Near the end of 2019, we published an op-ed from Supervisor Bruce Bracker telling us how great things are around here (“Santa Cruz County is poised for tremendous growth,” Dec. 6). For some special interest groups, that may very well be the case.
Near the end of 2019, we published an op-ed from Supervisor Bruce Bracker telling us how great things are around here (“Santa Cruz County is poised for tremendous growth,” Dec. 6). For some special interest groups, that may very well be the case.
Friday, January 24, 2020
On Monday, Jan. 20, I was walking north on the west side of Avenida Gandara in Rio Rico when I observed a large English bulldog-looking animal coming in my direction. The dog was bar…
Friday, January 17, 2020
Hey everyone. Welcome to a new decade. It’s the first column of 2020, so I bet you're expecting a cliché piece about New Year's resolutions, and how we all should reflect on what has…
I am baffled sometimes by readers’ reactions to even the most innocuous of content in our newspapers.
Between 11 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 9 and 8 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 10, a flag was stolen from United Churches Fellowship at 1049 West Mariposa Ranch Rd. in Nogales. The flag was displaye…
Friday, January 10, 2020
Irrefutably, Santa Cruz County’s greatest strength is its people. Thirteen years ago, I entered the Santa Cruz County Courthouse without the slightest idea of how impactful this comm…
Friday, January 03, 2020
That day in late November, I was checking in on some NI advertisers and I’d heard Bill Swoger, owner/operator of Cropper’s Nogales Autocenter, had been feeling under the weather.
I noticed today that the old light poles on the 1923 Post Office building in Nogales need to have new light bulbs and glass globes. At present, the front of the building looks, well,…
Have you ever wondered where the name for our state, Arizona, came from? Well, the answer is interestingly from somewhere very close to us and, at the same time, originating from as …
Friday, December 27, 2019
Beginning with the new year, the newsstand price of our print edition will increase by 25 cents to $1.
Monday, December 23, 2019
Friday, December 20, 2019
Think of the holiday season. For most people, happy memories come to mind and being surrounded by loved ones. For children in the foster care system, it can be a harsh reminder of wh…
Emily was about 5 years old when I first became acquainted with her and her parents. She was a shy, naïve little gal and cute as a bug. Both of her parents worked, so Emily spent her…
Friday, December 13, 2019
Have you finished your Christmas shopping yet? I sure as hell haven’t.
Many of you have seen the failing grade the state has given Montessori de Santa Cruz, the small public charter school in Tubac (“Grades run the gamut on school report cards,” NI, Nov…
Friday, December 06, 2019
As we enter the Christmas season, I would like to share some words of advice for grandparents of a 2-year-old: do not, under any circumstances, watch the Tim Allen movie “The Santa C…
