Plymouth News

Plymouth may be small, but its spirit of giving loomed large thanks to local developers and the city's dedicated volunteer force Dec.

Ben Visnick, 57, teaches history and driver education at Oakland High. His other car is a 2006 Chevy Malibu MAXX Station Wagon.My ride is a 1964 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk.

If you really want to know what it's like to be a rural doctor, clear your mind of all that "Northern Exposure" stuff.

One reason a visit to Amador County's Shenandoah Valley is such an adventure is that unless you phone ahead, you won't know until you round one of the early bends in the road whether Young's Vineyard is open or closed.

A cooperative cost-sharing by local cities and agencies saved $25,000 on a mandated services analysis and won a state government-leadership award.

Get news, notes and plenty of tidbits on wine, food and dining from our resident tastemakers.

The Volcano Union Inn is a venerable, 130-year-old building in a town of venerable buildings.

A discriminatory clause remains in place from 20 years ago, but is now fine-tuned allowing Plymouth to sell water to the Amador Water Agency.

For anyone over age 50, drive-ins and skating carhops are sure to evoke memories.

A four-legged cop working for the Amador County Sheriff's Office helped send Sean Strigfellow to jail on Monday for alleged possession of methamphetamine, pharmaceuticals pills and a full pound of marijuana.

A fire broke out along Highway 16 on Oct. 3 at 11:30 a.m. The blaze was sparked 2 miles west of Latrobe Road and was soon burning hot on the dry grass, thick underbrush and stacks of cut, rotting trees that were piled up in the area.

A cruise through the foothills turned deadly Oct. 3 when a Wallace man was fatally injured on the roads stretching through Amador's wine country.

A dirt bike accident on Sept. 27 brought one of CALSTAR's helicopters flying into Pioneer from Westover Field.

An 18-year-old El Dorado man died from injuries Tuesday after his car left Highway 49 and struck a tree.

A 79-year-old former law enforcement officer has been convicted on two felonies after he became enraged in a traffic dispute earlier this year and pulled a gun on another motorist.

Ted and Gladys Madsen of Redway are happy to announce the marriage of their son, Brian Lee Madsen, to Katherine Victoria Schillito.

Jeff Runquist was fresh out of UC Davis, eager to put to practice his degree in fermentation science, when in 1980 he rented a cottage at 10775 Shenandoah Road outside Plymouth and went to work at Montevina Winery.

Some local agencies have and others haven't yet digested effects of California's borrowing of some of their due revenues collected by the state.

For some locals, the recession hasn't hurt much and it's just wine, wine, wine. That's true in particular of Plymouth's Paul Sobon, who is expanding his family's Shenandoah Vineyards operation.

For some locals, the recession hasn't hurt much and it's just wine, wine, wine. That's true in particular of Plymouth's Paul Sobon, who is expanding his family's Shenandoah Vineyards operation.