This year’s Greenfield Christmas in the Park was full of holiday cheer and lots of goodies for local youth and their families.

Monterey County Pops!, the area’s only provider of free-to-the-public professional concerts, is proud to present Greenfield with its 20-member fully professional Wind Ensemble, conducted and hosted by Music Director Dr. Carl Christensen, in a program of light classics, marches, movie music and traditional music from Mexico.

A new coat donation bin has been set up at the Greenfield Civic Center and the Greenfield Community Science Workshop to help those in need of warmth this winter.

Roy Harmon is legally blind, but that doesn’t stop him from owning and overseeing a food service operation at the Salinas Valley State Prison and Correctional Training Facility in Soledad.

Thanksgiving is not only a time to gather around the table with family and friends, but it is also a time to reflect on the past year and give thanks. In the spirit of the holiday, South County Newspapers asked local officials, residents and youth what they are thankful for this year.

King City and Greenfield police departments are joining forces to investigate major crimes in both jurisdictions through a collaborative unit established by the cities to pool resources and solve these cases, with the intent of bringing offenders to justice more swiftly.

Hundreds of residents received a free meal with all the trimmings Sunday afternoon during the annual Greenfield Community Thanksgiving Dinner, presented by the Greenfield City Partnership Nonprofit Organization and the Greenfield Lions Club.

City of Greenfield is considering the formation of a Youth Advisory Council, in which local students would have the chance to voice their opinions and provide fresh ideas to city officials on issues affecting young people in the community.

Designed to be used as an outdoor classroom and integrated into the curriculum for all grade levels, the Green Grizzlies Garden and Outdoor Learning Lab at Vista Verde Middle School is being built in part with a grant from Look at Agriculture Organically Garden Grant Program.

Hundreds of students and staff from Cesar Chavez Elementary School honored local veterans last Thursday during the school’s annual Veterans Day ceremony.