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People Talk: What’s the most interesting thing you’ve found when cleaning up?

Asked at the El Dorado Hills Community Clean-up event held Saturday.

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Court of honor: Basketball court named for accident victim

United for Josh —€” Anderson family friend Robyn Steward and CSD Director Bill Vandegrift join Josh Anderson's mother Kelley, and brothers John and Jeff, standing left to right, as well as Josh's father Joseph, seated, at the site where the CSD will build the Josh Anderson Basketball Court. The project is scheduled to begin next spring. Village Life photo by Shelly Thorene

Joseph Anderson couldn’t stop from tearing up Thursday evening. Joy and sadness overcame the father as the El Dorado Hills Community Services District Board of Directors approved a resolution to name the planned Community Park basketball court after Josh Anderson, Joseph and Kelley Anderson’s son who tragically died in a car wreck on El Dorado [...]

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Trojans prevail in intra-county clash with Bruins

Trojan Dylan Collie holds on to the ball in Friday's match against Pondo. Village Life photo by Pat Dollins

SHINGLE SPRINGS — It’s a game both teams look toward each season. Friday night, Ponderosa and Oak Ridge continued their intra-county football rivalry and for the first half, it was a defensive gem. The Trojans only mustered a seven-point halftime lead but the second half was a different story as Oak Ridge got its offense [...]

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SEC celebrates former Trojan

Sara Haley, seen here when she swam for Oak Ridge High School, was last week's SEC Female Swimmer of the Week. File photo

Oak Ridge High School alum Sara Haley, now a junior swimmer at Louisiana State University, was named the Southeastern Conference’s Female Swimmer of the Week. In a write-up praising Haley last week it was noted that she “aided LSU to first-place finishes in two relays …. She won the 200 butterfly in 1:59.51 and earned [...]

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Jr. Trojan to play at Cowboy Stadium

Junior Trojan quarterback Jack Laing will play in the Offense-Defense Youth All-American Bowl in Arlington, TX. Courtesy photo

Oak Ridge Jr. Trojans quarterback Jack Laing, 12, of El Dorado Hills has been named to the third annual Offense-Defense Youth All-American Bowl. Jack will join dozens of peers in his age group nationwide in an East meets West Clash that is part of a week long series of events leading up to the nationally-televised, sixth annual [...]

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Trojans Scoreboard

Boys Soccer Oct. 10: Oak Ridge (varsity) 1, Folsom 3 ; Oak Ridge (junior varsity) 1, Folsom 0 Oct. 12: Oak Ridge (varsity) 0, Sheldon 2 Water Polo Oct. 10: Oak Ridge boys 11, McClatchy, 2; Oak Ridge Girls 7, MClatchy 10 Girls Tennis Oct. 12: Oak Ridge 6, Sheldon 3 Singles (OR first): Rachel Librach def. Deanna Nguyen [...]

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Art show coming to gov’t center

The Diamond Springs Art Association presents its Spring Art Show and Sale, Oct. 31 through Nov. 4 at the El Dorado County Government Building B, 360 Fair Lane Drive in Placerville, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day except Friday when it will close at 3 p.m. Among the categories to be judged at [...]

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