Community

Neighborhood Watch: What it is and what it really isn’t

From the July 24, 2020 Edition

By Patric Hedlund, TME

Ian Sawrey organized a meeting of over 250 Pine Mountain Club residents on June 15, 2019. The issue was Neighborhood Watch. In those pre-covid days they squeezed together into the activities …

Frazier Mountain Park playground gets TLC

From the July 17, 2020 Edition

By Marcy Axness, TME

“I never thought they would ever do that canopy,” said Kimberlee Goddard Hoven, co-founder of Friends of Frazier Mountain Park (FFMP). Hoven and her colleagues worked tirelessly back in 2015-16 to …

Aftermath of LOW house explosion

From the July 17, 2020 Edition

By Gary Meyer, TME

Gilbert Willette, who was injured in the house explosion in Lake of the Woods July 3, remained under the care of doctors at Memorial Hospital’s Grossman Burn Center in Bakersfield on …

Lake of the Woods home saved from fire

From the July 17, 2020 Edition

By Gary Meyer, TME

Lake of the Woods resident Joan Kotnik was standing on the front deck of her Lowry Lane home, enjoying the Monday morning sun at about 7:30 on July 13, when she …

Plea to supes: ‘Libraries are the lifeblood’

From the July 10, 2020 Edition

At the end of our report last week about Kern County’s grim plan to slash the budget and destroy the library system—including the closing of Frazier Park Library—The Mountain Enterprise promised to verify the volume …

A new precipitation year begins—the pond is still dry

From the July 3, 2020 Edition

By Gary Meyer, TME

The Mountain Communities slowly climbed out of the worst of the recent drought years, but we still have a ways to go before an all-clear can be sounded.

Many will remember …

Bakersfield National Cemetery services resume

From the June 12, 2020 Edition

Bakersfield National Cemetery resumed committal services June 9 for families who are interring their loved ones. In keeping with federal, state and local guidance, committal and memorial services will be limited to ten family members and …

Kern County cooling centers

From the June 12, 2020 Edition

The Kern County Cooling Center season began this week and will end September 22, 2020.

Cooling centers open throughout the county for the health, safety and comfort of residents. Our cooling center for the Mountain …