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October 31, 2026

Buying the Farm

All sorts of barnyard proverbs and euphemisms could be used to explain the current taxpayers’ dilemma. Not to beat a dead horse, but we’ve repeatedly warned about too many tax increases and bond measures on the next ballot. We don’t want to sound like Chicken Little and claim that the sky is falling, but decades of runaway pension costs are finally coming home to roost. Somebody left the barn door open and all that is left in our taxpayers’ barnyard is a pile of cow pies and horse biscuits.

Letters to the Editor 8-11-16

Electric car chargers

Commentary 8-11-16

Put that phone down

Letters to the Editor 8-4-16

Algebra academy

Letters to the Editor 8-4-16

Editor:

Farms and Fairs

The spread of special events in our wine country has been getting harsh criticisms lately as the Board of Supervisors works to more tightly define and regulate these weekend and seasonal celebrations and marketing affairs.

Commentary 8-4-16

Out of the cannabis closet

Letters 8-4-16

Not a shoe-in

Letters 8-4-16

CHS ‘Round Up’ set for Aug. 8

Letters to the Editor 7-28-16

Cloverdale gets Bern’d
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Arts & Entertainment

Dia de Muertos lives on in Healdsburg

At Dia de Muertos—Healdsburg’s most colorful event of the year, recognized Sunday, Oct. 25 at the Plaza—Sonoma County residents showed up to remember loved ones with celebration, costumes, mementos, music and marigolds. It was the tenth local anniversary for the Mesoamerican celebration to honor the recently departed, or those who still live in memory. With a Gallery of images...