Rotary receives special visit
Three special visitors stopped by the Soledad Rotary Club lunch meeting July 20, including two Camp Royal students and a foreign exchange student.
Students, parents unite for Math Festival
Main Street Middle School hosted its first Math Festival on Feb. 22. Prior to 2018, Main Street teachers and math students participated in a combined Math Festival with Soledad High School.
Mentors sought for Girls Inc program
Volunteer women mentors are currently needed to work with high school girls in Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties through the Girls Inc. of the Central Coast’s ECHO Leadership and Mentoring Program.
District gov visits area Rotary Clubs
Rotary District Governor Art Gafferty visited the Soledad, Greenfield and Gonzales Rotary Clubs on Oct. 25 to speak about different outreach works that Rotary has participated in.
Libraries to be closed during winter recess
All Monterey County Free Libraries (MCFL) branches will be closed from Dec. 22 through Jan. 1 for the winter recess.
Salvation Army gives out 476 backpacks to local students
Soledad Salvation Army is in the process of distributing a total of 476 backpacks to students in fourth through 12th grade.
Live auction raises more than $100K for fair
More than 500 supporters attended the annual Salinas Valley Fair kickoff dinner, dance and auction fundraiser Saturday in King City, raising funds for the Fair and the Salinas Valley Fair Heritage Foundation, both nonprofits.
Soledad welcomes new Police Officer Yasin
In a small ceremony held last week at City Hall, the City of Soledad added another officer to its ranks.
Soledad awarded $88K grant
The City of Soledad has received an $88,444 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in cooperation with the U.S. Fire Administration to help improve the local fire department’s facilities and equipment.
Students play investigators
Main Street Middle School eighth-graders recently investigated a mock crime scene and wrote their conclusions to the scenario.