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Measure B, which seeks to renew the quater-cent sales tax to provide SMART with revenue for another 30 years, passed handily. It pulled in over 70% of the vote in Sonoma County; only 67% was necessary to win.

Healdsburg is not the only town in northern Sonoma County with a regular summer music series to offer. Here, we have Tuesdays. Windsor claims Thursdays.

The first weekend in June is becoming unofficially known as Ramble Weekend, as BloodRoot Wines continues its quixotic effort to make Healdsburg a waystation on the alt-rock circuit. Scheduled just two weeks after “the other BR,” Bottle Rock, the one-day-plus music festival will again take over the extensive lawn at Abel de Luna Community Center on Saturday, June 6.

Three recent incidents in downtown Healdsburg have residents wondering if it’s safe to dine at a parklet or even walk the sidewalks. In all cases, drivers not fully in command of their vehicles were involved in property damage accidents, though thankfully no one was hurt.

Ongoing Edge Esmeralda Starting Saturday, May 30, and running through June 27, the annual gathering “for people building a brighter future” takes place at various locations in Healdsburg. It will involve at least 500 people in workshops, breakout groups and community experiments taking place throughout the...

As a co-owner of River’s Edge Kayak and Canoe, Kim Lockhart has asked SMART repeatedly for information about the planned railroad bridge over the Russian River, because they send thousands of customers paddling under the same bridge that SMART is demolishing next summer. But SMART has demurred from sharing details...

Things are taking shape for the 77th annual Healdsburg Future Farmers Country Fair, perhaps the most thoroughly Healdsburg event on the calendar. Between the culinary “Experience” of last weekend and the oncoming “Edge” of next month, it’s as if history grabs us by the nape and says, “Pay attention to now!”

Every Tuesday evenings through August, friends and neighbors will gather at impromptu picnic spots beneath a palm or pine to share food, beverages (usually wine) and conversation, dancing with abandon in front of the Gazebo stage.

This sense of fun and unfettered creative abandon is one hallmark of Lucius’ live shows. Prone to donning matching wigs and outfits, Laessig and Wolfe are often mistaken for being twins. On top of the flawless harmonies they deliver, longtime fans have learned not to bat an eyelash when the duo busts out matching “keytars"...

Some 30 high schools participated from throughout the North Bay, resulting in several local student-athletes making the cut for the NCS Meet of Champions (MOC) including HHS high jumper Teague Jasper...