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Looking for a lost pet or a new four-legged friend? See the list of incoming strays and the selection of cats and dogs available for adoption from the Healdsburg Center for Animals.

Last week my husband and I celebrated a milestone; we have now been married for 21 years. To commemorate the occasion, we went out to an early dinner, bought a set of towels for our bathroom (and retired the old ones to the garage) and looked at our wedding album.

On Thursday, Sept. 27, the Windsor Democratic Club voted to endorse school board and town council candidates, and took positions on two ballot measures.

There are certain times of the year here in Sonoma County when you feel compelled to, you really must, work with certain foods. It is almost criminal not to, because they grow so beautifully, and most of all they taste out of this world.

Do you like seeing trash and litter on our sidewalks, streets, yards and waterways? We didn’t think so. Not only do our open spaces look better when they are clean and tidy, it contributes to a healthier environment.

Do you like seeing trash and litter on our sidewalks, streets, yards and waterways? We didn’t think so. Not only do our open spaces look better when they are clean and tidy, it contributes to a healthier environment.

100 years ago – October 3, 1918

Roosters. You can’t live with them or without them. Just ask a hen, or George Elliot, who wrote in “Adam Bede” referring to one of the minor characters, “He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.”

Is there anything more assuring than the first rains of harvest season to remind us of what’s most permanent and important in a world that often seems too full of calamity, change and commercialism?

Once a month, the Sonoma Valley Cannabis Enthusiasts (SVCE), a nonprofit corporation, holds an open meeting on the patio at the Sonoma Grille on W. Napa Street, a block from the Sonoma Plaza. I have attended all but one of the meetings since they began last June.