NORTH FORK – The North Fork Scout Fund’s annual Christmas Tree Sale will begin on Saturday, Dec. 1 at the North Fork Library. Fresh, locally grown red fir (silver tip) in a variety of sizes through at least 15 ft. will be available. Tree sales will begin at 9 a.m. on the 1st and continue daily until sold out. The ...
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Grace Community Church Provides Holiday Meals For North Fork Families
Written by Lisa Clark – NORTH FORK — As we approach the season of giving, Grace Community Church once again will provide Christmas dinner baskets for the first 175 North Fork families to sign up. The amount has greatly increased for this program and we are asking the North Fork community to participate financially this year. A breakdown cost of ...
Read More »Free Thanksgiving Meals At Public Coffee House In North Fork
NORTH FORK – Public Coffee House, in collaboration with the North Fork Public Library, will serve a free Thanksgiving dinner and breakfast the weekend before the holiday. On Friday, Nov. 16, PCH will provide a turkey dinner from 5 to 7 p.m., and on Saturday, Nov. 17, they will serve a breakfast of biscuits and gravy. All mountain area communities ...
Read More »Public Coffee House Serves Free Meals To Homeless And Elderly
NORTH FORK – Public Coffee House in North Fork is working toward becoming a community outreach and youth center. Starting on Oct. 26 and 27, and every last Friday and Saturday of the month, PCH will be holding an end-of-month Free Feeding Program for the homeless of the mountain area and the elderly who are alone; but all are welcome ...
Read More »North Fork Scouts Have A Busy October
Submitted by Dave Smith – NORTH FORK – The Scouts of North Fork’s Troop 357 have had a very busy October. On Saturday, Oct. 6, the Scouts helped out at the Grizzly Century Bike Run by bussing tables, washing dishes and doing clean up at the Town Hall during the dinner. The following weekend, the troop traveled to Sequoia/Kings Canyon ...
Read More »Lively Music And Shenanigans At The North Fork Fall Follies
NORTH FORK – The Squirrel Cage Theatre Co.’s annual Fall Follies returns to the North Fork Town Hall the last two weekends of October. In addition to live music, the Fall Follies will feature the melodrama “Alaska” (Or The Secret of Yonder Mountain) written by Robert Fulton Kennedy. The setting is Alaska Al’s Saloon in the Yukon River Valley in ...
Read More »Prescribed Burns On The Bass Lake Ranger District
NORTH FORK –Residents and visitors on the Bass Lake Ranger District may see smoke in the coming months as Sierra National Forest fire managers implement their 2018/2019 fall/winter/spring burning program. The projects will consist of two activities: pile burning and understory burning. These burn projects are widely dispersed throughout the Ranger District, with many located at the higher elevations. Some ...
Read More »Woman Dies In Fall From Cascadel Falls Near North Fork
NORTH FORK – The Madera County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a woman who died in a fall at Cascadel Falls on Wednesday. In the afternoon hours of Oct. 17, two adult subjects, a male and female, went for a hike in the area of Cascadel Falls. The female subject, later identified as 37-year-old Jamie Eischen of Fresno, ...
Read More »Station 11 Receives Major Donation From Local Poker Run
COARSEGOLD – The firefighters of Madera County Station 11 in North Fork were the recipients of a nice big check on Sunday – the proceeds of the 3rd annual Next Firefighter Up Motorcycle Poker Run held on Sept. 22. Mitch Riegelhuth, owner of G’ma and Pappa’s Biker Apparel in Coarsegold, presented a check for $4,700 to Sandy Chaille, president of ...
Read More »North Fork Fall Festival And Grizzly Century: A Grand Success
Written by Michael Olwyler – NORTH FORK – The 2018 North Fork Fall Festival and Grizzly Century Ride were a grand success, thanks to the cooperation and hard work of the community and its organizations. This year, the Fresno Cycle Club (FCC) produced the Grizzly Century Ride and the cyclists, again, had a lot of praise for the event which ...
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