Archive - 2012 - News Article

Town Council election headed nowhere

March 16, 2012

Residents of Mammoth Lakes won't have much of a municipal election on June 5.

Got (decent) broadband? Nope, and it won't get better for another year

March 16, 2012

We live in the Bermuda Triangle.

Of communications, that is.

Mountain uses RFID for advertising, marketing

March 16, 2012

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.

Local landfill lease expires in 2023, could take that long to get another

March 16, 2012

Out of sight, out of mind.

What's Up, Up Here? All the news and gossip for March 16-22

March 16, 2012

'Dream Team' chefs joining the 2012 Mammoth Food & Wine Experience

March 16, 2012

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.

Briefly March 16

March 13, 2012

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.

Topaz man dies after reportedly driving car into lake

March 12, 2012

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.

Rusty delivers a public mea culpa on layoffs: ‘We’ve made the cuts that I think were necessary. Those were my responsibilities’

March 9, 2012

Rusty Gregory, the CEO of Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, visited the Town Council Wednesday to clarify his decision to lay off 75 year-round workers last week.

A winter without end followed by a winter that never started: No snow, warm weather could trigger early fire season

March 9, 2012

The year that winter never ended turned into the year with no winter at all.

Community shout-outs

March 9, 2012

Mammoth High School graduate receives praise
Ryan Davis, a 2006 Mammoth High School graduate, was deployed to Afghanistan in September 2011 as a Navy corpsman stationed with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines from 29 Palms, Calif. 

Chalfant boy calls 911 when man breaks into house: Nine-year-old escapes with mother, another infant child

March 9, 2012

A nine-year-old Chalfant boy called 911 late last week to alert law enforcement that a man had broken into his home and was threatening his mother, according to Mono County Sheriff’s officials.

Briefly March 9 2012

March 9, 2012

Michael Raimondo running for Town Council
Michael Raimondo, owner of Old New York Deli & Bagel Co. in the Village, is running for Town Council. He pulled the papers this week.

Demand for clean air projects overrun available funds: Locals seek $16.5 million worth of projects; only $5 million available

March 9, 2012

A local clean air grant program was overrun with project proposals, with 49 different projects worth $16.5 million competing for about $5 million.

Tragedy and triumph: Author Aron Ralston cut off his arm to save his life

March 9, 2012

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