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County officials and neighbors of a new winery and event destination planned in Geyserville said they liked what they saw last week at a preliminary design review of the project.

Healdsburg at forefront of county pre-K vaccinations

New staff to provide routine medical care

Healdsburg city councilmembers will make way for dental and medical professionals to write the argument on November’s ballot to keep fluoridating the city’s water system.

While some of us long for the days of our younger years, when we spent our summer breaks sleeping in, going to the movies or hanging with friends, we aren’t picturing the realities of hundreds of Sonoma County youth, who have spent the past months raising steer or milking goats, feeding hogs and grooming sheep.

Each time the Healdsburg Armory comes up in our outstanding local newspaper, I am saddened by the omissions of a very significant phase of its history.

Much has been written about the United States Supreme Court decision in the “Hobby Lobby” case that effectively will deny some women access to four types of birth control because it no longer has to be a covered cost under their employer’s health coverage.

I recently had the opportunity to meet with Annie Millar, Director of Curriculum and Instruction for the Healdsburg Unified School District, to discuss, among other things, how the new Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are affecting the way she goes about her work.

In the past months, much has been written within these pages about who we are as a town and where we are headed with Healdsburg. We’re debating what is sacred about our little burg, what should be protected, and how to continue to thrive as an intimate community, while honoring the benefits that come from being a successful tourist attraction.