Letters: Measure O, GMO share the blame
"Alan Cohen misses the mark in blaming the failure of Measure O on “the same people” who protested his effort to develop six-bedroom housing at the former site of Healdsburg Lumber," says one letter-writer...
Police Log, Aug. 17 – 23
This week Otis Hardin graduated from the Santa Rosa Junior College Public Safety Training Center in Windsor. Other police news to follow...
March Avenue gets overdue repaving job
The long-awaited repaving of March Avenue, one of Healdsburg’s primary east-west connecting roads, got underway on Monday of this week, Aug. 24. The work takes place from 7:30am to 4pm every weekday, but there is no construction next weekend, Aug. 29-30, and the road...
Police Log, Aug. 10 – 16
This issues log of police dispatch reports from Aug. 10 - 15. Mistaken vehicles, reckless driving, slashed tires and distruptive people, all in a week's work for Healdsburg Police.
Behind the Hudson appeal
Thursday morning, Aug. 20, an appeal was filed to the City of Healdsburg over the Aug. 10 decision to approve “The Hudson” luxury senior housing development by the Planning Commission.
Appeals are not unheard of, they are rare, and rarer still is when he Planning...
Here comes the LUV – car wash, that is
Some people say they’re holding off on washing their car until LUV comes to town. A laudable sentiment, perhaps, but if the modern-day car wash on Healdsburg Avenue is what they’re waiting for, that day is upon us. Soon, anyway.
The installation’s target date for...
Weed abatement, Women’s Day and compassion
AAt its regular public meeting on Aug, 17, the City council At its regular public meeting, the council began with a proclamation acknowledging Women’s Equality Day, the 106th anniversary of the enactment constitutional amendment which secured the right to vote for women.
Open Mic: GMO strikes again
"What I find ironic is that many of the people who spoke at the Planning Commission hearing protesting the nature of the project are the same people who have vigorously opposed efforts to modify the GMO," writes archtect Alan B. Cohen.
Police Log, August 3 – 9
This week's reports begin at 7:25am when the Reporting Party (RP) requested follow up on theft that occurred at the United States Postal Service on Foss Creek Circle. The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office had taken the case. An officer spoke to the detective.
SMART sways Geyserville commuters
Just a walking block away from Geyserville Avenue, the Remmel Road Park & Ride lot finds itself perfectly situated for a train station. Until a few months ago, few even gave it a second thought. Now, with the advancing energy of a train full...
Arts & Entertainment
Multicultural Center takes shape at Abel de Luna
Bursts of color explode from every corner and every angle of the newly repainted Abel de Luna Community Center on the north side of town. Fuchsia, sunflower, marigold, plum and chrysanthemum abut and juxtapose with one another on the many outside walls and columns, as two muralists work on their own visions of Healdsburg.
