Archive - 2012
March 23rd
Fireworks erupted at Tuesday’s Mono County Board of Supervisors meeting, revealing long-simmering tensions between board members that ended with a 4-1 vote that showed a deep difference on how some county employees should be paid.
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George Shirk/Times News Editor
Mammoth’s bears will have their toughest season in years this spring and summer, Wildlife Specialist Steve Searles said this week.
The family of the minor girl involved in the Dr. Andrew Bourne and Joe Walker case has filed a civil suit against Bourne's estate and Walker, according to Santa Barbara attorney Chris Kroes, who represents the minor’s family.
The complaint was filed on March 14, he said Tuesday, and is expected to be served to "at any time", he said.
The planets might seem like they aren't aligned for Mammoth what with all the bad news recently, but they are.
It's strange to pull up to a high school auditorium (Bishop's only performing arts space) to see a play performed by adults.
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George Shirk/Times News Editor
There was a moment, about three weeks ago, when Town Councilmember Skip Harvey had an epiphany.
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Lyra Pierotti/For the Times
This is the weekend we've been waiting for.
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George Shirk/Times News Editor
Fido is making chili. No, not really. How could a dog stand in the kitchen over a vat of chili?
Big-big-big party in Mammoth a coupla weekends ago when the TOMS people showed up for a retreat in Mammoth. All the company’s big shots were there, as were the little shots. It was a high old time, all right, put together by Sandra Di Domizio and her Green Fox Events crew. …
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George Shirk/Times News Editor
The Annual Mammoth Biathlon is all set to go off on Saturday and Sunday on a new course and with new rules for spectators.
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Wendilyn Grasseschi - Times Staff Writer
The land for the so-called Gateway project at the entrance of Mammoth Lakes will be donated to the Town of Mammoth Lakes by Mono County, the county’s five supervisors agreed Tuesday.
March 21st
A 67-year-old San Francisco man, George Kohler, was found dead in Death Valley Tuesday, after a weeklong search. His body was found between the Mesquite Spring campground, here he was last seen, and the Scotty’s Castle Road in Death Valley National Park.
March 20th
New details have emerged about the 9-year-old Chalfant boy who called 911 March 1 when his mother’s husband broke into the boy’s house and threatened her.
Just Life: Judge me not
March 23, 2012
When I became a mother I can't say that I was the first one in my generation of friends and family to have kids ... but it was close.