With new director at helm, Farm to Pantry aims to expand services
Healdsburg-based nonprofit Farm to Pantry announced April 14, that hunger relief advocate and restaurateur Duskie Estes will take the reins as the organization’s new executive director.
Vital Lands Initiative charts next 15 years of open space in Sonoma County
Community meetings scheduled throughout March
Grant Davis back as Water Agency manager
The Sonoma County Water Agency’s former general manager Grant Davis returned to his old job last week after a nearly five-month absence serving as director of the California Department of Water Resources.
Memorial Bridge retrofit project wins public works award
The retrofit of the 1921 steel truss bridge over the Russian River at Healdsburg has received an award from the American Public Works Association as “Project of the Year.”
Have a Great Fourth
Not all Fourth of Julys have been as historic as this year seems to be. We stand just 10 or so generations beyond the original 1776 founding of our country and our Declaration of Independence.
Just because it didn’t happen…
A couple of weeks ago I saw a tiny item in some newspaper or other about a preacher browsing through the book department of a big chain discount store. He noticed that they had placed the Bibles in the “Fiction” section, and he took offense. The store apologized profusely and fell all over itself to right this supposed wrong.