Thursday, March 25 started a new tradition for the Mariposa Butterfly Festival. Four members of the Butterfly Festival Committee traveled to Madera to present butterfly eggs to the children at Children's Hospital.
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The Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) is soliciting public comment on a proposal to focus on sustainably managing forest lands in the Sierra Nevada. The Sustainable Sierra Nevada Initiative has two primary objectives: More...
The Bootjack Volunteer Fire Department members are asking for help in collecting saleable yard sale items to be sold at the Saturday, April 24, pancake breakfast, bake and yard sale fund raiser which will be held at the Bootjack Firehouse on Bootjac More...
The members of Mariposa Piece Makers have announced their third Outdoor Quilt Show, scheduled for May 1. This event will take place in conjunction with the Butterfly Festival. More...
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Local Rotarians, by proxy, met a variety of famous people last Thursday courtesy of the Methodist Minister and long time Rotarian Robert Young. More...
Pioneer Pharmacy has welcomed a new pharmacist to its business. Carl E. Wood is now serving customers at the store. More...
The Bureau of Land Management has announced that it is seeking public nominations for five open positions on its Central California Resource Advisory Council, which advises the BLM on public land issues. More...
The Yosemite Area Audubon Society will offer a birding trip to Bass Lake and Wawona on Saturday, April 17. Mariposa area residents will meet at 8 a.m. at Highway 49 South and Tip Top Road to carpool. More...
The Forest Service has announced that the Stanislaus National Forest (NF) is planning to increase fees at 12 of its existing developed campgrounds, and initiate a new fee at one existing campground for the first time. More...
The community is invited to a fund raising event for Haiti. The fund raiser will take place in Mariposa at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Parish Hall at 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 17. More...
Volunteer Fire Department’s (BVFD) pancake breakfast and bake sale. The event will be held on Saturday, April 24, from 7 to 11 a.m. at the fire station on Bootjack Lane. The yard sale will also begin at 7 a.m. More...
The public is invited to come see what it would be like to stay at a Red Cross shelter. On Saturday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the local volunteers will be simulating a shelter. More...
Road construction on the Wawona Road in Yosemite National Park is set to begin in May. This project will vastly improve 24.4 miles of the Wawona Road starting from the south entrance of Yosemite. More...
The John C. Fremont Hospital Volunteers are holding a special new member recruitment meeting at the Senior Center on Friday, April 9 at 2 p.m. This meeting is open to anyone interested in learning about the activities of the organization. More...
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