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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Manteca getting ready to move road projects forward Airport Way between Daniels Street and Yosemite Avenue. - photo by HIME ROMERO/The Bulletin
Things are looking up for Manteca but the city still has a long road ahead of it to get finances and funding in order so they can tackle major road projects. Caltrans has taken Manteca off its “do not fund” list after the city cleared up its audit snafu. Caltrans had placed the city on its “do not fund” list in October when Interim Finance Director Stephanie Beauchaine uncovered accounting irregularities that showed some $67 million had been placed in the wrong accounts over the years.
Rotten Robbie’s with its gas station and convenience store in its current configuration will not get built on Airport Way at Wawona Street unless the applicant appeals to the Manteca City Council and wins.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. QUIETER, SMOOTHER STREETS This is an example of the condition of streets in Springtime Estates.
The jarring ride one experiences today driving over the cracking streets of the Springtime Estates neighborhood will not only be smoother by year’s end but quieter.
That’s because the $2.5 million project to essentially rebuild streets within the triangle created by Louise Avenue on the south, Highway 99 on the east and the commercial property facing North Main Street will include recycled crushed tires in the asphalt mix.
Frank Dunnigan, WNP member and columnist. -
A few months ago, we looked at some long-gone neighborhood businesses whose owners lived among us. Today we look at even more favorite places, including some owned by people or corporations from beyond the Avenues.
Adeline Bake Shop A West Portal fixture (plus downtown locations) for fifty years. Owned by the Lembo family, living nearby on Wawona Street, Adeline had the best Danish pastry in the neighborhood, but their last shop closed in the late 1990s.
Bino s Northwest corner of 32nd Avenue and Noriega Street: Classic tablecloth-style “dinner house” restaurant, operated 1951-1981 by 30th Avenue residents Anita Bino and her husband Louis (formerly of Grison’s).