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July 8, 2025

Recycling Earth Day’s lessons

When the first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970, Sonoma County was a very different landscape with a very sick Russian River, a deadened Laguna, lead-spewing automobiles, tons of highway litter and a county land use map poised for massive suburban sprawl from Petaluma to Geyserville.

Farmers’ market musings

Mary Kelley

Cityscape

There is a lot going on in Healdsburg as we head into the summer months. The Tuesday concert series has begun, the Healdsburg Farmers' Market is up and running, summer camps and classes are beginning, and swim lessons at the Healdsburg Swim Center are underway. You should also see a number of street projects underway, thanks to Measure V funding. The increase in road construction activity includes slurry seal, street rehabilitation and sidewalk improvements. Please visit our website for a complete list, www.cityofhealdsburg.org.

Snapshot: Labor Day in Healdsburg

A bas-relief sculpture in Healdsburg along University Avenue harkens back to the days of manual labor when steel and iron workers built skyscrapers that changed America’s city skylines. The subject matter and style reflects Depression Era art coming from the Federal Emergency Relief Act, which...

Humane Society of Sonoma Co. Healdsburg Activity Log, July 2-8, 2018

Looking for a lost pet or a new four-legged friend? See the list of incoming strays and the slideshow of cats and dogs available for adoption from the Sonoma Humane Society, Healdsburg Center.

Commentary: Don’t be fooled by SMART’s claims

In 2008, the folks behind SMART told us that if voters approved the quarter-percent 20 year sales tax they would build 71 miles of train and a 71-mile bike path and that annual operating costs would be $16.5 million per year. They also claimed SMART would alleviate traffic on 101 and help fight climate change. The problem is none of these promises ever materialized and now SMART is asking voters to approve an additional $2.4 billion on a 30-year tax extension nine years before the current tax expires. 

Community Corner

Friends of the Healdsburg Library are always seeking book donations for the three book sales they hold yearly. Books, videos, CDs can be left at the library. Public School Success Team (PSST) is looking for tutors and volunteers. Please contact them at 707-473-0902 or email...

Wine Words: Richard Thomas

Richard Thomas, a luminary of our modern day wine business, received the Sonoma County Winegrowers 2017 Nick Frey Community Contribution Award. Presented by President Kevin Barr at the annual January meeting, Kevin offered an historical perspective of Rich’s colorful career in agriculture.

Susan Swartz

Why do we have to keep dredging up women’s history? Why do we

City shares watery wisdom

California may no longer be in a drought (for now), but we still have three primary goals to make water conservation a way of life:
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