Local Business Receives Crystal Tower Award for Exemplary School Partnerships OAKHURST – Round Table Pizza was recognized for their partnerships with Madera County schools in front of more than 150 business and community leaders at the 10th annual Business and Education Shareholders’ Luncheon on May 8, hosted by the Madera County Compact. Accepting the award for Round Table Pizza were ...

Written by Bob McKee, Jr. My father, Bob McKee senior, passed away peacefully in his sleep at the age of 92 early Monday morning, May 6, 2013 surrounded by his family. He had a full life and is survived by his loving wife Loretta, 4 sons, Matt (wife Wilma), Tim (wife Trish), Mike (wife Arlene), and Bob (partner Jennifer), ten ...

OAKHURST – While work continues on the new Denny’s restaurant in Oakhurst, residents wait and wonder how soon they will be ready to open. Dev Sagar, new owner along with his wife Sunita, says they are working through the permitting process and can’t give a date certain until that is complete and inspections are done.

OAKHURST – In yet another sign of good times to come, residents can now look forward to a new book and gift store in town, with the as-yet-unspecified but coming-soon opening of Branches. The new store is described on official company documents as “books, gifts and awesomeness.”

OAKHURST – Sierra Foothill Garden Blogger Sue Langley hosted another workshop at True Value Hardware in Oakhurst on Sunday, May 5th. The monthly workshops provide great information to local gardeners, many new to the mountain area, which means learning new techniques and what to plant.

NORTH FORK – Downtown North Fork was a beehive of activity on Saturday as the second annual North Fork Clean Up Day brought folks out to spruce up the town. This is the second year the North Fork Chamber of Commerce has orchestrated this day to shape things up before the summer season, and local business owners stepped up in ...

OAKHURST – The sounds of kids laughing and pins falling and parents cheering was bittersweet at Sierra Lanes on Wednesday, as the upcoming closure of the bowling alley loomed over everyone’s heads. The news that the building has been sold to make way for a Grocery Outlet has hit hard in this tight-knit group. On June 7, after the Sober ...

Joan Marie Williams Galyan, age 77, of Oakhurst, CA, passed away on April 29, 2013. Joan was born on January 17, 1936, in Riverside, CA to Roy and Nellie Williams of Bass Lake, CA. Throughout her life, she lived in Riverside, Long Beach, Bass Lake, Bakersfield, and Fresno, before she retired to the Oakhurst area in 1996. Joan was a ...

NORTH FORK – Residents of Cascadel Woods woke this morning to the welcome sights and sounds of work crews beginning construction on the new Verizon cell tower just outside the gate. Since the conditional use permit for the cell tower was granted by the Madera County Board of Supervisors in early June of 2012,

This open letter to the community was submitted by Kim Moore My Easter Gift On March 31, 2013, Easter morning, I woke up at my usual time, 5:00 am, and got ready for work. I live in the foothills, so my day starts early. I am a nurse in the Emergency Department (ED) at Community Regional Medical Center. It was ...