Snippets about Lake Tahoe

• The Melissa Lanitis Gregory Poetry Prize through Bona Fide Books in Meyers is open through Aug. 31. Click here for details.

• Traveling on the North Shore just got easier. The Tahoe Trolleys is free from 7pm to midnight. It takes riders from Squaw Valley to Incline Village with pick-ups along the way. There’s the free Northstar Night Rider Shuttle from Northstar to Crystal Bay, as well as the Blue Warrior Water Shuttle. Click to www.GoTahoeNorth.com for more information.

• Follow Tahoe City endurance swimmer Karen Rogers on Facebook or via her website. She is trying to secure a boat so she can attempt the Pacific Ocean swim later this month.

• The U.S. Postal Service wants to raise the price of a stamp two cents to 46 cents starting Jan. 2. The last increase was about two years ago.

• Tahoe Youth & Family Services needs host home families. These families house youth from two days to two months. For information, call (530) 541.2445.

• Preferred Timeshare Resales has moved back into the Ski Run Center in South Tahoe.

• Lisa Granahan, formerly the assistant to Douglas County’s manager, is now the economic vitality manager. For more information of the county’s economic vitality efforts, visit the county’s website.