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Solano’s seniors do deserve better

This is a response to the beautiful letter from Ernst Bak: What a beautiful thought for us seniors. Is such a dream like this ever possible? Unfortunately, I’m sure it won’t happen for many of us seniors. Many of us just keep trying to do our best for our communities, such as knowing when we [...]

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Support makes holiday merry

On behalf of the Suisun City Senior Center and the senior citizen participants, we ask that our supporters please accept our heartfelt appreciation for their donations and also their time and efforts in our holiday program. Special thanks go to the Suisun Senior Partners, Kiwanis Club of Suisun City, Councilman Mike Segala and his wife, [...]

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Foundation boosts after-school programs

Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — Two programs designed to place at-risk youth on the path to success have earned community support to enhance their efforts. The Solano Community Foundation’s Nonprofit Partnership Program has given $5,000 to the STEMulate Project, an after-school program in Fairfield run by the nonprofit organization 2B Successful Youth, and $2,500 to a [...]

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Woman dies in Highway 12 crash

Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — A 64-year-old woman died after trying to make a U-turn on Highway 12 Tuesday afternoon. The unidentified woman was driving westbound on Highway 12 and pulled over to the shoulder just west of Red Top Road. The woman started to make a U-turn in her Toyota Camry when a Toyota Tundra [...]

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Woman dies in crash on Highway 12

Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — A 64-year-old woman died after trying to make a U-turn on Highway 12 Tuesday afternoon. The unidentified woman was driving westbound on Highway 12 and pulled over to the shoulder just west of Red Top Road. The woman started to make a U-turn in her Toyota Camry when a Toyota Tundra [...]

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Governments, agencies post holiday hours

FAIRFIELD — Some government offices and other services are following holiday hours this week due to New Year’s Day. Fairfield City Hall is closed Thursday, Friday and Jan. 3. In Suisun City and Vacaville, government offices are shut Friday. U.S. post offices remain open Dec. 31, though collection box pickup times scheduled for later than [...]

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Holiday hours prompt government closures

FAIRFIELD — Some government offices and other services are following holiday hours this week due to New Year’s. Fairfield City Hall is closed Thursday, Friday and Jan. 3. In Suisun City and Vacaville, government offices are shut Friday. U.S. post offices remain open Dec. 31, though collection box pickup times scheduled for later than noon [...]

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Humor key to longevity for Suisun City woman

Daily Republic SUISUN CITY — Beulah Mason takes her own counsel. Now 101, Mason, who is quick-witted, offers this advice for making it to the century mark: “Live your life to the very most. Don’t cry it out. Laugh it out.” Mason, who was born in Minnesota, came to the area 25 years ago from [...]

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Vick, Brady, 4 rookies make Pro Bowl

The Associated Press NEW YORK — Michael Vick’s sensational comeback has been spiced by a Pro Bowl start. The Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, who sat out two seasons while serving a federal sentence for dogfighting, will start for the NFC in the Jan. 30 Pro Bowl in Honolulu. The honor is yet another major step in [...]

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California snowpack holding twice amount of water

SACRAMENTO — The Department of Water Resources conducted its first snow survey of the season Tuesday and found the snowpack in California’s mountains is holding nearly twice as much water than average for this time of year. The heavy snowpack across the 400-mile-long Sierra Nevada range means the state will likely be able to boost [...]

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Hawaii’s governor wants to reveal Obama birth info

HONOLULU — Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie wants to find a way to release more information about President Barack Obama’s Hawaii birth and dispel conspiracy theories that he was born elsewhere. Abercrombie was a friend of Obama’s parents and knew him as a child, and is deeply troubled by the effort to cast doubt on the [...]

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E-mails, letters favor pardon for Billy the Kid

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — More people say they favor a pardon for Billy the Kid than oppose the idea after Gov. Bill Richardson’s office set up a website and e-mail address to take comments on a possible posthumous pardon for one of New Mexico’s most famous Old West outlaws. Richardson’s office received 809 e-mails and letters [...]

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