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Ornate Creations to be on Display at Free Town Center Gallery Exhibition A vegetable harvest put to canvas, a slew of floral-patterned silk scarves, and a watercolor rendering of Central Coast cliffs: Each is a sampling of what visitors to the Town Center Gallery at the Radisson Hotel in Santa Maria will see Sunday from 10 …

Santa Maria Company ArtCraft is Behind Colorful Airplane Paint Job 2014-01-11T01:00:00Z Brilliant mural Hawaii-BoundBen Miller/[email protected] Santa Maria Times In its first collaboration with Eugene, Oregon-based airplane artist and former aviator John Stahr, ArtCraft hopes to complete work on a mural for a Hawaii-bound tour plane on Monday.  The mural depicts Hawaiian goddess of fire, Pele, …

Crowd at SM Airport Welcomes First Returning Military Members of 2014 2014-01-05T00:55:00Z Veterans, civilians greet Vandenberg-based airmenBen Miller/[email protected] Santa Maria Times When Rich Theis was in the Air Force in the 1970s, he saw soldiers and service members come home to disgust.  “When a lot of the guys came home from Vietnam, they were met at …

I would like to thank all who made the idea of a Military Wall of Honor a reality. Thanks to the Santa Maria Public Airport District Board of Directors for setting aside a special area for this tribute. Thanks to the Airport's General Manager Chris Hastert, the Chamber of Commerce President Bob Hatch, and Economic …

Capps Presents Flag to be Mounted on Airport Display An American flag that once waved over Capitol Hill now will make its home at the Santa Maria Public Airport, where the Wall of Honor has slowly been taking shape during the past few months. Congresswoman Lois Capps presented the flag Friday to Hugh Rafferty, the …

Santa Appears as Allegiant Air Holds Gift Drive at Santa Maria Airport Allegiant Air held a drive that brought in more than 35 donations for the Make-A-Wish Foundation on Thursday at the Santa Maria Public Airport. The airline collected donations in the form of toys and travel items for children whose wishes involve traveling, said …

Multiple Agencies Supported Creation of Wall 2013-11-09T01:20:00Z Wall of Honor for military members dedicated at airportBen Miller/[email protected] Santa Maria Times Every month, about 8,000 people come through the Santa Maria Public Airport. Many of them include military members, some of whom are coming back home.  All of them will now walk by a tribute to …

Interest Being Shown in Long-Desired Development The Santa Maria Airport Business Park, a long-sought development at the Public Airport, is up for discussion when the Board of Directors meets today at 7:00 p.m. The plan for the park, which began life decades ago as the Santa Maria Research Park, is attracting enough attention lately that …

First Responders Flex Their Disaster Plans in FAA Exercise A simulated passenger plane crashed Monday at Santa Maria Public Airport left between 40 and 50 dead or injured and emergency services personnel scrambling. The fiery crash was an exercise required every three years by the Federal Aviation Administration to test local emergency response.  It utilized …