Rotary hosts candidate forum — The town council candidates
The Rotary Club of Windsor hosted its candidate forum for town council and mayoral candidates on Sept. 17, but this time instead of the normal in-person format, it took place over Zoom. The host, as in year’s past, was Maureen Merrill and a timekeeper was present on the Zoom to keep people’s answers time appropriate.
Push for special election to resolve Windsor’s mayoral appointment dilemma fails in deadlocked town council
After months of debate, a resolution that would have called a special election to change the current two-year mayoral seat selected at large into a fifth council seat, with the mayor selected every two years by council members, failed to win a majority in the deadlocked, four-member Windsor Town Council Aug. 3.
Torture orchard: Can science transform California crops to cope with drought?
There’s a hive of PhDs at the University of California at Davis who are working to reinvent food production in the Golden State. Researchers have fanned out across the globe collecting rare plant samples; others are grafting Frankenstein trees and stitching together root systems of plums and peaches to create better almond and walnut trees.
Local wine storage and shipping operations under one ownership
Alexander Valley Cellars finishing deal to buy Wine Country Cellars and Shipping
Council to mull over potential uses for city-owned sites
The Healdsburg City Council will hold a special workshop on Jan. 21 at 4 p.m. prior to their regular meeting at 6 p.m, to discuss the future of the city-owned Cerri Building and site at 3 North St. They will also discuss affordable housing and mixed-use plan options for two other sites, 155 Dry Creek and Saggio Hills, a 91.11-acre development in the north end of town off of Healdsburg Avenue.
