July 19, 2011 05:38 am
A 160-acre organic hard apple cider tasting room, ciderworks, apple ranch and distillery in Sonora’s Apple Hill is slated to open this fall.
Indigeny Reserve owners Jay and Judy Watson and their son, Joe, operate the verdant 20,000-apple-tree ranch that boasts 53 varieties, including 10,000 organic Honeycrisp apple trees, along with Granny Smith, Golden Delicious and Red Roam apples.
The ranch was certified organic in 2008 and is a supporter of the Slow Foods movement.
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July 19, 2011 05:37 am
Everything from cattle to bonsai trees will be featured during the fourth annual Farms of Tuolumne County Farm and Ranch Tour on Saturday, July 30.
Event organizers invite visitors to spend the day going from one venue to the next at their leisure between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on the self-guided tour.
Tickets are $8 in advance or $10 on the day of the event. Those 18 and younger are admitted for free. Those attending are encouraged to wear comfortable shoes and bring a cooler for perishable purchases. For more information, e-mail
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or call 928-3775.
The event will have on-site demonstrations as well as tours, and cameras are encouraged.
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July 19, 2011 05:36 am
Work crews are busy laying the infrastructure for land that will be the future home of a $70 million, 48-acre law and justice center in Sonora.
San Francisco-based Sierra Mountain Construction was awarded a $2.4 million contract to build road improvements and connect the site to city utilities, according to Tanya Allen, assistant resident engineer for Tuolumne County.
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July 08, 2011 11:06 am
After 26 years, Chicken Ranch Casino in Jamestown is in the midst of its first major renovation.
The size of the building will remain the same, but it will have a whole new look, inside and out, Tribal Chairman Lloyd Mathiesen said. The theme will be historic with an Old West flavor.
He said the Chicken Ranch Band of Me-Wuk Indians, which owns the casino, listened to customers in designing the renovation.
A state-of-the-art ventilation system will greatly reduce the smell of smoke, which customers wanted, and a new restaurant will replace the snack bar.
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July 08, 2011 11:05 am
PG&E’s automatic refunds for people who lost power for days at a stretch during this epic weather year earned public relations points.
The utility ended up giving refunds to almost 7,300 customers in Tuolumne County alone, and 26,000 refunds throughout Northern California.
“I don’t have the total cost,” said Nicole Liebelt of PG&E, “but it was substantial.”
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June 23, 2011 08:48 am
Calaveras County is exploring new methods of monitoring potential winegrape pests as a result of layoffs in the agriculture department.
The department will go without its team of several seasonal extra-hire workers. Those workers monitor 180 traps set up in vineyards to detect the presence of the glassy-winged sharpshooter or European grapevine moth.
While neither of the insects have been located in Calaveras or Tuolumne counties, they have been found nearby and can have a disastrous impact on a crop worth more than $3.5 million in the Mother Lode if they gain a foothold.
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