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March 18, 2024

Funny Papers Again Column | Part One: A Story of Motorcycle Mayhem

Steve Wilson
Here is a little story about one little incident back in my days of riding motorized two-wheeled transports, also known as motorcycles. Like many of my stories, this one takes place in Greenfield back in the halcyon days of teenhood. (Hey, if there can...

Worthy to Print Column | And Then There Was One

George Worthy
So Iā€™m sitting in my favorite chair lacing up my tennis shoes when the phone rings. Iā€™m only a little concerned because Lorraine pays all the bills and she has not advised me that we are in trouble. I look at the phone only...

Window on the World Column | Habitual Early Mornings

Lucy Jensen
I was under the, apparent, misunderstanding that it takes three weeks to form a habit. (Some bad habits maybe sooner, but a life-changing habit, that is!) Come to find out in a study published by the European Journal of Social Psychology (I guess they...

Guest Column | Letā€™s Move District 18 into the Future with Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren

The vast majority of American politicians are in the business of kicking the can down the road, with one notable exception: Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren. I know ā€œkicking the can down the roadā€ is an old clichĆ© used to reference the arms race, federal budget, childcare,...

Funny Papers Again Column | A Digest of Abridged Subjects

Steve Wilson
The following were subjects for full columns, columns I now know will, to use an archaic adage, never see the light of day. The research of these subjects runs to dozens if not scores of hours and each would use up the 1,000-word limit;...

Worthy to Print Column | Owning a Dog

George Worthy
I donā€™t know if other writers run into the same problems that I do. I have to find a thousand words to contribute to this paper every week, so I am constantly looking for a hint of something that you might find interesting enough...

Window on the World Column | The Olden Days of Newsies ā€” Part II

Lucy Jensen
When I began my newsie career in 1991, the newspaper had a circulation of about 25,000 on Saturdays and slightly less during the week. Circulation was therefore a key department as well, because the well-oiled machine of putting the paper out was really no...

Funny Papers Again Column | Face It, Itā€™s a Lousy Book

Steve Wilson
Time passes, locales change, friends come and go. We all experience changes, we graduate high school, some go on to college before joining ā€œthe working worldā€ while others set straight in to building a life, and so begins the diaspora of those we knew...

Worthy to Print Column | I Am What I Am and Thatā€™s All That I Am

George Worthy
I suppose that today I should write something about how messed up our government is, but I think that would be too easy. There is no use in restating my thoughts about how miserable it is being run right now. If you read anything...

Window on the World Column | The Olden Days of Newsies ā€” Part I

Lucy Jensen
The day I started work at the newspaper was Halloween 1991. I remember that day so well, because the whole building was decorated in pumpkins and ghouls and all the staff were dressed up in elaborate outfits. Candy was on every desk ā€” it...

Local News

Police arrest crime

Gonzales man arrested for allegedly molesting 3 juveniles

GREENFIELD ā€” Greenfield Police Department has announced the arrest of a Gonzales man who allegedly molested three juvenile victims in South Monterey County. On March...