HUSD board gives the green light for ethnic studies course
Starting next year, all Healdsburg High School freshmen will be required to take a one-semester ethnic studies course. The implementation of the course comes after several years of work to address inequality in the school district.
Meet a Sonoma County business that’s bringing goats to Fitch Mountain
Chasin Goat Grazing, a family-owned business based out of Santa Rosa, has been providing goat grazing services to Sonoma County government agencies, businesses and residents since 2016, and now around 220 of their goats are on Fitch Mountain performing important wildfire fuels management work.
Sebastopol Police Logs, Feb. 28-March 6
The following are crimes excerpted from Sebastopol Police Department daily crime log entries and listed at the time the alleged violation was reported.
Sebastopol City Council discussing switch to in-person or hybrid meetings in the future
The future of Sebastopol city council meetings, the makeup of its planning commission and more will continue to unfold at the city council meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21 over Zoom. The full agenda and Zoom link is available here.
Cherry Creek housing project ahead of schedule
24-unit inclusionary housing development expected to be finished in spring
Three prospective candidates in Windsor’s special election as filing deadline approaches
The nomination period to file for candidacy in the Windsor Town Council’s April special election will close Friday with no extension period.
WUSD receives grant to help support iAspire arts integration program
The Windsor Unified School District (WUSD) recently received a $60,000 Grants for Projects award that will support iAspire Arts Integration programs, an academic partnership between the arts and other core academic content areas.
Pumpkin Fest postponed, Howl-O-Ween canceled
Due to poor air quality in Healdsburg, event organizers postponed the Pumpkin Festival one week to Saturday, Nov. 2. The fest had been scheduled for Oct. 26. This will combine it with the first week of the November Craft Market.
School carries on summer success
The Healdsburg Unified School District started the new school year with positive news of increased kindergarten enrollment and a number of successful student/teacher summer learning programs completed.
Last call at Salvation Army – former orphanage sold
Brian Soward and his friend Casey (above) bought one of the “Sallie’s” signs as the Salvation Army facility on Lytton Springs Road closed for good on Saturday.
