Tubbs Hill is hallowed ground today. But it wasn’t in the early 1960s when the City Council, by a slim majority, approved a developer’s request to carve up the hilltop for a convention center, resort hotel and multi-family dwellings.
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MARSHALL Greg and Paula Boerboom didn’t have to look far when they considered moving off their farm for retirement. They moved from their farm in Stanle
By George Boardman | Columnist
I’m reluctant to admit this, but I’m going to commit an act of cultural appropriation Wednesday right here in Nevada City. I just hope our local social justice warriors don’t find me.
My brazen act will consist of eating food and drinking beverages not associated with my English-German heritage. I’m going to enjoy this activity in the company of people who are not Mexican Americans, but I probably won’t be wearing a sombrero or serape … unless I drink way too much tequila.
Yes, I’ll be celebrating Cinco de Mayo, held annually to mark the defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puerbla in 1862, one in a string of French defeats that started at Waterloo. It’s one of the few victories over a foreign power Mexico can claim, particularly since it has been stuck in our shadow for so many years. As Mexican President Porfirio Diaz once lamented: “Poor Mexico. So far from God, so close to the United States.”
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Residents at Boulder Estates in Marshall received their first doses of COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday morning. Residents including Marie Miller rolled up their sleeves so Southwest Health and Human Services nurses could administer the vaccines. The mood at the vaccine clinic was upbeat. One banner said Boulder Estates residents were âtaking their best shotâ by getting vaccinated for COVID.
MARSHALL Â The dining room was decked out with banners but this something more than a regular holiday or celebration. The Boulder Estates residents waiting their turn to sit down at a table Thursday were ready to get their first doses of COVID-19 vaccine.