Robert Ringrose

Robert Ernest Ringrose died July 4, 2019, in Medford, Oregon. Bob recently moved to Medford to be near family after living approximately 80 years in Mariposa County. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, golf and everything about being outdoors. He was fortunate to live and work in Yosemite National Park with his wife, Ingrid. After retiring from the National Park Service, […]

Virginia “Penny” Wolfe

Virginia (Penny) Penelope Wolfe passed away peacefully at home on July 1, 2019 following a brief battle with cancer. Penny is survived by her husband of 38 years Mel; daughter Terri (Rick) Landy; two sons Tony (Deanna) Spacke and Tim (Kathryn) Spacke; stepdaughters Connie ( Jim) Pearce, Cheryl (Chris) Jennings, Pam (Troy) Guenthart, Debbie (Brian) Peters; 12 grandchildren and 19 […]

Celebration of life set for Betty Moffitt

A celebration of life will be held for Betty Lou Moffitt on July 12, 2019 from 5-7 p.m. at the Miner’s Inn banquet room. Heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served. She died in November 2018. In lieu of flowers, her children, Bob and Sharon Moffitt ask that you bring your favorite memories of mom to share with us.

IN BRIEF …

Piece Makers meet The public is invited to join the Piece Makers Quilt Group this Saturday, July 13, as it explores one of the latest quilting trends, ruler quilting. The group meets in the lower hall of St. Joseph’s Church at 9:30 a.m. for tutorials, sharing of finished projects, fellowship and prizes. All skill levels are welcome. For more information, […]

Taking care of business? Survey says county is not doing its job

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Is Mariposa County business friendly? That’s a question that might be coming to the forefront in the near future. Scott Fiester, executive director of the Mariposa County Chamber of Commerce, told the Mariposa County Board of Supervisors last week he is compiling the results of a recent survey. That survey was about how business friendly the county is — and […]

New grand jury members sworn in for 2019-20 term

It was a special day last Friday at the Mariposa County Courthouse. That’s because members of the 2019-20 Mariposa County Grand Jury were sworn in during a brief ceremony. The volunteer group of jury members include: David Angelini, Eileen Collins, Codie Hart, John Kitching, Arthur Lehr, Paul Lopez Jr., Aubrey Simpson, Donald Smith, Deborah Sutherland, Zulema Valdez and Amber Wanner. […]

Family law center can help parties represent selves in court

The Mariposa County Superior Court Self-Help and Family Law Center was established to help parties without attorneys to represent themselves in court by offering information and help with court procedures. The center is staffed by a self-help/ family law facilitator who is an attorney trained to provide procedural assistance to people who are representing themselves in court. Although the facilitator […]

FEMA grants available to local organizations

Federal funding in the amount of $9,538 will be available in the upcoming fiscal year through Mariposa County Health and Human Services. The grant will be distributed to local non-profit and public organizations that provide food and shelter assistance. The National Board is linked to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, and is charged with distribution of funds appropriated […]

The complexities of county recycling


Editor’s note: This is the final in a three-part series of stories. Last week we examined how international policies can impact our ability to recycle locally. China’s decision to ban the import of recycled mixed paper from U.S. recyclers (aka, the National Sword), has caused the bottom to drop out of our recycling market. A similar planned move by India […]

The ‘joint tenancy’ property differences

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Characteristics of holding real property in “Joint Tenancy” How you own real property with another person can determine what happens to that real property should one of you die. Property held in “joint tenancy” transfers automatically to the surviving joint tenant(s) upon the moment a joint tenant dies. This right of survivorship means that those owners who survive the deceased […]