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The Healdsburg City Council got an earful of good news last week, as an economic conditions report and a summary of the results of a community survey both indicated overall satisfaction with life in Healdsburg and economic success factors, even as the survey offered mixed reviews of hotels, tourism and the community’s direction.

What’s the difference between a violin and a fiddle? Nothing, really, except maybe an approach to playing it and the musical style. Fiddle is actually just a nickname for the violin, although any bowed string instrument can be called a fiddle (or so Wikipedia tells me). But most of the time, a fiddle is a violin. Just played in a different style.

The following are excerpted from Healdsburg Police Department daily log entries and the log entries of the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department for the Healdsburg area.

The Humane Society of Sonoma County’s accredited veterinary hospital has been serving local pet owners since 2005. “We are extremely grateful to the pet owners who have entrusted us with the care of their beloved pets”, said Executive Director Cindy Roach. “Clients come here because they know how dedicated our team is to providing compassionate care – and also because they know the proceeds of our services support our shelter programs.”

Lots of letters this week!

A new multi-city health event series offers free wellness services to the north county during the month of April. Salud! is a series of health and wellness events, held in Cloverdale, Healdsburg and Windsor, which will feature free health screenings for vision, hearing, blood pressure, dental, dermatology and more.

The Healdsburg Planning Commission met twice last week, once to approve two subdivisions and again to discuss firearms sales.

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