Chamber of Commerce member Alesia Martin is opening Too Cute to Cut! Custom Cakes, a home bakery. A grand opening will be held at the Martin home, 1222 Paiute Drive, Saturday at 6:30 p.m. The opening of Too Cute to Cut! Custom Cakes will present samples of different cakes and desserts for potential customers to try.
Great Basin National Park lies less than five hours north of the teeming cities of Southern Nevada, and one wonders why it remains one of the least-visited in the park system. Certainly it offers a great summer experience; it lies in the Snake Range of Eastern Nevada and offers elevations from 6,200 feet all the way up to 13,063, the latter atop famed Wheeler Peak.
It took Bruce Reid three months of soul-searching to finally decide.
Former Boulder City High School swimmer Zane Grothe won two events at USA Swimming’s 2013 U.S. Open on July 30-Aug. 3 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center in Irvine, Calif. Grothe, who will be a senior at Auburn University this fall, won the 1,500-meter freestyle with a time of 15 minutes, 13.39 seconds, and the 800-meter freestyle in 7 minutes, 56.15 seconds. He was fifth in the 400 freestyle
(3:54.68).
CARSON CITY — Anticipating trials over the value of properties needed for the Boulder City bypass project, the state Transportation Department Board on Monday upped a contract limit with a private attorney by $850,000.
Approximately 40 local kids participated in the city’s Parks and Recreation Department’s 13th annual Cardboard Boat Race on July 17. Nearly 100 boat “cheerleaders,” mostly parents and families, learn-to–swim participants, and deep water aerobics class members that also stayed to cheer the participants on.
The latest beauty salon in Boulder City opened last month, but will host its grand opening Aug. 17
A small fire in a bush behind Pit Stop burger shop the afternoon of July 31 closed the Buchanan Boulevard business for the rest of the day, but caused no real damage to the building.
The Hacienda and 21 acres across the highway are being sold to tavern operator Dotty’s.
The city received no bids during a recent request for proposals for the operation of its dormant motocross track.
After a short decrease in burglaries and thefts, thieves are busy again, police say.
Who likes a sale? I bet every single one of us! Who wouldn’t like to get 25 to 50 percent off of stuff?
As expected, National Night Out at Veterans Memorial Park went off Tuesday with high-flying success. There was a great turn out of Boulder City residents that came out to support the police department in its awareness night. National Night Out is the police department’s annual event to promote and establish a partnership with the residents of Boulder City in fighting crime.
Kirsten C. Ashley is Boulder City Hospital Foundation’s person in charge of recruiting 300 volunteers for the 51st Art in the Park, but so far it has been slow going.
Keeping the lines straight on free expression is a constant battle. Government always strains to regulate it. Civil libertarians get nervous when it does. But there are no clear-cut lines. These groups sometimes take stances that can appear inconsistent.
Saying I loved going to school never made me the most popular kid in the class or on the block, but I loved going and learning. I especially loved elementary school when Mr. Pelligrini took Sister Henrica’s place and taught history, geography and current events. Watching “Meet the Press” and PBS programs were homework. We’d have discussions and get excited about what we were learning.
It’s all about connectivity and deep player databases in the casino world, and the Hacienda did not have much of either as a stand-alone property.
Every year around this time CitizenOutreach.org recognizes several outstanding Nevada conservatives for their efforts on behalf of the limited-government movement. This year’s distinguished recipients are:
CARSON CITY — The conservative group Citizen Outreach, led by Boulder City Review columnist Chuck Muth, has been fined $10,000, plus attorneys fees and costs of $7,600, for failing to file campaign expense reports detailing the source of funds to pay for mailers criticizing then-Assemblyman John Oceguera in his 2010 re-election campaign.
The summer reading program, “Dig Into Reading,” runs through Aug. 8. Call Kimberly Diehm, youth services librarian, at 293-1281 for more information. The Boulder City Library is at 701 Adams Blvd.
Some local businesspeople are wary about what will happen when Interstate 11 loops motorists on a 17-mile path around Boulder City. They fear they’ll lose profits and customers.
Clark County’s potential fuel-tax increase would create nearly 10,000 jobs, transportation officials say, giving an economic boost to the hard-hit construction industry.
It’s August, and for Boulder City athlete Evan Klouse it means it is time to get out of the pool and run.
Monday is the first day of fall practice for Boulder City’s football team. In the ensuing seven days, the Eagles’ eight other fall athletic teams will begin official practices for their seasons.
The National Park Service is searching for a 23-year-old North Las Vegas man last seen in the water about a mile north of Cottonwood Cove on Lake Mohave Sunday. The search was suspended at 3 p.m. Monday and resumed Tuesday, according to Christie Vanover, spokeswoman for Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
A new superintendent won’t be the only major change in leadership for the nation’s fifth-largest school district when summer break ends in three weeks.
