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At its meeting Tuesday, the Rancho Murieta Association board of directors moved ahead with plans to rebuild the North Gate, rules for a bicycle pump track and a contract for asphalt resurfacing work. They also heard from a resident who objected to paving a decomposed granite pathway. Read more »

After nearly a decade, the Rancho Murieta Association seems poised to begin work on a new North Gate, the board said at Tuesday night’s monthly meeting.  In other action, the board announced a compromise on the issue of vehicles being barred from roads that access the Cosumnes River, it moved ahead with plans for a Stonehouse Park Plaza, honoring the park’s early supporters, and it supported a one-year test of a bicycle pump track, voting to send the park rules out for community comment. Read more »

The Community Services District board began the new year at Wednesday afternoon’s board meeting with ideas to address security issues and the start of rehab for a sewer facility. Read more »

The Rancho Murieta Association’s new general manager will be a face from the past. Greg Vorster will step into the job Feb. 1, the board announced at Tuesday night’s 40-minute RMA board meeting. Read more »

Don Thames, golf pro at the Country Club, will begin a five-week Fit for Golf class for men and women this month at the Club. Here’s a video sampler of some of the exercises he’ll teach -- making you fit and helping your swing. If you’re interested, you can reach Thames at rmccdirgolf@sbcglobal.net or 769-5971.

The Rancho Murieta Association’s board of directors Tuesday night indicated their intent to purchase 14 acres of land near Stonehouse Park, the Escuela site that had been planned for the failed community center. The $200,000 price is “a steal,” one director said. The board also announced that General Manager Nick Arther has resigned to accept a similar position at a homeowners’ association in San Diego. Read more »

Participants in Rancho Murieta's new community gardens held a harvest fest Saturday at Stonehouse Park, marking the first harvest since the gardens were launched this year.  Here's a video look at the gathering and the gardens. Read more »

Saturday's Rancho Murieta Airshow was just the first of this era, the organizer says, and it was a good start. Held to mark Armed Forces Day, the show harkened back to Rancho Murieta air shows decades ago. This one had lots of aircraft, lots of food and hundreds of spectators. The video tells the story.

The Sloughhouse Pioneer Cemetery was opened to the public Saturday by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, caretakers for the 1.5-acre knoll. The public toured the cemetery with descendants of the more than 300 people buried there and remembered the pioneers in a ceremony at Sloughhouse Inn. Read more »