Nominations open for November election
The nomination period for the upcoming election opened up earlier this week on July 13. For Windsor, that means that folks looking to run for a variety of boards — including school board and city council — are able to throw their hat into the ring to be placed on the Nov. 3 ballot. The nomination period is open until Friday, Aug. 7.
A new dynamic
I recently had the opportunity to meet with Annie Millar, Director of Curriculum and Instruction for the Healdsburg Unified School District, to discuss, among other things, how the new Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are affecting the way she goes about her work.
2017 salmon forecasts point to reduced fishing opportunities
Commercial and sport anglers have received unwelcome news on the predicted return of Chinook salmon this year to California waters. State and federal fishery scientists presented updates on the numbers of spawning Chinook and the expected abundance for the upcoming fishing season at the annual Ocean Salmon Information Meeting held in Santa Rosa today.
North county fire district seeking voters’ support for Measure K
Back when life was normal, all we had to worry about was a drought and seasonal wildfires. Just because all our attention is now on the COVID-19 pandemic, doesn’t mean the lack of winter rains and approaching fire season aren’t still with us.
Sebastopol community groups and civic clubs seeking to join forces
Comprehensive survey of community needs is first step toward a community-wide summit
Fireworks Canceled for Healdsburg Independence Day
"The paper comes out a day early this week because Thursday’s news is already settled—it’s Independence Day, the Fourth of July in Healdsburg," begins our article. But things do change - the city's fireworks display was canceled for July 4, though the Kids Parade, Duck Dash and other weekend events will go forward as planned...
Morris Street RVs may move to nearby proposed parking village in Sebastopol
In the nick of time, the City of Sebastopol may have found a place right down the road to relocate the controversial RV encampment along Morris Street as of its Oct. 27 special meeting.
CUSD board discussing district construction, school site accountability report cards
At its regular meeting Wednesday, the Cloverdale Unified School District (CUSD) Board of Trustees is slated to discuss a handful of items relating to district construction and the school accountability report cards for all of the district’s school sites. Additionally, the board will be holding a public hearing to possibly approve the housing plan and use of pupils grants to help fund a gymnasium at Washington School. The meeting will be held in person at 6 p.m., pending completion of the board’s closed session. The full agenda can be found here.















