Mobile voting center opens
As the 2020 Presidential Election approaches, Madera County Registrar of Voters Rebecca Martinez and her staff are implementing a variety of methods to encourage early voting for what she expects to be greater than normal voter turnout. “Voters have the right to vote in person if they want to,” said Martinez. “We are providing more […]
Part of tree falls, blocks roadway
Motorists were stopped and startled out of their cars as large limbs of an ancient cedar tree came crashing down directly in front of them about 2 p.m. on Howard Road, near Fairview Avenue. No injuries or property damage were reported. First responders said the heavy, 24-inch diameter limbs, about a third of the tree, […]
Raymond went hog wild
After the little mountain town of Raymond was founded in 1885, it had some growing pains. There were a few sublime moments like that visit from President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903, but there were also those ridiculous episodes like that war over hogs between David Helmuth and Michael Hamerich that almost got the latter killed […]
Opinion: Glorious October
The month of October 2020 has some very auspicious aspects to it. The month began with a full Harvest Moon at 5:06 p.m. on Oct. 1. At 3:31 p.m. on Oct. 16, my birthday, the New Moon, will begin its ascentation. Then at 10:51 on Oct. 31, on Halloween, the full Hunter’s Moon puts in […]
Letter: Thank you, Republicans, for electing Democrats
I thank the Republican Party (GOP) for being, well, the Republican Party. If Republicans were not so wrapped up in themselves, portraying themselves as victims of …(fill in the blank)…, acting as if they were protecting an America that does not exist, and stridently so, then the national electoral ineptitude of Democrats would continue to […]
Geiger leads Madera in CMAC
2013 Madera’s Alyssa Geiger shot a 44 in nine holes at the County/Metro Athletic Conference qualifier at the Riverside Golf Course. She placed third in the CMAC and helped lead the Coyotes to a second place finish and a berth in the CMAC/North Yosemite League championships Monday at Madera Municipal Golf Course. Stallions falter against […]