Mayor Rod Woodbury, third from left, makes a $3,000 donation to Emergency Aid of Boulder City's Copper Kettle on Dec. 18. The donation is part of the 30 percent increase in salary that City Council approved in May and that he pledged to donate to former mayor Roger Tobler's charity of choice. Joining him for the donation were, from left, Tobler, Rylee Harrison, a bell ringer; his wife, Leslie Woodbury; Brooke Harrison and Andy Giroux, bell ringers. Courtesy of Joan Stertzer
It was brought up during Saturday’s unveiling of the Shane Patton Memorial Monument as to why Shane’s statue stands 11 feet tall.
As the city prepares for Damboree, one of our biggest celebrations of the year, a tragedy in China is having an impact on the annual fireworks show.
Have you heard the one about the bighorn sheep with pneumonia?
The development of the area near Boulder Creek Golf Course known as Tract 350 (the sale of which is slated to pay for the majority of the planned replacement for the aging municipal pool) may have hit a snag last week as the planning commission voted 5-1 to deny the developers’ request to build houses closer to the street than is allowed under current law.
There is at least one part of Boulder City that is set to see growth in the coming years. A lot of growth.
Boulder City resident James Cracolici may have put it best when he called the annual July 4 Damboree, “The crown jewel of all events held in Boulder City.”
Although there is nothing on any city agenda yet, the resolution of the issue of whether pet breeding will be allowed in Boulder City took a huge step forward last week as Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford released an official opinion on the intent and limitations of state law that had been requested by city staff last year.
David Palumbo recalled his early memories of Hoover Dam and how that experience helped him to come to appreciate one of the engineering wonders of the world.
