Cigar, Pot Smoke Complaint Sparks New Policy
It was a summer Tuesday not unlike most of the summer Tuesdays in the Healdsburg Plaza last year. Reggae band Sol Horizon worked the gazebo stage, friends and families gathered on the grounds, and everyone seemed to enjoy the good weather and good vibes...
Open Mic: SMART Owes Public a Review of Railroad Bridge Plans
Healdsburg’s Russian River Railroad Bridge is the sole remaining example of a steel Subdivided Warren Truss bridge on the former line of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad. Built in 1901, the bridge has three spans supported by four concrete piers, a steel deck and superstructure on both sides of a single track. What does SMART plan to do with it?
Asti Summer Crossing to Open by July 4
Even as work proceeds through the end of the month to reopen the seasonal span over the Russian River near the community of Asti—the so-called Asti Summer Crossing—the County of Sonoma is finalizing preparations to turn the crossing into a permanent one.
“A Permanent Asti...
Police Log, Aug. 28
Monday, Aug. 28
8:32am A fight occurred at McDonald’s on Healdsburg Avenue where a woman attacked another woman. Officers responded and cited a 41-year-old (YO) woman for assault and battery.
9:03am The reporting party (RP) indicated that her wedding ring, valued at $4,599.80, was stolen out...
Taking Care of Business
If all goes well, anyone coming north toward downtown Healdsburg will soon be greeted by a number of “Hometown Heroes” banners lining Healdsburg Avenue.
In partnership with local Rotary and the American Legion posts, the city will launch a program featuring local active duty military...
City, SMART Workshop Reconsiders the Location of the Station
A more-than-full house at the Senior Center meeting room last Thursday evening brought excitement, and opinions, to a City of Healdsburg workshop with SMART on where to locate a rail transit station in town.
“We’re happy to have standing room only in here—we regard it...
Healdsburg’s route 67 is now operating with an electric bus
Sonoma County Transit’s route 67 in Healdsburg, a free bus route that loops around the city, is now operating with an all-electric shuttle bus.
Letters, Aug. 24
Fitch Mountain Projects
“The Healdsburg City Council allocated $2.77 million for the public access improvements in the 2022-23 budget.” (“Fitch Mountain Projects Underway,” Aug. 17.) So the City Council is spending almost $3 million for trail improvements on Fitch Mountain. What about fire prevention?
Last time...
