aloof as some people think - but are just as playful and loyal as a dog. All of my cats have been fixed and have received their shots. Animal owners need to be responsible and spay and neuter their animals.








