• Fourteen Tahoe Douglas firefighters were recently recognized with service awards, with a special note for 20 years of service for Battalion Chief Jim Antti and Capt. Chuck Salerno. • Lake Tahoe Environmental Science Magnet in Meyers has been selected a California Distinguished School. The award highlights exemplary schools that use innovative approaches to improving […]
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Bert’s Café is hosting a spaghetti night fundraiser for Tahoe Arts Project on May 8 from 5:30-7:30pm. For $10, guests may dine on spaghetti, Caesar salad, garlic bread, soda and coffee. Wine will be served by donation. Dessert involves a bake sale. Servers for the evening will be TAP board members and volunteers. Purchase tickets […]
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The new bicycle-walking path between Elks Point Road at Nevada Beach and Round Hill Pines Resort passes directly through these views. The black and white photo includes likely a 1949 or 1950 Ford parked left of the white center cabin. Round Hill Pines is under new management this year, and these historic buildings (plus the […]
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• Freedom Day came six days later than last year. Tax Freedom Day, calculated annually by the Tax Foundation, is the day Americans have earned enough money to pay their annual tax obligations at the federal, state and local levels. This year’s national Tax Freedom Day was April 21. • South Tahoe Association of Realtors […]
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The 11th annual Truckee Day townwide street clean up and community block party is June 7. Check in stations will open at 8am. Get there early to get materials, volunteer T-shirt, and free lunch ticket. Preregistration is not required. After the street clean up, volunteers will head to Truckee Regional Park for a townwide block […]
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The Douglas County Public Library’s spring book sale is May 16 from 3-8pm, May 17 from 9am-5pm and May 18 from 9am-2pm. The sale will be at the C.V.I.C. Hall, 1602 Esmeralda Ave. in Minden. Thousands of used books and audio books will be for sale; DVDs and music CDs will also be available. Friends […]
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Highway 50 on May 4 will be closed in both directions from El Dorado Hills Boulevard/Latrobe Road to Bass Lake Road for blasting work. The closure is scheduled from 6-8am. During this time traffic will be routed through Serrano Parkway. Motorists traveling east from El Dorado Hills will detour on El Dorado Hills Boulevard to […]
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Former consultant to NASA, Kevin Manning, will talk about astronomy May 6 at 6pm in South Lake Tahoe. This is part of the Star Tour USA 2014: Promoting Scientific Literacy from Coast to Coast features Astronomy for Everyone: Size & Scale of the Universe. This program is for all ages. It’s about the universe, from […]
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• Harrison Avenue businesses are open even though the traffic flow is a bit chaotic right now. • Mike Makley will speak about his book “Saving Lake Tahoe” at the May 8 Sierra Club meeting. The 7pm meeting is at Unity at the Lake on Rufus Allen Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe. • Tioga Pass […]
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• South Lake Tahoe City Clerk Suzie Alessi received the 2014 Presidential Award of Excellence from the City Clerk’s Association of California. • The little cub being taken care of at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care now weighs 7.7 pounds. She arrived April 15 weighing 5 pounds, 6 ounces. • The Genoa Cowboy Festival is May […]
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