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GREENFIELD — Those who wish to donate gently used or new coats to benefit homeless individuals in the area can do so at a festive collection container outside the Greenfield Community Science Workshop through Dec. 22.  FULL STORY: https://salinasvalleytribune.com/greenfield-coat-drive-benefits-areas-homeless-community/

Join Sol Treasures this month for two spring workshops.

The Cork and Plough hosted the Second Annual Books and Brews on Aug. 12, during which residents met two Monterey County authors, Anne Ylvisaker and Carol Diggory Shields, who read passages from their writings.

GREENFIELD — About 100 second graders from Oak Avenue Elementary School in Greenfield visited University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) campus Oct. 18 to take a campus tour and learn about college opportunities available to them.  “This is a great way to introduce college possibilities...

Steve McShane teaches residents about the simpler gardening alternative called “fairy gardening.”

SALINAS VALLEY — New courthouse projects in Greenfield and Seaside were both suspended by the Superior Court of California’s Monterey County branch, according to an announcement made last week. FULL STORY: https://salinasvalleytribune.com/monterey-county-judges-suspend-new-courthouse-projects-in-greenfield-seaside/

GREENFIELD — Local youth were able to learn important bicycle safety skills and needed bicycle equipment at the Greenfield Community Science Workshop’s Bike Repair Workshop. FULL STORY: https://salinasvalleytribune.com/south-monterey-county-youth-learn-about-bike-repairing-in-greenfield/

SALINAS VALLEY — Alliance on Aging hosted the fifth annual South County Trashion Show at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City last Thursday, which coincided with the organization’s 50th anniversary year. The theme for the Feb. 20 fundraiser was Mardi Gras, and dress designers were directed...

The Bradley Branch of Monterey County Free Libraries (MCFL) will be closing at its current location effective June 16. The branch will remain closed until a new facility is secured to operate the library.

Dancers, musicians, singers and performers took to the Mary Chapa Academy courtyard May 31 to celebrate Art Day.