A blast from the past
Memories are weird, how they just crop up in your mind for no apparent reason. This morning, as I was getting ready to come to the...
Nancy Simpson
Jul 16, 2024


Yosemite’s Southern Gateway enlivened with new community art display
For The Madera Tribune Some of the 41 banners are displayed on State Route 41 heading towards Yosemite National Park. Collaboration...
For The Madera Tribune
Jul 6, 2024
Hand-me-downs
My sister and I were born two years apart. She is the older one. As we were growing up, we shared a room and were always bickering with...
Nancy Simpson
Jul 6, 2024


Anatomy of a Latina mayor: part 2
Nancy Simpson/The Madera Tribune File Photo Marge Medellin, the keynote speaker at the 2024 International Women’s Day celebration in...
Bill Coate
Jul 2, 2024


‘Soiled Doves’ refused to fly the coup
For The Madera Tribune Sheriff John Jones. shown here, tried his best to rid Madera of its Red-Light District, but it was just too well...
Bill Coate
Jul 2, 2024


Medellin: Anatomy of a Latina mayor
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune File Photo Former Madera Mayor Marge Medellin and her son, Andy. Marge Medellin will always be a...
Bill Coate
Jun 29, 2024
Bless your heart and shut my mouth
Everyone who knows me is aware that I grew up in the South, and anyone who is “Southern” uses a lot of expressions. It is such a part of...
Nancy Simpson
Jun 29, 2024
Opinion: America’s independence
”Believe me, dear Sir: there is not in the British empire a man who more cordially loves a union with Great Britain than I do. But, by...
Jim Glynn
Jun 29, 2024









