Farmers Market: a good start

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER – MAY 25, 2011 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor There were a lot of smiles in the crowd as hundreds of locals converged on opening day of the new West Sacramento Farmers Market on Thursday. Shoppers had a chance to buy fresh tomatoes, cherries, mushrooms, bread, apple juice, steaks, and a [...]

West Sac artist's work now at Capitol

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER – May 25, 2011 – A painting by West Sacramento’s Paula Wenzl Bellacera has been selected to represent the Fifth Senate District in the annual California Contemporary Art Collection exhibit at the state capitol, reports the office of State Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis). The Southport artist’s painting “Delta Vineyards” was selected from [...]

Baseball sculpture finds a short-term home on West Capitol

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGE – May 18, 2001 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor There are a couple of new guys playing baseball in the middle of 1100-block of West Capitol Avenue – oversized, bronze fellows. The sculpture was installed with little fanfare several weeks ago after West Sacramento city staff saw an opportunity to pick [...]

New farmers market opens Thursday

News-Ledger May 18, 2011 By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor Meaghan Perrelli believes the new West Sacramento Farmers Market will live up to Mayor Cabaldon’s prediction that it will become “one of the great ones.” The market will open its doors (figuratively, since it’s an open-air market) at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow at 1271 West Capitol. The [...]

Suspects nabbed for fuel theft

May 13, 2011 News-Ledger web article   Editor’s note: Regular readers of the News-Ledger’s print edition may remember an article several weeks ago reporting that thieves were brazenly stealing hundreds of gallons of fuel at a time from parked trucks and even from closed gas stations. Sharp-eyed readers may also have noticed one particular item [...]

Bryte Post Office will soon close: locals lose fight

  NEWS-LEDGE – MAY 11, 2011 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor The old Bryte Post Office at 1548 Lisbon Avenue in the city’s northeast has served customers in the neighborhood for decades. But it looks like the last time for customers to check their P.O. box or buy some stamps there will be at [...]

Guest commentary: WUSD answers the mayor

NEWS-LEDGER – MAY 4, 2011 GUEST OPINION By Dayton Gilleland, Ed.D. Superintendent, Washington Unified School District When I arrived in West Sacramento about ten months ago, I expressed to the Washington Unified School District Board of Education that I was enthusiastic about the incredible gains the district had made in the past few years and [...]

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