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100 years ago – July 5, 1923 Organization of Kiwanis Club Is Completed Here About fifty business and professional men of Healdsburg attended a luncheon at the Plaza hotel today, when organization of the Healdsburg local of the Kiwanis Club was completed. The meeting was the...

A Ruse by Another Name? Some things are not for sale. Full-time residents of Healdsburg can see the “unapproved” and not “permitted” 330 Center St. ultra-luxury $12 million condos listed on MLS ( a site FOR real estate brokers) for what it really is!  We know this...

Curated news from the 'Healdsburg Tribune' of years gone by, compiled by the Healdsburg Museum and Historical Society. This week: The Geysers Stage, the National Guard comes to town and summer tubing on the Russian River.

It was late 2011 when my son, Sammy, completed one of his first school projects. The students were asked to draw a life-size version of what they imagined themselves to look like when they grew up.  The gym was adorned with depictions of doctors, police...

100 years ago – June 7, 1923 Old Stream Bed Found Under City  A subterranean river which flows through the heart of Healdsburg’s business district has been discovered through improvement work going on at the First National Bank. The old stream bed was reached during excavation...

Our community’s slow-but-sure recovery during the pandemic has been fascinating to witness in the library. At the start of the pandemic, our in-person numbers cratered while use of eBooks and eAudiobooks skyrocketed. During the last three years, those in-person numbers have risen month by month....

It’s Memorial Day weekend, the kick-off to summer in Healdsburg with the Future Farmers of America Twilight Parade featured in pictures with a strutting majorette leading a band and a dog co-piloting an 18-wheeler. The band followed vintage cars occupied by Brad Petersen, President...

100 years ago – May 24, 1923 Men of Eastern Star Are Hosts  The annual “Men's Night” of Sotoyome Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, proved to be a highly successful affair, when the men of the chapter were hosts to the other members Tuesday night....

100 years ago – May 17, 1923 Lake Sotoyome to Reach Around Fitch Mountain For Summer Residents It appears virtually assured that Lake Sotoyome, Healdsburg’s summer bathing and boating “lake,” will this season be located high enough up the Russian River to back the water up...

It was racing day in Kentucky this past weekend. These horses were not there. I see these two most every day. They are good buddies, usually grazing side by side. It was unusual to see them lying down.  Pastured horses don’t lie down much because...