McGuire hosting wildfire meeting, drought town hall next week
State Sen. Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg, is hosting a pair of public events next week, calling attention to both the state’s ongoing drought and upcoming fire season.
Bear Republic to close Healdsburg location
Bear Republic Brewing will close its Healdsburg location on Nov. 22, after being in town for 24 years.
Cannabis businesses proposed south of Windsor
Testing lab and processing facility subject of upcoming virtual public hearings
Council to decide how to fill empty seat
At the Dec. 2 meeting of the Windsor Town Council, the agenda will be short but the discussion likely lengthy as the council first seats its newly elected members — Mayor Dominic Foppoli and District 3 council member Deborah Fudge — and says farewell to long-serving councilmember Bruce Okrepkie, and then decides how they will fill Foppoli’s council seat.
Sebastopol names Daniel Healy as new police chief
Nearly a year after the retirement of its previous chief of police, the city of Sebastopol announced its new police chief, Daniel Healy, Monday morning. Healy is currently second-in-command with the Suisun City Police Department. He will start at the department on Dec. 14 and will be sworn in on Dec. 15.
Meals available for Windsor kids
As part of its Child Nutritional Program, Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma-Marin, is providing lunch to all local children age 18 and under, at its Brooks Road Clubhouse, 9640 Brooks Road South in Windsor. This is an essential function for the community and will begin effective Monday, June 22. “Grab & Go” meals will be served curbside by Boys & Girls Club staff, starting at 11:30 a.m. and ending at 12:30 p.m. in the parking lot in front of Boys & Girls Clubs, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Monday and Wednesday “Grab & Go” meals will include two breakfasts, two lunches and two snacks. Friday “Grab & Go” meals will include one breakfast, one lunch and one snack.
Windsor Community Food & Toy Drive gearing up for a different kind of holiday
Windsor Kiwanis, the Rotary Club of Windsor and Santa Tim have been doing an annual food and toy giveaway for years, but like everything else in the pandemic year, things will be different. While local families can still receive toys and food for the holiday, and residents can still donate and volunteer their time to the endeavor, the realities of COVID have changed how it’s going to go.
Sebastopol receives projected housing unit target for upcoming eight-year cycle
Sebastopol’s planning director presented the city’s expected Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) number for the upcoming eight-year cycle of housing development, extracted from what she described as “the sausage-making process” at the Feb. 16 city council meeting.
