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Let's put the $100 billion and climbing high-speed rail

Ahoy, garlicky royalty hopefuls of 2012: The time is nigh to fill out and submit your applications for the 34th annual Gilroy Garlic Festival Queen Pageant.

Perhaps you’ve witnessed it zipping around town – the psychedelic hubcaps; the groovy flash of chartreuse green, sky blue and tangelo orange; a driver who resembles a certain animated brainiac named Velma Dinkley.

Just inside the Dispatch lobby on Monterey Street, a copy of every newspaper printed this year lies fanned in display atop a long shelf.

The Dispatch asked a few community members to share their hopes, goals or resolutions for Gilroy in the new year. Here's what they said.

Dear Editor,

Former Gilroy High School basketball coach Jeremy Dirks will

Gavilan College basketball player Billy Heard - Andrel Gaines’

From students to lawyers, parents to the unemployed – Friday’s

The terms of Gavilan College President Steve Kinsella's four-year contract were obtained by the Dispatch Tuesday describing the details of his $42,000 salary increase, which includes 24 days of paid vacation each year and a $1,000 monthly expense allowance.