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At graduation ceremony of the Baskin Engineering School, for the class of 2015 at UCSC, Stephen C. Petersen was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award.

In anticipation of upcoming budget hearings, last week members of the Scotts Valley City Council discussed capital improvement priorities for next fiscal year, as well as the next five years, as detailed in the “Five-year Capital Improvement Plan” submitted by Interim Public Works Director Steve Hammack.

DESIGN PHASE DRAWs TO a CLOSE: 

In a stunning development in the continuing controversy over the proposed removal of invasive plant species from a protected watershed in Felton, the author of the eradication plan abruptly quit last week, leaving its implementation in limbo.

Two Scotts Valley High School teachers will lead a 10-day expedition to Costa Rica in June for a second consecutive year.

A Caltrans worker explained last week why the rocks, mud and trees from the latest landslides that closed Highway 9 south of Felton were not being removed: “The mountain is still moving.”