Daffodil day continues in Cloverdale
In a normal year, Cloverdale’s annual Day of Remembrance leaves Cloverdale high schoolers walking away from their lunch period with a bouquet of 16 daffodils and a tag with the names of the people the daffodils are meant to honor — young people, former Cloverdale High School (CHS) students, who lost their lives to cancer. This year, the annual daffodil day looked different. With CHS students learning at a distance, no students were there to receive the bouquets. Merle Reuser and a devoted group of volunteers adapted, splitting up and walking throughout Cloverdale, handing bunches of daffodils to people downtown and dropping them off on door steps.
Farm Trails annual membership meeting moving online
The Sonoma County Farm Trails will hold its annual members’ meeting this Thursday, March 11 beginning at 6:30 p.m. The event is online and registration can be made by email to [email protected]. The meeting is free and open to all Farm Trails members.
Bidding wars and overblown fears: The curious case of the California exodus
When a strange and deadly virus shut down Hollywood last March, Alexander Shea knew he had to move fast. But to where?
Sonoma County Biomass Business Competition looking for entries
The Northern Sonoma County Air Pollution Control District (NoSoCoAir), in partnership with local and state business and forestry leaders, launched the Sonoma County Biomass Business Competition (BioBiz) on Feb. 1, 2021. The competition is underway and receiving entries now through March 26, 2021. Though the north county agency is leading the competition, any local Sonoma County entity can take home one of the prizes.
Bodega Bay Fire: ‘Without consolidation, the district will fail’
The Bodega Bay Fire Protection District (BBFPD) risks going under as the layoff process begins in the aftermath of Measure B’s apparent failure, according to a March 6 statement issued by the district’s board of directors.
Council reviewing city emergency plan, budget goals
The Cloverdale City Council meeting slated for this Wednesday, March 10 has a small agenda that packs a heavy punch. The council will be discussing its draft budget goal statements, reviewing the city’s new emergency operations plan and considering a resolution that defines the Cherry Creek Affordable Housing project as a priority for the council and authorizes the city to submit an application for a community development block grant for the project.
Farewell to Necker’s Notes
Fans of the long-running, city council round-up (and send-up) known as Necker’s Notes were saddened last week when correspondent John Necker sent a notice to his subscribers that he was hanging up his spurs.
Nurses from across the country are helping with Alliance Medical Center’s vaccination effort
Alliance Medical Center — a federally-qualified health center (FQHC) that serves low-income families in Healdsburg, Geyserville and Windsor — recently launched invitation-only vaccination clinics for older seniors and farm workers. A team of eight traveling nurses from across the country are partnering with Alliance to help get the vaccine into the arms of essential workers and the most vulnerable.
