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As the New Year approaches, the staff at South County Newspapers looked back on the past year and compiled a list of the top stories that defined the community in 2017.

King City High School student Teagan Soares was named 2018 Miss Salinas Valley Fair last weekend after two days of competition.

Greenfield High School students Fidel Cortes and Sara Raya were crowned Homecoming King and Queen, respectively, during halftime at last Friday’s football game against Marina.

The Neighborhood Grants Program of the Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) has hit a $1 million grant-making milestone.

Cheers, claps and welcomes greeted buses as Get on the Bus participants drove into the parking lot of Greenfield’s Holy Trinity Church last Saturday, June 10.

Four years, William Harry, director of emergencies, has been managing the Monterey County Emergency Communications Center (MCECC), which serves local cities including Greenfield, King City, Soledad and Gonzales.

On Friday, June 22, Greenfield’s Vista Verde Middle School hosted the graduation of 29 students who received their high school diploma and 35 English as a Second Language (ESL) students who were promoted to high school.

Nearly 150 students gathered at Holy Trinity Church this past week to listen to speakers who had been involved with gangs or were around gang members while they were their age.

Greenfield Community Science Workshop has been awarded $25,000 through Chevron’s Eagles for Education initiative to benefit local science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education programs at last month’s PURE Insurance Championship golf tournament in Pebble Beach.

Fifth graders from Cesar Chavez, Oak Avenue School and Mary Chapa Academy got a taste of what the next year is going to be like at Vista Verde Middle School on May 19.