NORTH FORK—Just before his eighteenth birthday, North Fork Boy Scout Hunter Wilks completed the requirements to become Troop 357’s latest Eagle Scout. That is the deadline any scout hoping to achieve the Eagle Scout rank must meet. What is an Eagle Scout? Eagle Scout is the highest rank achievable in the Boy Scouts of America organization. To attain this award, ...

MARIPOSA — Back following a 40-month COVID hiatus and led by its Founding Music Director and Conductor Les Marsden, the Mariposa Yosemite Symphony Orchestra is now fully independent in its 21st year. Its 2019-2023 18th “Season Interruptus” began in the fall of 2019, but was suspended in March 2020 due to COVID. It will now resume, eventually ending nearly four ...