RAYMOND — This month we have two items we would like folks to check out and see if they know what they are or what they were used for. They were donated by local museum visitors and came from old family homes. We have had many guesses but no definitive answer. The board item looks homemade and the green metal ...
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Supervisor Wheeler Hosts Town Hall Meeting In Raymond
RAYMOND — District 5 Supervisor Tom Wheeler will hold the next in his series of Town Hall meetings on Thursday, Feb. 23, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Raymond-Knowles Elementary School Cafeteria. Of immediate interest to residents will be a presentation on Measure L, the Public Safety Sale Tax Measure scheduled for a vote on Mar. 7. Georgiena Vivian ...
Read More »The History Mystery #44
This sign was found in some brush in the 1960s by Malcom Fulmer while he was gathering cattle. It was in the area of the Philp family cattle permit off the dirt road running from Fish Camp to Mount Raymond. Malcom’s wife, Anita Fulmer donated it to the Raymond Museum and of course the mystery is, what does it say? ...
Read More »Annual Raymond Parade This Saturday
RAYMOND – Who doesn’t love a parade? Saturday, Apr. 18 is expected to be another perfect day in this historic town to celebrate the Raymond Parade and Family Fun Days. This year’s theme is “All Roads Lead to Raymond.”
Read More »So You Want To See A Bobcat?
RAYMOND – After spending several hours at the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge photographing the Tule Elk and water fowl on Sunday, my husband Justin wanted to continue the fun by taking the back way home to Oakhurst through Raymond, telling me “you never know what you might see along that road, maybe we’ll see a bobcat.”
Read More »Grass Fire On Yosemite Springs Parkway
COARSEGOLD – A small vegetation fire broke out this afternoon on Yosemite Springs Parkway, just south of Copper Creek Drive. Crews were dispatched just after 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 11 to the fire, burning in dry grass on the west side of the road.
Read More »Town Hall Meeting Tonight In Raymond
RAYMOND – District 5 Supervisor Tom Wheeler will hold a town hall meeting tonight from 6 – 8 p.m. at the Raymond-Knowles Elementary School Cafeteria. Topics of discussion will include:
Read More »St. Anne’s Chapel In Knowles: An Interesting History
St. Joachim’s Church; 401 West 5th Street; Madera, California 93637; August 4, 1987 Dear Parishioners,Nestled among the rolling foothills of the Sierra, a church and community was established, St. Anne’s Chapel. The seed was planted in 1962 by the then Community under the spiritual direction of the Pastor Father Mario Buttini, OSJ, to complete a dream which Father Donimic Albertelli, ...
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