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The Boitano-Grande residence at 206 Piper St. is this year’s winner of the Tribune Holiday Lights Contest. Other festive houses include: 94 West Grant St., 190 Kennedy Lane, and 14984 Grove St.

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors agreed to apply for more transitional and supportive housing projects through the second round of Project Homekey funding, including George’s Hideaway near Guerneville, authorizing staff to pursue several projects at its Oct. 26 board meeting.

If rebranding does come to pass for the consolidated high school of the West Sonoma County Union High School District (WSCUHSD), it won’t be until next fall by Superintendent Toni Beal’s projection as of the Sept. 14 school board meeting.

It’s long been a refrain from not just Windsor, but virtually every community, that unchecked growth is the enemy. And while that may be true, Windsor’s annual residential growth report shows that unchecked growth is very much not an issue in Windsor, and hasn’t been for several years.

In a press release from the Sonoma County Health Department, Sonoma County Interim Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase announced Friday afternoon, March 13, that mass gatherings of 250 individuals or more in the county must be canceled. Additionally, the press release states that gatherings of 10 or more people who are at higher risk for illness must be canceled as well, with the exception of family gatherings. The order is part of an increasing effort to limit the possibility of community transmission of COVID-19.

LIGHT THE LIGHTS — The Russian River Chamber of Commerce jumped

Also approves conditions to potentially delay consolidation

In an eight-part series we look back at the world that was, here in our little corner of it. 2020 was a year of challenges. We’ll be publishing this eight-piece work daily as we work to the new year. Today’s piece is on elections that took place this year, and the challenges they presented.