The Windsor Chamber of Commerce has announced it will be hosting a candidates forum on Thursday, March 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. for the May 4 special election. There will be five names on the ballot to fill a vacant town council seat.
Sonoma County voting numbers were updated on Nov. 13 and while the outcomes in Windsor haven’t changed, the numbers have shifted slightly. The final count will be certified on Dec.1.
The Healdsburg community, including Latinx Spanish speakers, will have an opportunity to discuss their experiences, questions and ideas for community progress in equality at a Corazón Coversacion Comunitaria (Community Conversation) via Zoom and Facebook event set for June 16 at 6 p.m.
Remembrance and Respect—The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. was on display in Windsor from March 28 to 31. In addition to the wall replica, there was an mobile education center about the war and the memorial as well as the traditional POW/MIA Empty Chair display. On Saturday, March 30, Chief Carlos Basurto led a brief ceremony with speakers that included a Gold Star widow, a reading of names of Sonoma County residents memorialized on the wall (59 in total) followed a 59 second moment of silence to remember them, and then a bagpiper playing Amazing Grace.
The Sonoma County Library is once again partnering with local food banks to help our communities this holiday season. The annual Food for Fines program allows library patrons to return overdue library materials and “pay off” their fines by donating food to those in need.