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Tyler Takeda
BSU hosts 4th Juneteenth
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Former Madera City Councilman and Black Saints United member Donald Holley, holding plaque, receives...
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Bill Coate
Postmaster Murphy remembered the ‘good old days’
For The Madera Tribune Ed Murphy, Madera’s postmaster, hands over the town’s first outgoing airmail to pilot Pete Schmidt while Madera...
Nancy Simpson
Inspiration with encouragement
Encouragement costs nothing for the giver, but it is very valuable to someone receiving it. We often haven’t a clue what is going on in a...
Jim Glynn
Opinion: America’s changing family patterns, part II
The traditional American family has been experiencing changes for all age groups, all races, and all ethnic groups that have been...
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Bill Coate
La Vina farmers rescued Brown’s dream
For The Madera Tribune John Brown is shown here in 1890. His farming colony near Madera evolved into what is now known as the La Vina...
Tyler Takeda
BSU to celebrate Juneteenth
Black Saints United and the City of Madera will host the fourth annual Juneteenth Celebration in front of the Madera Courthouse Museum on...
Jim Glynn
Opinion: America’s changing family patterns, part I
June, historically in our culture, was “marrying month.” It was not a coincidence that many of the popular songs of the 1940s and 1950s...