By Linda Fine Conaboy When times are tough in a community, there seem to be multiple indicators signifying just how bad things really are. You see closed storefronts, not much exterior maintenance being done to spruce up buildings, unfinished building projects or simply not many new building starts, and fairly high unemployment. In the Lake […]
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The Lake Tahoe Music Festival is scheduled at the Village at Northstar™ for its 29th season at July 21, Aug. 4 and Aug. 25. For more information on the festival, visit www.tahoemusic.org.
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A tourism forum featuring the AMGEN bike Event is scheduled at the Horizon Casino April 14 at 5:30pm. Topics discussed will be AMGEN,the Highway 50 closure and other events. The event is organized through the Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce.
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The Lake Tahoe Aquatic Invasive Species Coordination Committee is hosting a public forum on April 5 from 5:30 to 7:30pm at the U.S. Forest Service building, 35 College Drive, South Lake Tahoe. Brief presentations will focus on aquatic invasive species prevention and control projects in the Lake Tahoe Basin, including the Tahoe Watercraft Inspection Program, […]
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By Guy Rocha “Today, one can stand where Carson and Fremont stood thanks to a trail running from the top of the Heavenly Ski Resort tram,” according to an article in the Nevada Day 2000 Official Program published in Carson City’s Nevada Appeal. “The view was ‘awesome’ then, history records Fremont as saying, and it […]
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It looks like mid-winter conditions on the slopes, and it’s warming up. Check out the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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By Susan Wood PLACERVILLE — El Dorado County wineries represent a gutsy, resilient lot. First, some have found their pricing endured the economic recession. Plus, an aging America hasn’t dampened the spirits of a youth movement interested in wine – with this county being no exception. Now, a wild winter came out in full force […]
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• Olympian Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley is opening a gym in Truckee in April. • Barton Family Health Day is April 30 from 11am-3pm at South Tahoe Middle School. For more information, go online or call (530) 543.5615. • Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board is accepting comments on its proposal to amend the […]
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By Kathryn Reed There was a time when I did not like lasagna. I would push it around my plate. Maybe I’d take some bread and dab at the sauce to make it look like I was eating it. Oh my, how things have changed. Now it’s rare I don’t have seconds. I think what […]
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By Marc Freedman By now the story is familiar. A gray wave of aging boomers is crossing into their 60s, hitting retirement age, morphing suddenly into senior citizens, and bringing with them a new era of demographically determined dependency and despair. We’re trading baby strollers for walkers and wheelchairs. Don’t believe it. The sixty-somethings headed […]
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