Madera County supervisors updated on mission progress
Madera County staff have updated the Board of Supervisors on progress in six mission priorities set in April in a recent quarterly report. The operational priorities were set at an annual management workshop and are in line with a newly adopted mission for the county, according to Adrienne Calip, deputy county administrative officer. They are: […]
Alleged scam ‘spoofs’ dead numbers
Receiving a call from a telephone number belonging to a late Madera resident may not be as spooky as it sounds, but it can be no less menacing to confront, a Tribune reader discovered. An alleged scammer appears to be faking his caller identification to mimic longtime Madera numbers, according to Cecelia Bock of Madera. […]
House ‘taken over’ by pirates
Madera’s Christmas House, at 1101 Lemon Tree Dr., has been taken over by pirates and skeletons for Halloween. Homeowner Jeff Cox decorates nearly every square inch of his corner house for Christmas, but for Halloween, his front yard is taken over by more than a dozen skeletons and more than a dozen inflatables. “We are […]
Whitecaps whip up justice in foothills
The Hildreth Hotel stood in the center of the little community, which carried the same name. The two-story structure had several upstairs rooms for rent and a well-furnished saloon on the bottom floor. On any given Friday or Saturday night, the miners and lumberjacks of Hildreth could be found unwinding after a week of hard […]
Comedies planned for local stages
Madera and Madera South high schools plan to present high energy comedies on stage in coming weeks with MSTC’s “Lend Me a Tenor” and Coyote Drama Productions’ “The Comedy of Errors.” Coyote Drama Productions Coyote Drama Productions and International Thespian Troupe #8160 at Madera High School will perform William Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors.” “The […]
The ghosts come out on Halloween
Earlier last week a fun discussion heavily laden with banter took place between the pharmacy staff at one of Madera’s chain drugstores. The question being of whether or not today is a holiday? Me being the nosey, but-in-ski person I am, joined the conversation completely uninvited. One of the clerks, with a twinkle in her […]