For The Madera Tribune Riley’s Brewing owner Dan Riley shows off the 2021 California Small Business of the Year award from California State Senator Anna Caballero. Riley’s production manager Jason Webb was also present for the award presentation. More than a year ago, in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Dan Riley of Riley’s Brewing shut down his alcohol-producing machines and transformed them into hand sanitizer making machines to help the community. “During April o

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune The 3 Meats Barbecue food trailer will be one of the ‘trucks’ at the Madera Eats event Saturday at Lions Town and Country Park. Operating the 3 Meats Barbecue trailer are Michael Garcia and Maribel Hunter. They are relatively new to Madera and can also be found at the corner of State Route 145 and Avenue 12. For the first time in about a year-and-a-half, the City of Madera Parks and Community Services Department will host an event. The Madera E

David James/The Madera Tribune Local authorities gather round an unresponsive body found by field workers at Avenue 19 and Road 19. The body was determined deceased and identified as Terry Wayne Artley of Chowchilla. Farm workers discovered an unresponsive male in the Chowchilla area of Avenue 24 and Road 19 and was later determined deceased. California Highway Patrol, Madera County Sheriff’s Office and Emergency Medical Services responded to the location on Monday. The male

Trustees voted to mandate vaccines for students, employees, contractors, and visitors beginning Oct. 15 during a special board meeting held State Center Community College District. The District’s COVID-19 protective measures are subject to legally required exemptions for sincerely held religious beliefs and medical conditions. Originally scheduled for Aug. 20, the meeting was rescheduled for Aug. 23 when more than 700 participants tried to join the Zoom meeting, leaving some

Photo courtesy of Al Sheeter Three granddaughters of George Washington Mordecai are shown here. From left to right are Elizabeth Brooke Mordecai Wissler, Susan Dixon Mordecai Myrick, and Barbara Colquhoun Mordecai Myers. On Aug. 19, 2021, the last of the descendants of George Washington Mordecai, who carried the family name, passed away. Susan Dixon Mordecai Myrick was the youngest granddaughter of the man who brought the Mordecai name to the Valley over 150 years ago. Her pa

The Madera County Historical Society has selected Jon and Donna Barsotti as Old Timers Day King and Queen. As much as I cringe when people use the phrase “back in the day,” that is when I knew Jon Barsotti best. Fred and I got together when I was 20 years old. One of our favorite things to do on date night was tear up the roadway on the back of his Harley Davidson Motorcycle. It is surprising how much better-looking men are while riding a hog. So, in the 1970s near the corner

When I was a kid growing up in New York, my grandfather and I would get on the subway in Brooklyn and get off at the 34th Street station in Manhattan. Sometimes we had a particular destination in mind; sometimes we’d just walk until we saw something that seemed interesting. That’s how, on a certain Saturday, we found ourselves standing outside the Citroen Theater, listening to the sound track from the movie that was being shown inside. The year was 1956, and I hadn’t thought

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Liberty’s Karsyn Bauer rises up for one of her 10 kills during Tuesday’s four set victory over the Immanuel Eagles. Liberty Hawks girls volleyball coach Grant Clark gave his team a tough opening for the new season. After a tough loss to Minarets to open the season, the Hawks bounced back with an impressive 3-1 match win over Immanuel-Reedley, who beat Minarets in five earlier in the season. “It was a great bounce back match for us,” Clark sa