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Big town projects receive Town Council scrutiny

May 17, 2013

Five-year capital improvements plan unveiled

The airport, town streets, and town trails would get the lion’s share of capital improvement money in the 2013-14 fiscal year, according to a draft of the town’s five-year spending program.

The program, drafted by Public Works Director Ray Jarvis, was handed up to the Town Council at its meeting on Wednesday evening, May 15.

Ski area pushes for home rentals

May 16, 2013

‘Simple way to start collecting money,’ Gregory says

Mammoth Mountain Ski Area will take a “strong stance” in support of single-family home rentals in Mammoth, ski area CEO Rusty Gregory said on Wednesday.

Ka-blooey! July 4 fireworks on hit list

May 16, 2013

Victim of $627K budget shortfall

For the second year in a row, the Fourth of July fireworks show at Crowley Lake is facing elimination because of a Town of Mammoth Lakes budget shortfall.

The show, which is budgeted for $34,650, would be eliminated in a new set of 10 “balancing recommendations” that the town staff put before the Town Council at its meeting on Wednesday, May 15.

Fatal truck accident in Bridgeport closes U.S. 395

May 14, 2013

Police closed U.S. 395 in Bridgeport early on Tuesday morning, May 14, after a tractor-trailer burst into flames at the bridge over the East Walker River at the south entrance to Bridgeport, following an accident that killed the driver.

Caltrans re-opened the highway at 3:45 p.m.

Local man makes award-winning movie, showings in Independence, Mammoth this week

May 13, 2013

A former Independence resident is making good on his dream to make movies and is planning to share his latest production in Inyo and Mono counties.

Forrest Pound, a 2003 graduate of Owens Valley School in Independence, will be presenting the film “Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West” at the Eastern California Museum and the Mammoth Lakes Edison Theatre next week.

The free screenings will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 16 at the Edison Theater in Mammoth and at 7 p.m. Friday, May 17 at the American Legion Hall in Independence.

A bear cub loves apple pie

May 13, 2013

Motherless youngster gets into Mammoth house

A young, motherless bear cub with a taste for apple pie has been getting into trouble around Old Mammoth in the past several weeks, according to Wildlife Specialist Steve Searles.

What’s more, the 15-month-old cub has learned to pull at heartstrings to get what he or she wants.

June Lake goes after transient rentals

May 13, 2013

The first transient rental request for the June Lake area got the Mono County Board of Supervisors approval Tuesday, May 7.

The request, which came on the heels of an ordinance passed last year, was made by Ralph Lockhart, co-owner of the Double Eagle Resort and Spa for four parcels with homes on them in the Down Canyon area of June Lake.

There were no objections to the request made at the meeting.

Lower Rock Creek area subdivision still on the books

May 13, 2013

A 55-unit housing subdivision project overlooking Lower Rock Creek canyon that was put on hold during the recession went before the Mono County supervisors Tuesday, May 7.

Developer Matthew Lehman asked the supervisors to approve minor changes made to the subdivision’s “specific plan;” changes that had to do with affordable housing mitigation requirements.

The supervisors agreed to allow Lehman to waive affordable housing mitigation actions that would have been triggered by the county’s 2006 Housing Mitigation Ordinance.

What's Up, Up Here? May 9 - May 16

May 13, 2013