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September 30, 2025

SENIOR CENTER happenings

The Healdsburg Senior Center has been serving the community

Nothing Gained From ‘Daylight Savings’

Over the last month, Sonoma hasn’t experienced the sunshine that Californians are used to.   With day after day of rain, it was especially uplifting to look out the window to sun beams backlighting this orchid, turning petals translucent purples and leaves light and dark contrasts...

Snapshot: Tiny Food in a Box

With gasoline prices surging, household budgets struggle. Fortunately, there are significant charitable organizations addressing needs in and around Sonoma County.

Honoring Labor

Labor Day’s long weekend winds up summer. Vacations end. School starts. Days are progressively shorter. Autumn comes to mind and fall colors slowly show.  Labor Day honors the American worker. The U.S. was the first country to establish “labor day,” and the first parade took...

Windsor Democrats: A Conversation with the Superintendent

On Thursday, Jan. 21, Jeremy Decker, Superintendent of Windsor Unified School District, spoke on Zoom to the Windsor Democratic Club about COVID-19 vaccinations and plans for reopening schools.

This Week in H’burg: Century plant, Agave americana

This Week in H’burg is a weekly column featuring photos and fun facts from local photographer Pierre Ratté. Each week we’ll feature a new photo from Ratté along with a fact about the subject matter of the photo.

Neighbors

Most of us have heard their names around town or read their letters to the editor regarding local hotel development and excess tourism vs. small town quality of life. They’re intelligent, involved and outspoken.

Flashbacks for July 11

Fruit box label
1949 in Healdsburg: "Throughout the day swimming races, pie and watermelon eating contests, rowing races, a basketball game and novelty stunts kept the energetic throng on the move and whetted appetites for the stacks of hot dogs served with ice cream and soft drinks late in the afternoon..."

Faith: Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church

The warmth and friendly spirit found at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, located at 8400 Old Redwood Highway, extends far beyond the town’s boundaries.

A Founding Council Member’s Perspective on Sam Salmon’s recollections

My friend Sam Salmon misleads readers in writing (“General Plan Update” Commentary, The Windsor Times, April  28, 2016) that our “first Town Council looked at Windsor’s sphere of influence as an opportunity for growth while others living here desired to preserve open space and stop urban sprawl.” This comment distorts the motivations and commitments of the five of us who were elected from a field of 15 candidates to our first Town Council.
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