Film festival begins this weekend
The Alexander Valley Film Festival is back for its seventh year, moving to new spring festival dates, expanded offerings
SMART will have new leadership and new projects by the end of the year
Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) is staring down a staffing change and a small handful of projects that it’s hoping to use capital funding for.
Film festival begins this weekend
The Alexander Valley Film Festival is back for its seventh year, moving to new spring festival dates, expanded offerings
Governor declares drought emergency in northwest counties
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on April 21 declared a drought emergency for parched water systems along the Russian River watershed that serve hundreds of thousands of Californians in two counties.
Sebastopol Business Round-Up: What’s new in town?
Now that things are opening up again, Townsy Media took a look around to see what’s new in the local business community.
Graduation plans for district coming into focus
As one of the strangest school years in history comes to an end, one of the questions being discussed at every level is how normal end-of-year activities will go, primarily graduations and promotions. At the April 20 meeting of the Windsor Unified School District Board of Trustees, the district unveiled their plans, though the ever-shifting nature of the pandemic makes finalizing plans difficult.
Wrap up from the Windsor school board meeting
At the April 20 meeting of the Windsor Unified School District Board of Trustees, the board heard updates on construction project in the districts, the results of this year’s LCAP survey and a variety of administrative housekeeping items.
Jefferson principal departing at end of school year
Yakich will finish out the year in Cloverdale, moving to Windsor’s Mattie Washburn Elementary in July
Two new hires coming down to Windsor from Cloverdale
Last year, Windsor hired a new superintendent of schools by pulling from their neighbor to the north, Cloverdale. This year, they’re doing it again, welcoming two new administrators down from Cloverdale. Susan Yakich, currently principal of Jefferson Elementary in Cloverdale will be taking over the top spot at Mattie Washburn in Windsor, and current Cloverdale High School Principal Chris Meredith will be taking over as human resources director for the district.
CHS principal heading to Windsor
Meredith will finish out school year at the high school before moving on as the director of human resources for Windsor Unified
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Plaza reclaims its place as Healdsburg’s hub
Returning for its 10th year is Dia de Muertos, the Mexican folk holiday that has found a new home north of the border since 2016. Dia de Muertos was first recognized locally to mark Corazón’s inaugural community event, where it introduced the newly established organization to Healdsburg.
