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April 27, 2026

Guest Column | Monterey County Free Libraries’ 5 Things to Celebrate in April 2026

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The fourth month of the year, the name April is believed to be derived from the Latin ā€œaperireā€ meaning ā€œto openā€ representing spring, and the blossoming of flowers and possibilities. April opens up many possibilities at Monterey County Free Libraries, where we celebrate National Poetry...

Window on the World Column | Gratitude

Lucy Jensen
October is a funny old month. Some days are hot as summer, yet with stilled winds in the afternoons and an icy bite to the early mornings and evenings. November can be more of the same, yet the time of year is marked by...

Guest Column | King City’s Commitment to Agricultural Employee Housing

Steve Adams
The City of King has implemented a comprehensive effort aimed at attracting and increasing quality housing for our local agricultural employees. There has been a significant amount of misleading information in the community regarding the City’s position involving the permitting of a local temporary seasonal...

Funny Papers Again Column | Random Trivia, New Words, a Short Tutorial and Some Local History

Steve Wilson
ā€œThere are so many varieties of apples, that if you ate a new one everyday it would take you 20 years to try them all.ā€ ā€œThe day you were born and the day you die are the only two days in your life lasting...

Window on the World Column | Struggling to Make Peace

Lucy Jensen
ā€œStruggling to make peace with the irreparableā€¦ā€ I read this line somewhere after the kind of week that will turn you into a zombie — literally. The sort of week when you wish you could turn back time for a do-over. Then I re-read the...

Funny Papers Again Column | Weird, Wonderful, Wacky World of Words

I am a reader. I would not venture to estimate how many books I have read since I was a lad in Greenfield, but I dare say it is in the thousands. Since July 28, I have read five books, two on the long...

Window on the World Column | The Shopping Cart

Lucy Jensen
It was very late by the time we headed south for our annual shopping weekend in Paso Robles. There is something about traveling south that is always so relaxing, even during the very busy holiday weekends. As you leave King City behind, the valley...

Kudos to police for attempt to clean up ā€˜Carfield’

Guest Commentary by Lourdes Villarreal, Greenfield Resident

Letter to the Editor | Biden’s Immigration Bill

To the Editor: The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, which is an eight-year plan to citizenship, was revealed by Democrats on Capitol Hill. This bill would apply to roughly 11 million migrants who are currently living in the United States without legal status. This citizenship would...

Words matter and how best to respond

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