Archive - 2012
March 20th
Mono County has been invited to join in a possible mediation process between the Town of Mammoth Lakes and Mammoth Lakes Land Acquisition, according to county staff.
The county’s sheriff department, the GIS department, and the animal control department got the invitation from the Town’s attorneys earlier this month because these departments are considered to be creditors of the Town (they provide services to the Town including dispatch services through the sheriff’s department), county counsel Marshall Rudolph said.
March 16th
By
Lyra Pierotti/For the Times
From the first days of training—highlighted by headlong wrecks and time lost trying to coerce my pole straps onto my wrists—my skating has come a very long way. I have also learned some very valuable lessons: Most notably, I have got to replace those fancy Velcro straps on my poles in favor of the traditional, simple loop strap.
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Wendilyn Grasseschi/Times Staff Writer
Mammoth Lakes resident Joseph Walker pleaded guilty to five felony counts of illegal sexual activity with a minor on Friday, March 9 in a Santa Barbara court, waiving his right to a trial and almost ensuring he serves time in state prison.
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George Shirk/Times News Editor
Residents of Mammoth Lakes won't have much of a municipal election on June 5.
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George Shirk/Times News Editor
“A BATH?!?!?”
Fido was aghast, but I didn’t know why.
By
Wendilyn Grasseschi/Times Staff Reporter
We live in the Bermuda Triangle.
Of communications, that is.
By
George Shirk/Times News Editor
Mammoth Mountain CEO Rusty Gregory, along with the rest of the marketing staff, this season have been fielding calls from Southern Californians who are wondering where the heck the billboards went.
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Wendilyn Grasseschi/Times Staff Reporter
Out of sight, out of mind.
The Mammoth Lakes Foundation this week announced the initial list of world-class chefs who have agreed to participate in the 2012 Mammoth Food & Wine Experience on July 6 and 7.
March 12th
Support Mammoth Lakes eighth graders
The community is invited to support Mammoth Middle School’s eighth-grade class to go to its annual Museum of Tolerance trip.
A 74-year-old Topaz man died after he drove his car into Topaz Lake for unexplained reasons, then drowned before rescuers could get to him.
March 9th
By
Lyra Pierotti/For the Times
After a few weeks floundering around on my skate skis, I finally got up the nerve to attend one of the skate skiing clinics at Tamarack Lodge.
Just Life: Skydiving—a family activity
March 16, 2012
When people turn 21, most have dreams of a weekend in Las Vegas. They want to gather their friends around and pick one of them to be the designated driver for the night so the celebrating 21-year-old will have a babysitter in close proximity.