September 14, 2022 Mosquito Station 75 Firefighters and Volunteers The Sentinel would like to take a minute to thank the candidates for the MFPD Board of directors. These folks voluntarily take time out of their daily routines to serve our community, in spite of a potential evacuation, and continue the fantastic work of support for … Continue reading Thank you firefighters and candidates for the MFPD board of directors →

September 4th Swansboro California By Tom Harris and Roger Stenbock Saturday September 3rd was HOT: The weather was in the 90's, the Mosquito Firefighters put on a Chili Cook-off at Dyer Lake that attracted more than 12 chili chefs, and local aircraft and automobile enthusiasts brought out their hot planes and hot rods for display … Continue reading Mosquito Firefighters Chili Cook-off and Swansboro Pilots Big Boy Toy Show →

August 26, 2022 Swansboro, CA Tom Harris – Sentinel Associate Editor Connections, Perspective and Opinion by Tom Harris, Associate Editor Karen Habib Pullin is the president of Swansboro Country Property Owners Association (SCPOA), controls the "Mosquito Fire Safe Council" (MFSC), and dissolved the firefighter organization MS75/MFA, which she established in 2015.  As the Sentinel has shown, these three … Continue reading What’s going on with the Swansboro Country Property Owners Association (SCPOA) Part III →

July 28, 2022 Swansboro, CA The Swansboro Sentinel recently published a number of articles by our associate editor, Tom Harris. You may wonder just who he is. What follows is a brief history, in his own words, of who he is and his contributions to Swansboro. - Editor After reading some of my articles in … Continue reading About the Author →

July 11, 2022, Swansboro, CA By John Jay Community op-ed * In this posting, the Sentinel examines what we expect from our leaders and elected board members and some of the challenges they face. Firstly, we need to need to give them our thanks. These good people, who volunteer to serve our community through election or appointment … Continue reading A Perspective on the Personal Agenda Predicament Faced by our Elected Volunteers! →

June 28, 2022 Swansboro CA - by Roger Stenbock I attended the June 23, 2022 Mosquito FPD Station 75 board meeting. Attendance was greater than usual. Among the more interesting topics were: Expenditures, covered by board president James Young, Policy Manual review and revisions, presented by board member Don Stever, review and adoption of the … Continue reading Interest High and Attendance Up at June Fire Board Meeting. →

 • June 19, 2022 by Roger Stenbock Community members dropping off their junk The Annual Community Clean up day, also known as Dumpster Day was a big hit. This event occurs once a year. Two large dumpsters are loaded with community member's junk by the many volunteers. Kim Purcell, a coordinator for this event, invited community … Continue reading Shedding Junk at the Annual Community Clean up Day. →

June 16, 2022 by Roger Stenbock. While doing some work at our airport this afternoon, I witnessed our fire department in action. Coincidently, I watched the helicopter as it was landing at the Swansboro airport. About two hours later the Mosquito fire chief reported "today that Mosquito firefighters were dispatched to a medical/rescue emergency near … Continue reading Mosquito Firefighters Rescue a 13 year old female thrown from her ATV →

June 14, 2022, Swansboro, CA Community op-ed * Recently, there's been extensive interest in and questions raised by, the community concerning the status of the Mosquito Firefighters Association (MS75FA/MFA), a California 501c3 non-profit organization. "The organization [MS75FA/MFA] was developed to provide fire safety awareness and preparedness, provide social activities, foster good relationships, support members (paid … Continue reading Chief Rosevear sheds light on Mosquito Firefighters Association’s Demise. →

June 10, 2022 by: Roger Stenbock W1RMS Mosquito's annual amateur radio "Field day" will again be held at the Swansboro airport Saturday, June 25th from 10am to 3pm. The event will be hosted at the hanger area adjacent to the south east area of the airport. HAM Radio operators will be setting up remote radio … Continue reading Swansboro hams to host 2nd Annual Ham Radio Field Day Event at Swansboro Airport June 25th →