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Wednesday, 23 January 2019 21:40

Recycling: what belongs in your green and blue carts

Written by Tina Botill in Around Town

Recycling can be confusing and with new laws that have been put in place it can be even more unclear. However, because the average American makes five pounds of trash a day of which 75…

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Friday, 19 October 2018 17:33

Trunk or Treat Oct. 27

Written by Tina Botill in Around Town

Corcoran’s first Trunk or Treat event will be held Saturday, Oct. 27, with families invited to partake in the contests—and maybe even some free candy.The creative contest challenges entries to decorate their truck beds or…

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Tuesday, 18 September 2018 20:42

Cotton Festival Saturday, Oct. 6

Written by Tina Botill in Around Town

Cotton Festival Royalty candidates for this year's Cotton Festival include Ezekiel Burden, Allison Jordan, Sierra Avilez and Kaylee Sepulveda. Not pictured are Jaymee Lepe and Liauna Luna.

There is still time to participate in the upcoming Corcoran Cotton Festival, which will be held Saturday, Oct. 6. The event will begin with the Cotton Parade and this year’s Cotton Queen and her court…

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Tuesday, 18 September 2018 20:40

Senior scam seminar

Written by Tina Botill in Around Town

It’s a sad fact that one in five seniors will be a victim of fraud and criminals who target the elderly are always developing new scams to catch a vulnerable senior. Over the next several…

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Tuesday, 04 September 2018 22:11

JM project reaches outer space

Written by Jeanette Todd in Around Town

FOUR students from John Muir Middle School are back to school and back to work on their Mission 12 experiment. The experiment is to grow broccoli in outer space and compare it to identical growth on earth. Shown above are Laisha Fernandez, Lupita Nunez, Angelica Medina and Montserrat Maldonado. For more see story.

Four young ladies from John Muir Middle School have the distinction of being among a handful in the nation of seeing their own scientific experiment conducted both at their school site…and in outer space. What…

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Tuesday, 04 September 2018 22:11

JM project reaches outer space

Written by Jeanette Todd in Around Town

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Thursday, 30 August 2018 23:20

Road work on Whitley Avenue continues ^Featured

Written by Tina Botill in Around Town

Those who drove down Whitley Ave. last week most likely noticed the trench in the middle of the road. The four-inch deep trench was four-feet wide and extended from Dairy Ave. east to Wigdal Ave.,…

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Thursday, 30 August 2018 23:11

Cotton Tour

Written by Tina Botill in Around Town

Eleven cotton producers from the Southeast will observe cotton and other agricultural operations in California’s San Joaquin Valley the week of August 13 as part of the National Cotton Council’s 2018 Producers Information Exchange (PIE)…

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