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Pony Express Trail shut down at Willow Street after the driver of a van ran into children as they crossed the street Wednesday morning. The van involved in the incident is pictured at left.
Children struck on Pony Express Trail
Eric Jaramishian Staff writer
“ … Project Frontier illustrated the power of more voices speaking up about and following these projects.”
Five children were injured after being hit by a van while crossing Pony Express Trail in Pollock Pines Wednesday morning. Pollock Pines resident Steven Pickering said he was leaving a nearby dentist office when he saw an appliance repair service van
Several community groups and coalitions in El Dorado County are banding together — Ryan Carter, to form one larger umbrella affiliation Friends of Historic Hangtown called Save Our County – Joint Coalition. The joint coalition consists of members of the Diamond Springs/El Dorado Community Coalition, Open Space – El Dorado Hills, Shingle Springs Community Alliance, Rescue Rasmussen Pond and Friends of Historic Hangtown. While each group focuses primarily on their respective areas of concern, their goal largely is the same — advocacy of preserving open space and
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Eric Jaramishian Staff writer
A GoFundMe has been set up on behalf of 4-yearold Juniper, one of the preschoolers who was seriously injured.
Save Our County — a coalition of coalitions formed
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Highway 50 Wagon Train hitching up at Tahoe Ashleigh Goodwin Tahoe Daily Tribune
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STATELINE, Nev. — The Highway 50 Wagon Train will begin its 74th annual trek from Stateline, Nev., to Placerville Sunday, June 4. The namesake’s association was established in 1949 to commemorate “a mighty flood of gold seekers and adventurers, bound for California seeking the ‘Mother Lode,’” according to the Highway 50 Wagon Train Association website.
While the starting point for the event has varied over the past 74 years the historical purpose remains the same. This year the train will take off from the Safeway in Roundhill, Nev., where it will gather Saturday between noon and 6 p.m. and check in for the night. The wagon teams will prepare for the weeklong “moving campout” that will end June 10 at Placerville Cinema in Placerville, according Carol Spreckelson, co-event planner with Paula Peterson, president of the Lake Tahoe Historical Society.
The wagon train’s first stop will be for chow time at high noon, or thereabouts, when it arrives at its first stop at the Lake Tahoe Historic Museum, 3058 Lake Tahoe Blvd. in South Lake Tahoe. Spectators are encouraged to join the waggoners for lunch, with the wagon train arriving approximately between 11 a.m. and noon. “It’s all about history,” said Spreckelson, who has been helping with the event for three of its seven decades. “You don’t know Mountain Democrat file photo
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