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Breaking News: Economic Recovery Act Funds Granted to Rebuild Chuchupate Mt. Pinos District Station

LOCKWOOD VALLEY (Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, 9 p.m.)–The entire Chuchupate administration facility is to be rebuilt with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) funds. The proposal was in competition with 18 other National Forest areas throughout California, and is among a small handful to receive funding, according to Bruce Emmens, the Los Padres National Forest engineer who will oversee...

Breaking Sports News: Michael Kanke's Magic 33 Wins SRL at Irwindale

FRAZIER PARK (Oct. 11, 2009, 8 a.m.)—Local stockcar racing hero Michael Kanke is in the lead for the SRL Southwest Tour Series after taking the cup at Irwindale on Saturday, Oct. 10. He will be returning to the Bullring in Las Vegas for the season finale on October 31.

Kanke won at the Bullring earlier this season. In addition to that...

Planning Commission Votes 5-0  to Limit Size of Frazier Park Estates Development

Planning Commission Votes 5-0 to Limit Size of Frazier Park Estates Development

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TwitterCast Sports Updates Live from the Game

TwitterCast Sports Updates Live from the Game

The Mountain Enterprise intern Joey Teare will be Twittering LIVE from the Falcons football game! Click this link during the game to...

Breaking News: Watson to Hold Public Meeting on Municipal Advisory Council

From Supervisor Watson's press release:

FRAZIER PARK (Thursday, Oct. 8, 5:10 p.m.) Fourth District Supervisor Ray Watson will hold a public meeting regarding the formation of a Mountain Communities Municipal Advisory Council (MCMAC) to serve the Frazier Mountain Communities of Pine Mountain Club, Lebec, Frazier Park, Fort Tejon/Tejon Village, Pinon Pines and Lake of the Woods.

The meeting will be held October 29,...

No Surprises: Bakersfield Votes 'Yes' for Tejon Mountain Village

No Surprises: Bakersfield Votes 'Yes' for Tejon Mountain Village

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What Happened to the CSA 100 Streetscape Plan? - Sharon Witt

Recently the community learned that the owners of property enhanced by the $500,000 streetscape project voted 'no' on assessments to maintain landscaping and streetlights. One owner explains what she knows about what has happened-and then another one chimed in.

By Sharon Witt, Frazier Park

I live in probably the only residence within the Frazier Park commercial district streetscape beautification project, "The Crows Nest."

When...

What Happened to the CSA 100 Streetscape Plan? - Sigmund Lichter: I Voted 'No'

By Patric Hedlund

On Wednesday, Oct. 7, we spoke with Sigmund Lichter about the CSA 100 vote, and how he feels the streetscape can be maintained, now that the maintenance plan has not been funded. This is a transcript of that conversation.

I voted no, I had a fight with Supervisor Watson. He called me before the vote and he urged me to vote...

Encountering The Galaxy

Encountering The Galaxy

By Cristal Vivirito

Soccer brings unexpected thrills. The U-10 Rebels won tickets to see the L.A. Galaxy in Los Angeles for being a winner of this year's Super Soccer Saturday banner contest.

Team sponsor,...

Blog Notes: Party Favors in the Tejon Mountain Village Development Agreement

 Party Favors in the Tejon Mountain Village Development Agreement

Blog notes by Patric Hedlund [1:15 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009]

There are a few big party favors hidden among the 30,000 or so pages of data whisked through the Tejon Mountain Village pipeline. I wasn't able to analyze and report about countless issues of interest in advance of the...

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Local LAPD Officer Injured in I-5 Crash

According to Sergeant Darrell Brooks of the California Highway Patrol, Ft. Tejon station, a Los Angeles Police Department motorcycle officer, Timothy Kay, 42 of Frazier...

State Parks Win Reprieve

On Friday, Sept. 25, the entire California state parks system won a reprieve. The Governor's office announced "...we have successfully found a way to avoid...

'MAC Attack' Strikes Former Supporters

Disappointment High over Absence Of Elections from MAC Bylaws

By Patric Hedlund

A former member of the Mountain Communities Town Council who is one of the tentative...

Oak Tree Removal For New Library Building Rattles Some Residents

By Gary Meyer

Residents along the south side of the new library site were on their decks watching the work being supervised by contractor Tilton Pacific...

Lutheran Split Moves Forward

By Patric Hedlund

The El Camino Pines Lutheran Church voted on September 27 to select the American Association of Lutheran Churches (AALC) as their next affiliation....

Toys for Tots Sign-ups Begin Early

By Anne Weber

The Mountain Communities Family Resource Center (MCFRC) is signing up families for the Toys for Tots program.

The Kern County Marine Reserves, administrator of...

Happiness is......a Full House

Martin and Rosie Kegel of Frazier Park have single-handedly filled—in fact, overflowed—the Ronald McDonald House collection box on The Mountain Enterprise's front counter with aluminum...



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Hearing on 600 Homes Thursday

Frazier Park Estates (FPE) developer Arciero & Sons, Inc. (from Paso Robles) has proposed to downsize its plans for a 662 home Lebec development to...

Weather Advisory: Winter-Like Gusts and Rains Predicted in Grapevine Area

UPDATE: FRAZIER PARK (Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, 5:02 a.m.)—Though there are gusty winds throughout the mountain regions and storm warnings have been issued, the California...

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