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MCLL releases Major and Minor All-Star lists

The Mariposa County Little League (MCLL) organization has released the players named as All-Stars within the Majors and Minors divisions, as well as naming a few honorary players. The Giants were this season’s champions in the Major League division. Players named to the All-Star list were
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Clarification

There has been a lot of misinformation in the news lately about pending changes coming to the real estate industry and what they mean for homebuyers and sellers. As a dedicated Realtor® in Mariposa County, I’d like to clarify any confusion your readers may have. Because of a recent settlement by real estate brokerages and […]
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Another PG&E horror story

My wife and I live in Mariposa and are having serious issues with PG&E and our bill with their company. To provide background information, we have lived at the same home for two years and are on solar power with a large industrial-sized array on our rented property. After our first year living here, we […]
Faith

~You Ask the Pastor~

(Editor’s Note: This is a forum to allow our readers to ask questions anonymously of participating local pastors. To submit a question, please email [email protected]. (Your name will not be printed.) Dear Pastors: I’m confused by some scripture, and that’s probably not unusual. When Jesus speaks to the thief on the cross next to him […]
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State’s fire insurance crisis dampens the dream of rural home ownership

By R.D. Tucker Under normal circumstances, a home-hunting family would jump through all the qualification hoops and acquire a traditional mortgage, then go forth and seek the quiet property of their dreams in one of hundreds of rural communities sprinkled throughout the Sierra Nevada foothills, including Mariposa County. Under that scenario, they would find that […]
Schools

School board alters language to science instruction policy

By R.D. Tucker In its meeting in May, the Mariposa County Unified School District Board of Directors took a bold move to protect students’ rights of free expression and to avoid an infringement of First Amendment rights in the classroom. At its meeting on June 12 at 5:30 p.m. in the board chambers at the […]
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California teacher fired for religious beliefs reaches settlement

Reprinted fromCalifornia FamilyCouncil.org The public school teacher who was fired for refusing to hide her students’ gender identities from their parents because of her Christian beliefs reached a settlement agreement with Jurupa Unified School District in Riverside County last week, Advocates for Faith and Freedom announced. In early 2023, Jessica Tapia refused to abide
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Will Starbucks ‘roast’ Mariposa’s coffee culture?

By R.D. Tucker It wasn’t that long ago when the retail monster Walmart spread its wings across the fruited plain, and before the construction dust settled, that “mom and pop” shops on Main Street, USA, were shuttered. Mariposa has embraced a sturdy coffee culture over the years with several independently owned small shops. Many of […]

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