Town council approves request to forgo underground work for Overlook project
In a unanimous vote on Sept. 16, the Windsor Town Council approved a request from the developer of the Overlook subdivision to remove the requirement to underground existing overhead utilities along Windsor Road. The council also approved the final map for the 5.9-acre, 12 residential lot subdivision, accepted the easement and authorized the subdivision improvement agreement.
Cloverdale’s community garden is looking for a new home
Garden will stay at its current location through 2021, at which time it will need to relocate
City budget review looks at cuts, changes
Healdsburg City Council and the city’s administrative services and finance director, Heather Ippoliti, have started to review the city’s budget for the next fiscal cycle. The council met several times last week in both closed and open session meetings to discuss the city’s biennial budget for 2020-21 and 2021-22 and the necessary budget changes and cuts that will need to be implemented to soften the blow from the COVID-19 related economic recession.
County residents affected by fires now eligible for CalFresh disaster benefits
Sonoma County residents and workers impacted by recent fires may be eligible for disaster CalFresh benefits to provide funds for food purchases under temporary regulations from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (also known as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP).
Old schoolhouse comes to life after restoration process
Group who restored building recognized for their work by Healdsburg Museum and Historical Society
The Wall That Heals
Remembrance and Respect—The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. was on display in Windsor from March 28 to 31. In addition to the wall replica, there was an mobile education center about the war and the memorial as well as the traditional POW/MIA Empty Chair display. On Saturday, March 30, Chief Carlos Basurto led a brief ceremony with speakers that included a Gold Star widow, a reading of names of Sonoma County residents memorialized on the wall (59 in total) followed a 59 second moment of silence to remember them, and then a bagpiper playing Amazing Grace.
