Pam Marino

2 weeks ago | montereycountynow.com | Pam Marino

The Pacific Grove City Council voted 5-2 in favor of increasing councilmembers' monthly salary from $420 to $966 and the mayor's monthly salary from $700 to $1,610, on Wednesday, May 7. It's the first increase in council salary since December 1998. Past councils have tried to increase compensation but have been met with staunch opposition from residents who contend the positions of councilmember and mayor should be essentially voluntary.

2 weeks ago | montereycountyweekly.com | Pam Marino

The Pacific Grove City Council voted 5-2 in favor of increasing councilmembers' monthly salary from $420 to $966 and the mayor's monthly salary from $700 to $1,610, on Wednesday, May 7. It's the first increase in council salary since December 1998. Past councils have tried to increase compensation but have been met with staunch opposition from residents who contend the positions of councilmember and mayor should be essentially voluntary.

2 weeks ago | montereycountynow.com | Pam Marino

Amy Stone endured rigorous, day-long infusion treatments at the Comprehensive Cancer Center inside Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula over a period of four years. Often feeling drained and defeated, every time volunteer Madeleine Cooper with nonprofit Lipstick Angels showed up with her cart of beauty and spa treatments, Stone’s day would get a little brighter.

2 weeks ago | montereycountynow.com | Pam Marino

There’s a quote, supposedly from Mark Twain, “Never let the facts get in the way of a good story.” In Carmel, the story is 109 years of “village character.” The facts that some Carmelites choose to ignore: The state’s fire and building codes that require visible street addresses. A growing number of residents are lobbying in favor of adopting addresses but the Carmel City Council continues to move slowly.

2 weeks ago | montereycountynow.com | Pam Marino

The Housing Authority of the County of Monterey is topping the number of units in its portfolio to over 2,000, after becoming the general partner in a 200-unit low-income senior apartment complex near Carmel and the $1 sale to HACM of a 44-unit hotel in King City originally slated to become a Homekey project. HACM, as the Housing Authority Limited Liability Company, was scheduled to take over general partnership in Pacific Meadows Senior Housing from the HumanGood Corporation on May 1.