Much like small-town life itself, Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Our Town” has sometimes been unfairly characterized as hokey or naïve. Director Peter Gelblum aims to correct that notion with Mountain Community Theater’s production of Wilder’s classic play about the residents of a small town that could easily be in the San Lorenzo Valley.

Ben Lomond resident Gerald Hatcher is an oceanographic engineer for the United States Geological Survey Pacific Science Center team that is responsible for the mapping of the ocean floor and countless sub-surface tasks throughout the Pacific Ocean.

The saying “It takes a village to raise a child” is about to take on a whole new meaning.

Citing a career spent working to benefit his community, former California Secretary of State Bruce McPherson on Monday afternoon officially entered the race for Santa Cruz County’s 5th Supervisorial District.

The Kiwanis Club of Scotts Valley presented a check for $19,500 to Scotts Valley Unified School District music teacher Beth Hollenbeck last week at a dinner to celebrate the success of the Music at Skypark summer concert series.

Santa Cruz County residents may want to buckle up for a bumpy ride, because the county’s cash-strapped Department of Public Works faces the real possibility of having to look closer to home for money to maintain and repair crumbling roadways.