By Cheryl Senn The Planning Commission, at their December 27, 2018, meeting, by a vote of 4-1, to approve staff’s recommended Alternative I, on agenda item G. 1. Public Hearing Regarding Housing Element Update Rezone, which was continued from the November 29, 2018 meeting. The vote was Yes by Commissioners…...
By Cheryl Senn Sanger Police Department (SPD) Officer Amanda Nelson has been with the SPD for four years and recently was named the 2018 SPD Officer of the Year. “When they announced it, I thought it was a joke,” said Nelson,”It was a split second thought. Did he really say…...
By Cheryl Senn 2019 has not even begun and there is a lot of new things happening around town, including building and beautifying downtown. One just needs to take a walk downtown to notice buildings and signage being cleaned up. And on the corner of 7th and West Ave., office…...
By Cheryl Senn Three Sanger Unified School District (SUSD) School Board of Trustees were seated and given the Oath of Office at the recent SUSD School Board of Trustees meeting. Pete Filipi, Trustee Area 2 and Jesse Vasquez, Trustee Area 7, both ran unopposed during the November election along with…...
Contributed The Wonderful Company, America’s fastest-growing consumer packaged goods company, announced today it is increasing its minimum wage to $15/hour for full-time California employees effective Jan. 1, 2019. This means a 36 percent jump in pay for those making the current state-mandated minimum wage. This is the largest pay increase…...
by Cheryl Senn Addison Williams was voted by the CMAC League coaches as the 2018 County Metro Athletic Conference(CMAC) Girls Water Polo Most Valuable Player (MVP). Williams was also chosen by her teammates as the Sanger High School (SHS) Girls Water Polo MVP as well. In addition, Williams was voted for…...
By Cheryl Senn The town of Sanger does indeed have a Santa Claus. Santa Claus may take many forms. He may not always wear a red suit and drive a sleigh led by reindeer. Over the past couple of weeks I have seen Santa Claus visit Sanger senior citizens, classrooms,…...
By Cheryl Senn Christmas is going to be a little bit brighter for the more than 100 families who were on the list for the annual HOPE Sanger Christmas Blessing event. The families could pick out three to four gifts per child, with more than 300 children benefiting by this…...
By Cheryl Senn The Sanger High School (SHS) Girls Wrestling program has grown over the past two years. The program now has 15 female wrestlers. SHS Girls and Boys Wrestling Head Coach Narciso Juarez said the program has changed since he became head coach. “The girls and boys have now…...
By Cheryl Senn Carmen Garvis, Fresno County Office of Education Teacher of the Year for 2018, has been teaching for 14 years, for Sanger Unified School District. “I started teaching Math, Algebra, Geometry, Algebra II, Integrated III,” said Garvis,”And in 2014, I started the Engineering Pathway at Sanger High School.”…...
By Cheryl Senn The Planning Commission, at their December 27, 2018, meeting, by a vote of 4-1, to approve staff’s recommended Alternative I, on agenda item G. 1. Public Hearing Regarding Housing Element Update Rezone, which was continued from the November 29, 2018 meeting. The vote was Yes by Commissioners…...
By Cheryl Senn Sanger Police Department (SPD) Officer Amanda Nelson has been with the SPD for four years and recently was named the 2018 SPD Officer of the Year. “When they announced it, I thought it was a joke,” said Nelson,”It was a split second thought. Did he really say…...
By Cheryl Senn 2019 has not even begun and there is a lot of new things happening around town, including building and beautifying downtown. One just needs to take a walk downtown to notice buildings and signage being cleaned up. And on the corner of 7th and West Ave., office…...
By Cheryl Senn Three Sanger Unified School District (SUSD) School Board of Trustees were seated and given the Oath of Office at the recent SUSD School Board of Trustees meeting. Pete Filipi, Trustee Area 2 and Jesse Vasquez, Trustee Area 7, both ran unopposed during the November election along with…...
Contributed The Wonderful Company, America’s fastest-growing consumer packaged goods company, announced today it is increasing its minimum wage to $15/hour for full-time California employees effective Jan. 1, 2019. This means a 36 percent jump in pay for those making the current state-mandated minimum wage. This is the largest pay increase…...
by Cheryl Senn Addison Williams was voted by the CMAC League coaches as the 2018 County Metro Athletic Conference(CMAC) Girls Water Polo Most Valuable Player (MVP). Williams was also chosen by her teammates as the Sanger High School (SHS) Girls Water Polo MVP as well. In addition, Williams was voted for…...
By Cheryl Senn The town of Sanger does indeed have a Santa Claus. Santa Claus may take many forms. He may not always wear a red suit and drive a sleigh led by reindeer. Over the past couple of weeks I have seen Santa Claus visit Sanger senior citizens, classrooms,…...
By Cheryl Senn Christmas is going to be a little bit brighter for the more than 100 families who were on the list for the annual HOPE Sanger Christmas Blessing event. The families could pick out three to four gifts per child, with more than 300 children benefiting by this…...
By Cheryl Senn The Sanger High School (SHS) Girls Wrestling program has grown over the past two years. The program now has 15 female wrestlers. SHS Girls and Boys Wrestling Head Coach Narciso Juarez said the program has changed since he became head coach. “The girls and boys have now…...
By Cheryl Senn Carmen Garvis, Fresno County Office of Education Teacher of the Year for 2018, has been teaching for 14 years, for Sanger Unified School District. “I started teaching Math, Algebra, Geometry, Algebra II, Integrated III,” said Garvis,”And in 2014, I started the Engineering Pathway at Sanger High School.”…...
