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Hazardous waste collection set at landfill



A household hazardous waste (HHW) collection event sponsored by Mariposa County Department of Public Works will be held at the Mariposa County Landfill on Monday, March 11 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. by appointment only. The landfill is located at 5593 Highway 49 North in Mariposa, The event is open to Mariposa County residents only (no businesses). Reservations are […]

Tour de Habitat is Saturday



Adult literacy tutoring classes offered



The Mariposa County Library offers free tutoring for Mariposa County residents age 18 or older who are able to communicate in English. Trained volunteer tutors work with learners on a one-to-one basis in the library or other public location. Learners work at their own pace to achieve goals they set for themselves. For example, if a learner wants to write […]

Let your voice be heard



On Jan. 30, my husband and I drove to Yosemite Valley to attend the first meeting of the year of the Merced River Plan (MRP). Outside the Visitor Center Auditorium where the meeting was held we discovered a plaque placed in 1964. It read: “On June 30, 1864 the United States granted the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree […]

Group seeks support



About five weeks ago, a small group of community members gathered together for the sole purpose of forming a new, non-profit (tentatively titled Mariposans for Historic Renovation) to take over ownership of the Old Masonic Lodge, which is currently in the middle of a foreclosure process that will culminate on April 3. The purpose of this letter is to encourage […]

Get kids outside



There’s an important reason young children shouldn’t spend excessive time inside watching television and a computer screen. Studies have uncovered a link between nearsightedness and limited outdoor time during early childhood. Activity spent outdoors early in life might fend off the need for eyeglasses, contact lenses or laser surgery. Scientists believe it is the exposure to natural light and viewing […]

Common ground



With so many paradoxes involved in the nature of being human it is often difficult for a person to resolve inner conflicts. Thus it stands to reason that there are conflicting ideas and philosophies within society that often make it difficult to find common ground. Within all of us there exists a cooperative instinct, a biological need to belong to […]

Mixed signals



The recent front page article in the GAZETTE regarding Congressman McClintock’s plan is perplexing. Mixed signals? What is the current economic status of the local businesses? Recent conversations indicated to me the downtown area is “dead.” One restaurant is closing for three weeks and one coffee shop has resorted to less employees. Now the media is stating businesses don’t have […]

Community garden meeting set March 2



Everyone interested in gardening is invited to the Mariposa Community Garden meeting at the Senior Center, 5246 Spriggs Lane on Saturday, March 2 at 10 a.m. There, they can hear about the plans for the new community garden that will begin this spring and visit the site on the corner of Spriggs Lane and Smith Road. The Mariposa Community Garden […]