The Alpine Sun - San Diego Neighborhood Newspapers

Serving Alpine, Harbison Canyon, Dehesa, Flinn Springs, Descanso, Guatay, Pine Valley, Campo, Boulevard, Potrero, Mt. Laguna, Jacumba and Lake Morena Village.

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July 21, 2005

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Back Country pot stirred by border watchers, protesters from town
The prospect of a neighborhood watch project on the border near Campo brought an estimated 200 protesters up from town for a day in the country last Saturday...Residents, many of whom routinely round up illegal aliens on their own properties and turn them over to border agents, had a chance to share their stories with visitors from all over the United States when volunteers came to town to support better border controls...MORE

Five rural bus routes may be dumped
Transportation between Alpine, El Cajon and the Back Country is on the chopping block as the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System seeks to cut its costs. Transit board members voted last Thursday, July 14, to delay the decision that could cut-back or eliminate almost all of the rural bus services, vowing to get input from the public. ...MORE

MCRD out of the running as airport site
Opponents of an international airport in the Back Country received more bad news Tuesday as one of the most promising alternative sites, the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, was dropped from the military base closure list. ...MORE

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