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Oakhurst Community Band Free Fall Concert

OAKHURST- The Oakhurst Community Band will present a free Fall Concert at Mountain Christian Center on Sunday, Nov. 23, at 3 p.m. The 45-piece band will be performing music by Joseph Curiale, with Double Happiness, Quad City Stomp by Michael Sweeny, Clare Grundman’s American Folk Rhapsody No.3, Timothy Johnson’s Fanfare Prelude, and J.S Bach’s Sleepers, Wake. The program will also ...

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Wonka Wows At Golden Chain

Submitted by Carol Kovach OAKHURST – We have some amazing talent on this mountain. That’s just one of the comments made after watching the Golden Chain Theatre production of Willy Wonka the Musical. The show debuted on Saturday, Nov. 1 and it’s been getting great reviews ever since.

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Sale Nets Thousands For Fire Fund

Submitted by Kathy Thomas OAKHURST – The Old Mill Village parking lot was filled with activity on Saturday, Oct. 25, as a gigantic tag sale took place inside an otherwise empty building, with a good turnout amid much support from area residents and businesses for an important on-going cause. The Community Rummage Sale to benefit the Oakhurst Area Fire Relief ...

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Oakhurst Pet Shop Has It All

OAKHURST – Animal lovers are a distinctive breed, and with pet ownership in the United States having more than tripled since the 1970s, the most recent estimates suggest that about 164 million households in the U.S. currently have pets. If you’re live in one of those households in the foothill area, you’ll be happy to know that the Bateman family ...

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Mayor Mat Recovering From Major Surgery

OAKHURST – The town’s Honorary Mayor is recovering from surgery following an incident in which he was injured earlier this month. Mat Sands, currently serving as the Honorary Mayor of Oakhurst on behalf of the Boys & Girls Club, reports that he was assaulted on Friday, Oct. 10. Because of a pending investigation, only a limited number of facts are ...

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Stolen Jeep Recovered After Tip From Neighbor

OAKHURST – A Jeep CJ-7 stolen from the McDonald’s parking lot on Monday has been recovered by the California Highway Patrol. James Ghent, 22, of Oakhurst, was taken into custody this morning after a neighbor called and said the Jeep parked next door looked suspiciously like the one that had been reported missing. When officers responded to the location about ...

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Rummage Sale Benefits Fire Victims

Submitted by Kathy Thomas OAKHURST – Our local community is making something good out of something bad, by coming together to aid friends and neighbors who lost their homes in the fires that ravaged the hillsides this summer. While the fires were still burning, the community pulled together for their neighbors in need: they began donating items the victims needed ...

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Rotary Open House To Eradicate Polio

OAKHURST – In honor of World Polio Day, which is widely recognized on Oct. 24, the Oakhurst Sierra and Oakhurst Sierra Sunrise Rotary Clubs are holding an open house to inform the community of the crippling childhood disease, polio. The event is part of Rotary International’s 27-year mission to eradicate Polio. The open house is at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. ...

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Jeep Stolen From Oakhurst Parking Lot

OAKHURST – CHP is searching for a Jeep CJ-7 stolen from the McDonald’s parking lot in Oakhurst this morning around 9 a.m. The owner reportedly left his keys in the vehicle to run into a business, when someone jumped into the Jeep and drove away. The vehicle is described as a brown 1981 Jeep CJ-7, personalized license plate number CAEQUN1, ...

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Homeless Camps Cleared As Cemetery Expands

OAKHURST – Work is underway to rehabilitate 11 acres recently purchased by the Madera Cemetery District to expand the Oakhill Cemetery. The newly-purchased property is due west of the cemetery and runs along behind Napa Auto Parts, beside the Raley’s store, behind Grocery Outlet, and over to the Manna House.

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