Flashbacks
The following snippets of history are drawn from the pages of the Healdsburg Tribune, the Healdsburg Enterprise and the Sotoyome Scimitar, and are prepared by the volunteers at the Healdsburg Museum & Historical Society. Admission is always free at the museum, open Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Community Benefit Grant funds granted for 2017
In 1998, the Healdsburg City Council used some of the proceeds from the sale of the former city hall building to create and fund the Community Benefit Grant Program, which continues funding nonprofit and charitable organizations throughout Healdsburg.
Residents line up for fire relief
Hundreds were lined up at the Healdsburg Community Center the morning of Nov. 4 as the center transformed into the county’s local assistance center (LAC).
City briefs: Gun shop regulations, north area open house, roundabout update
The Healdsburg Planning Commission met twice last week, once to approve two subdivisions and again to discuss firearms sales.
Burn permits suspended
CalFire announced May 5 that it would be suspending burn permits, banning all residential outdoor burning of landscape debris, such as branches and leaves, in the state responsibility areas in Sonoma, Napa, Lake, Solano, Yolo and Colusa counties, effective May 10.
Commissioners to be appointed at next town council meeting
The agenda for the next meeting of the Windsor Town Council is quite short, but some of the decisions made will significantly affect the future of Windsor.
River area ponders washed-out roads and escape routes
Dealing with flood-prone winter roads was a hot topic at the Oct. 17 meeting of the Lower Russian River Municipal Advisory Council, . County officials were on hand to talk about what the county could and could not do to keep roads open. They shared some good news and bad.
