Healdsburg Champagne Bar Now Open
Looks like the sisters behind Healdsburg's new downtown champagne bar couldn't help but soft-open this past week, even though their official grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony isn't til Valentine's Day (of course). Caroline Bontia, the fun-loving lady who runs the "Shop Local Healdsburg" Instagram...
First steps completed for district special election
Petition was delivered to county, will now move on to registrar of voters for signature certification
CHS junior shows ’86 Volkswagen in car show
One of the youngest participants in this year’s Cloverdale Car Show was Cloverdale High School junior Agjes Nerguti, who entered his 1986 Volkswagen Golf into the show. Nerguti, 16, got the car in January and has been working to fix it up since then.
Public Participation Fades as 5-District Map Advances
Given all the angst and opinion voiced in previous public hearings (and social media) about the city’s transition to District Elections, Monday nights’ meeting took place in a desert. Fewer than half a dozen members of the public were in the room when the hearing, fourth in a series of five, got underway at the posted “time certain” 6:45pm on March 17. But the meeting set forth the future of Healdsburg district elections for years to come.
A look at distance learning in local schools
Despite the difficulties that distance learning may bring, several small Healdsburg schools are getting creative with their distance learning plans and are seeing success. Some smaller schools, like the Alexander Valley School (AVS), are reporting a high percentage of student attendance and that students and teachers are starting to fall in line with the new routine of learning at home.
Pure food, pure fun at the Heirloom Expo
The eighth annual Heirloom Expo took place at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on Sept. 10, 11 and 12, and it featured exhibitions of everything “pure food.” The famous giant squash tower was in residence alongside epic displays of every varietal of heirloom fruits and vegetables imaginable.
Sebastopol’s road safety plan is available for feedback through Friday
The feedback window for Sebastopol's Local Road Safety Plan (LRSP) is nearly up — community members have until Friday, April 8 to provide feedback to the city on the plan.















