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Our contemporary times come with many anniversaries we’d just as soon not celebrate. We just passed the 17th remembrance of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 from 2001 and soon all of Sonoma County and beyond will mark the first anniversary of the North Bay wildfires that destroyed almost 6,000 houses and killed 44 people.

The Healdsburg Certified Farmers’ Market ended for the season Nov. 25, but I thought I’d write one more column to close out the season, and then will take a break until April, a month before we open for 2018.

Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Season Greetings

With one of the largest congregations in town and Sunday worship services at 10 a.m. that draw 300 members and visitors each week, the First Baptist Church of Windsor (FBC), is the only house of faith in this community with a private elementary and junior high school.

You can’t see them. You can’t swim in them. But groundwater aquifers are one of the most important sources of water in the North Coast.

After living in many different places, Christine moved to Healdsburg 15 years ago with a fellowship to attend Sonoma State University for her teaching credential. She also waitressed in town while renting a $500 studio in an old garage.

We’ve all been dragged off that airplane and kicked from the “friendly skies” just like Dr. David Dao was from his United Airlines Chicago flight, which we all watched a dozen times last week on our TVs and phones. We don’t mean literally the...

100 years ago – October 24, 1918

My three littlest nephews are coming for a visit in a few weeks, and I can’t wait!