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Frazier Park Water Company To Put Rate Hike to a Vote

From the July 13, 2007 Edition

By Gary Meyer

The Frazier Park Public Utilities District (FPPUD) Board of Directors voted on Tuesday, July 10 to put its proposed rate increase on a ballot for customers to decide.

FPPUD management and board …

Fire Hazard Severity Zone Maps Updated

From the July 13, 2007 Edition

Maps used to determine legal requirements affecting property owners including building construction standards are being updated by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The maps were last updated in the mid-1980s.

A public …

Ridge Route Clean Up July 14

From the July 13, 2007 Edition

Workday Update

The next workday for volunteers wishing to join in with the work of the Ridge Route Restoration Association is Saturday, July 14, 2007. We will meet at Carl’s Jr in Gorman at 9:00 …

Have You Heard the Rumor?

From the July 13, 2007 Edition

We’ve heard there is a ton of literary talent in the Mountain Communities. The September issue of The Mountain Pioneer is our literary edition: Spotlight On Mountain Writers. We’d like to introduce your work to …

Bears, Bears, Bears

From the July 13, 2007 Edition

By Patric Hedlund

The Pine Mountain homes of Justen Zimmerman and Thomas "Tim" Marvel both were surprised by very hungry visitors this week who have reversed the story of Goldilocks

Over the Fourth of July …

Krista Water Company Seeks Your Help

From the July 13, 2007 Edition

By Merrill Baughman

Anyone with information about damage to a piece of equipment that protects a Krista Mutual Water Company valve in Los Padres Estates is asked to call 245- 5613. The incident possibly happened …

Bard’s Faire: Fancies, Toyes and Dreams Coming July 14

From the July 06, 2007 Edition

By Kat Fair

This year a "Bard’s Faire: Fancies, Toyes and Dreams" will be presented for the first time as prelude to The Mountain Shakespeare Festival’s July 14 and 15 performances of As You Like …

Mountain Shakespeare Festival Grows Step by Step

From the July 06, 2007 Edition

Shakespeare, in his famous "All the world’s a stage" speech from As You Like It, suggested that there are seven stages in a person’s life, beginning, of course, with infancy.

The Mountain Shakespeare Festival is …

Nothing tells the tale

From the July 06, 2007 Edition

Nothing tells the tale quite as well as the straight data. Scott E. Stephens, Meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in the National Climatic Data Center, provided us this …