Barrel of fun, wine or both?
At least since Isabelle Simi converted a big wine vat at her Healdsburg winery along the Old Redwood Highway into a roadside wine tasting room just after the Great Depression and that “little old winemaker” invited the world to visit the Italian Swiss Colony, Sonoma County has beckoned agricultural visitors. Organized in 1973, a hundred or so small family farms created Sonoma County Farm Trails to welcome thousands of Gravenstein Fair goers, pumpkin patch seekers and Christmas Tree farm trekkers. Before that, apple blossom and prune blossom tours drew busloads of out-of-towners.
The Arreguin Family: Laying a foundation of love
Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 through Oct. 15. This is the second in a weekly series that honors the contribution Hispanic families make to our community.
Fire district’s Knights Valley annexation to go before public
A public hearing on the possible annexation of Knights Valley Volunteer Fire Company to the Geyserville Fire Protection District is set for Wednesday, June 5.
Get to know your city council candidates
On the Nov. 6 ballot, there will be six candidates vying for three spots on the Cloverdale City Council. The city council election comes around every other year and is on a rotating election schedule (of the five council spots, two were elected during the last city council election and three are being elected this year); during the 2016 election, Councilmembers Melanie Bagby and Mary Ann Brigham were voted into office.
New Windsor chamber director has the business of unity on her mind
Beth Henry is a long-time Windsor resident, and a long-time supporter of business, but in her new role as executive director of the Windsor Chamber of Commerce, she gets to combine all of those experiences.












