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June 24, 2010 / Around the County

Whitten wins Hance Memorial Award

Yosemite National Park Superintendent Don Neubacher announced last week that Cindy Whitten is the recipient of the 2009 Barry Hance Memorial Award. More...

Ground breaking

MARIPOSA COUNTY DIGNITARIES BROKE GROUND ON THE NEW HUMAN SERVICES COMPLEX DURING A SPECIAL CEREMONY HELD ON SITE ON HIGHWAY 49 NORTH ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. More...

MCUSD approves superintendent contract, looks to take back Wawona Elementary

BY JILL BALLINGER GAZETTE EDITOR

The Mariposa County Unified School District officially has a new superintendent. That person is one in the same as the man who has been doing the job for the past several months. More...

The Mariposa Symphony Orchestra's annual musical salute to America's birth will be held on Saturday, June 26 at 7 p.m. in the Amphitheatre at Mariposa County Park in a concert conducted by the MSO's Founding Music Director Les Marsden. More...

Park bustles with summer visitors

BY JILL BALLINGER GAZETTE EDITOR Yosemite Valley is awash in all its summer splendor and is getting a boost by the thunderous waterfalls that have been fed by a heavy, late snowpack. As such, visitors are flocking to Yosemite and Mariposa. More...

Butler released from hospital

Mike Butler, who was injured in a hang gliding accident in Yosemite National Park on June 10, has been released from the hospital. According to his son Elijah, Butler returned to Mariposa on Monday. More...

Mariposa remembers its last legal hanging

This weekend, Mariposa will commemorate the 131st anniversary of the county’s last legal hanging. The hanging of Henry Ivy took place at noon on June 27, 1879. More...

CCC hosts meeting

On Tuesday night, July 20 at 6:30 p.m., at the Coulterville Old School House, North County residents can learn what kind of help is available in the area and how to access it. More...

Wichmann earns kudos in gridiron classic

BY DAN TUCKER GAZETTE PUBLISHER

Although it was in a losing effort, Mariposa’s Cody Wichmann may have gotten a glimpse of his future in last Saturday night’s 37th annual Lions’ All-Star Classic football game at UOP stadium in Stockton. More...