OAKHURST – It’s time for another free Oakhurst Garden Club workshop at True Value Home Center on Sunday, Aug. 11. This month’s topic is “Caring for Your Late Summer Garden.” The interactive talk will be held inside True Value in the Home and Garden department and begins at 1 p.m. The event is free and participants will be given a ...

OAKHURST – The vacant lot between two banks at the junction of Highways 41 and 49 hasn’t really called much attention to itself, until now. There’s a new bear in town with a message: Welcome! The 9-foot cedar bear weighs in at around 4,500 lbs. and was carved by local resident Ryan Demeusey. The welcome bear was installed on July ...

OAKHURST – Auditions for “The Ladies of Tin Pan Alley” will be held Monday and Tuesday, July 29 and 30, from 6 – 9pm, at the Golden Chain Theatre, located at 42310 Highway 41 in Oakhurst. This is a musical tribute to the music of 1900-1949, with a focus on the women composers and lyricists of the golden age of ...

OAKHURST – Signups for Yosemite Badgers Youth Football take place this Saturday, July 27, from 9 to 11 a.m. at four different locations around the mountain area: Coarsegold Market, Hillside Market in Yosemite Lakes Park, and at Vons and Raley’s in Oakhurst. Yosemite Badgers Youth Football has four teams from Mighty Mites to Seniors, allowing participation for kids from ages ...

OAKHURST – “Wild Fire” will be the topic of the Aug. 9 dinner and program at Friday Nights at Fresno Flats. Jeff May, a volunteer fire spotter and coordinator of all the fire lookouts, will present a computer slide story showing how volunteers work to “Keep the fires small,” protecting our valley from devastating fire destruction.

OAKHURST – District 5 Supervisor Tom Wheeler will hold his next town hall meeting on Thursday, July 25, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Oakhurst Community Center, 39800 Road 425B. Discussion topics will include: – Presentation of grant check by PG&E to the Oakhurst Community Center – Public outreach by the Madera County Building Department on the Americans with ...

OAKHURST – Anyone driving by the Mountain House Restaurant in recent days may have noticed the activity in and around the property. “The demo work is underway,” says North Fork resident and project coordinator Vince Smith. “This is a major rebuild, and the Mountain House is on its way back.” When the restaurant closed in late 2009, the area lost ...

OAKHURST – Ballroom dancing is back and better than ever on the second Friday of each month. That means it’s time to get out of the house and “extend those lines” as they say on television’s popular dance show. Starting Aug. 9, the Elks Lodge is the place to go for dinner followed by a professionally taught ballroom dance lesson ...

OAKHURST – The Yosemite Sierra Visitors Bureau will host local author Marcia Penner Freedman, who will share stories from her newly-published Willow Creek History: Tales of Cow Camps, Shake Makers & Basket Weavers. Freedman will be at the visitors center from 2 to 3:30 pm on Saturday, July 20. There will be copies of her book for sale, and she ...

OAKHURST – The Children’s Museum of the Sierra is announcing a new addition to their summer offerings – a pair of art classes that will start on Tuesday, July 16, thanks to their continued partnership with the Madera County Arts Council. Every Tuesday through Aug. 13, 3D artist Adam Mena will lead kids on an exploration of both clay and ...