Chief docent On Saturday, Aug. 14, the Cameron Park Rotary Club Community Observatory located on the Folsom Lake College, El Dorado Center campus, 6699 Campus Drive, in Placerville, is hosting a special event from 6 to 11 p.m. called the ÒThe Sun, Four Planets and a Meteor Shower.Ó This event is free to the public [...]

The 14th annual Placerville Craft Fair is the perfect place to find that unique piece for the home or a special gift for a special occasion. The shopping extravaganza is set for Sunday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Main Street in Placerville. The street will be lined with high quality arts and crafts [...]

Mother Lode News Attention fledgling acoustic musicians: Shall we gather at the river? To immerse ourselves in the music we love? How about Aug. 1 through 5, with a dozen or so working professional players to tell us how itÕs done? The American River Music Camp enters its fifth year with another four days and [...]

The Rescue Union School District is pleased to announce the opening of new Kindergarten Readiness Programs at two schools in the district Ñ Lakeview Elementary School and Green Valley Elementary School. These Òjunior kindergartenÓ programs are state funded programs to serve children who will turn 5 on or before Dec. 2, (legal kindergarten age) but [...]

Editor When 16-year-old solo circumnavigator Abby Sunderland was reported lost at sea somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean in June and then found alive with her boat damaged, it was a reminder of the power of the ocean. Her 40-foot sailboat was dismasted. The boat had five watertight compartments and was designed to be self-righting [...]

Democrat automotive columnist April 17, 1964, was perhaps the most significant date in automotive history. On that date at the New York WorldÕs Fair the very first Mustang was displayed to the public. Nine million Mustangs later (surpassed in April 2008), it is still alive and well and still being produced in record numbers at [...]

Placerville EDITOR: I see in the Mountain Democrat that Placerville Planning Commissioner Lester Russell wants to know why the owner of the new Mosquito Creek Outfitters (a great looking building by the way) is not going to be putting in 15 new trees in front of his building. In the first place, 15 trees of [...]