No Dam for Memorial Beach for Third Year
Memorial Beach, the southern gateway to Healdsburg over the Russian River, won’t have that extra water backed up behind the dam to form a nice public swimming lake during the summer months.
The steel-plate dam, which usually goes up the last week of May in...
Corazón brings back Unity and Community Fund, additional food service programs
Corazón Healdsburg is rolling out several programs to help the most vulnerable in the community, low-income families, migrant workers and those in need of fresh food, during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated shelter in place order.
Willowside Meats wins statewide award for its sausage and bacon
YUM — The California Association of Meat Processors held its Cured and Processed Meats Championships at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo on Feb. 21-23. The recent competition was extremely competitive, and judges announced the winners in 18 categories, with more than 272 entries competing for prizes.Â
Group of dedicated local knitters organizing co-op to maintain Purls of Joy store
The founder and owner of the popular knitting shop Purls of Joy is retiring at the end of this month and, in an effort to keep the shop going and the friendly store spirit alive, a group of about 50 local knitters are working to form a member-driver co-op to maintain the business.
An annual tradition: The early morning St. Patrick’s Day parade in Healdsburg
A happy horde of pre-dawn revelers chased a solo bagpiper around the Healdsburg Plaza this St. Patrick's Day, March 17. And they called it a parade. In fact, it was the official 23rd annual B&B Lounge St. Patrick's Day Parade replete with a queen, horses, dogs, green-haired Rotarians, sleepy babies, boisterous imbibers, some of Healdsburg's finest and hundreds of less-refined emerald-clothed citizenry. Coffee appeared to be the favored drink on the chilly Saturday morning, but a few pints of Guinness and Irish whiskeys were shared as well. The revelers, as has become a mischievous custom, blared horns and whistles to wake and startle the wine country guests of the plaza-side Hotel Healdsburg, who were spied in their white robes from their balconies unsure of what the street mob below was up to. Happy St. Patrick's Day to all.
Williamson Wines Closes Original Downtown Tasting Room
One of Healdsburg’s core family wine brands, Williamson Wines, is getting rid of one of two downtown tasting rooms: the original pink, rustic-looking one behind the former Oakville Grocery space (now Acorn Cafe) on Matheson, off the southeast corner of the plaza.
The building’s landlord is looking...
