Annual items on tap for next WUSD meeting
This week the Windsor Unified School District Board of Trustees will be meeting somewhat off schedule, as its usual Tuesday meeting gets bumped to Thursday. This meeting was rescheduled from Sept. 15 to Sept. 17 so that the superintendent and the trustees can attend a meeting about student voices and equality.
In remembrance
The COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of local Veteran’s Day ceremonies usually officiated over in Healdsburg and Windsor by the American Legion Sotoyome Post 111. Members of the post in most years would gather for brief remarks and a trumpet or gun salute at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11 in the Healdsburg Plaza and the Town of Windsor Town Green. This year, a few decorations laid in the Plaza was all that could be done. Now celebrated as a national holiday, Veterans Day was originally known as Armistice Day, the date in 1918 when then end of hostilities was called and ended World War.
Decorated barrels to stay in Geyserville through Thanksgiving
In celebration of the fall season, local and budding artists of all ages and expertise came together to decorate wine barrels in Geyserville last month. Sixty-seven barrels were painted with seasonal themes. They are currently on display and are placed along Geyserville Avenue and will remain there through Thanksgiving. This is an invitation to take short drive to town and take in the fall colors of the area as well as enjoy the barrels dotted along the avenue.
Pumpkin Fest postponed, Howl-O-Ween canceled
Due to poor air quality in Healdsburg, event organizers postponed the Pumpkin Festival one week to Saturday, Nov. 2. The fest had been scheduled for Oct. 26. This will combine it with the first week of the November Craft Market.
Eat Out to Support Music in Schools, Feb. 23
One of the year’s best mixes of wine, food and music is happening again all over Healdsburg and Geyserville when the seventh annual Jazz on the Menu takes place on Thursday, Feb. 23. It’s a perfect opportunity for locals and visitors to explore restaurants and discover a new favorite, while supporting the highly successful Healdsburg Jazz Festival Music Education Programs. Participating restaurants donate 25 percent of their food and beverage sales to the Healdsburg Jazz Music Education Fund.
Peacemakers celebrated in Sebastopol
On Saturday, Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Sebastopol and west county residents gathered at the Sebastopol plaza for the 6th annual Living Peace Wall induction ceremony.
Support and encouragement can be found in a group
Connection and a sense of community can help the process of healing
County gives the green light to reopen hair salons, indoor dining, retail, faith services
Sonoma County Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase announced Friday that starting Saturday, June 6, in-person faith-based services, indoor retail shopping and dining, hair salons and barbershops will be allowed to reopen in Sonoma County with mitigation measures in place such as facial coverings and social distancing.
Sebastopol’s Pete Pellini dies
The Pellini family name stood in tall block letters at the center of Sebastopol for almost seven decades, painted over the entrance to the family’s Chevrolet dealership. The name also adorned Little League uniforms, the Ives Park ball field fence and on annual entries...
