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At the Feb. 4 meeting of the Windsor town council, commissioners and committee members were selected by recently-elected Councilmember Debora Fudge and Mayor Dominic Foppoli.

The town of Windsor sponsored a home decorating contest this year as part of its virtual holiday activities, and on Dec. 17 they announced that after careful deliberation, there was a four-way tie for first place. The winners were 932 Robbie Way, 530 Quince Street, 9511 Lazy Creek Drive and 322 Alexis Street.

The COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of local Veteran’s Day ceremonies usually officiated over in Healdsburg and Windsor by the American Legion Sotoyome Post 111. Members of the post in most years would gather for brief remarks and a trumpet or gun salute at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11 in the Healdsburg Plaza and the Town of Windsor Town Green. This year, a few decorations laid in the Plaza was all that could be done. Now celebrated as a national holiday, Veterans Day was originally known as Armistice Day, the date in 1918 when then end of hostilities was called and ended World War.

The county of Sonoma recently enhanced its specificity in reported COVID-19 case data, now letting people see the breakdown of where cases are occurring, as well as how many active cases are in each county ZIP code. To view the county’s coronavirus data portal, click here.

In an effort to create a fire break by clearing vegetation, dried brush and weeds along a two-mile stretch of north and southbound U.S. Highway 101 between Dry Creek Road in Healdsburg and Canyon Road in Geyserville, Caltrans has deployed 400 goats to munch away at the excess shrubbery and grass in the area.

Though the end of the year, the city of Healdsburg will be offering a temporary electric utility rate discount of 75%, instead of the regular 25%, for low-income qualified.

Council to consider options for vacant council seat, budget approval

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Karaoke night at Bear Republic

Poetry workshop with Russ Messing, Nov. 12