2021-07-01 E-Edition

Butterfly Festival set to go


MBF. Is it a new technology term? A kind of wood? Some internet terminology? Nope. Mariposa Butterfly Festival. That’s the term the festival organizers are now using as their shorthand, so to speak. “We liked it,” said Bill Lowe, chairman of the Mariposa Butterfly Festival board, noting one of the board members came up with the term. The 2021 festival […]

The readers have spoken

Winners named in annual 'Readers' Choice' contest

The people have decided. Each year, the Mariposa Gazette asks area readers to vote for the “Best of the Best” in the annual Readers’ Choice Awards. And each year, the public casts many ballots for everything from best burger to best local attraction. The two top awards for the past several years have been “Mr. Mariposa County” and “Ms. Mariposa […]

Delta variant continues to worry health officials



The Delta variant is becoming a bigger concern for health officials as it’s spreading throughout parts of California. The Covid-19 variant has been seen in areas like Southern California, prompting Los Angeles County health officials to start recommending facial coverings when inside buildings once again. “We’re in this pause where really we’re seeing far fewer cases but there’s this dread […]

FULL, FUN, FAIR

Mariposa County Fair set to return


The Mariposa County Fair is coming back. Fairgrounds leadership was recently cleared by the Mariposa County Health Department to host a late-summer bash free from mask and social distancing mandates — a move set to generate much-needed fairgrounds income and widespread community engagement. “It’s going to be a normal fair,” Brian Bullis, manager of the fairgrounds, said last Friday. “And […]

Three groups receive $1,500 grants

The Mariposa Community Foundation granted $1,500 Community Enrichment Grant awards to three local organizations last week. The Butterfly Festival received funds to purchase butterfly larvae for local schoolrooms. The resulting caterpillars cocooned themselves and will fly away at the festival on the Fourth of July weekend. The foundation continues support to low power radio station KRYZ 98.5-FM as it provides […]

Dems to host virtual gay pride talk

Katie Hall, one of the leaders of the first gay pride event in Mariposa, will be the next special guest of the Mariposa Democratic Club. She will be the guest speaker on Saturday, July 10 at 10 a.m. via Zoom. Hall moved to Mariposa from San Jose with her parents while in high school and was a bit taken aback […]

Richard Hulbert

Richard Morton Hulbert was born on Nov. 9, 1939, in Southgate, Calif. He moved to Mariposa as a child and attended Mariposa County High School. He began his career with the U.S. Forest Service as a seasonal firefighter on the Sierra National Forest at the Jerseydale Work Center. His first engine was a 1949 Ford “Marmon Harrington,” also known as […]

Sheila Hill

Sheila Hill (Rushton) went home to be with theLord Jesus Christ on June 14, 2021, after experiencing complications from open heart surgery. Born in 1951 to Melvin and Lillian Rushton, Sheila resided in Mariposa for the majority of her life after graduating from Mariposa County High School in 1969. Sheila lovingly raised twin daughters, Misty and Mandy Jones, and served […]

A real cut up

At the Mariposa Mountain Riders play day at Camp Creek Ranch on June 26, Chriso Lee, vice-president of Arborworks, pulled the winning ticket for the chainsaw that his company had donated for the fundraiser. Kathy Verdugo of Mariposa is pictured with her new saw and safety chaps. The Mariposa Mountain Riders thanks all who came out to support the club […]