HUSD receiving Title I funds for socioeconomically disadvantaged students, English learner support funds
With 60% of its K-5 population classified as socioeconomically disadvantaged and with over 50% of its secondary school population classified as socioeconomically disadvantaged, the Healdsburg Unified School District (HUSD) will receive $218,000 in federal Title I funds for support programs and services, such as counseling and big picture learning, for students from low-income families.
Healdsburg Police Department runs Special Olympics torch
Police departments across Sonoma County participated in the Law Enforcement Torch Run on June 12, when the Torch of Hope was carried through Sonoma County, with Cloverdale, Healdsburg and Windsor Police Departments carrying the torch through north county streets. The torch is being carried on its way to the Special Olympics Northern California Summer Games and its opening ceremony in Davis on June 22.
St. John School celebrates National Catholic Schools Week
National Catholic Schools Week is an annual celebration of what makes education at St. John Catholic School (SJS) outstanding. Starting with Sunday Mass on Jan. 29, SJS will have a week of activities planned to show what students are accomplishing and to celebrate the community they have built to educate tomorrow’s leaders.
The band plays on at HUSD meeting
The first meeting of 2017 of the Healdsburg Unified School District Board of Trustees got of to a raucous start as the Healdsburg Junior High/High School Band opened the meeting with performance, led by teacher and bandleader John Natelli. The full house cheered at the music, which set the tone for a generally cheerful meeting.
Things that seem unseemly
It seems to me unseemly that our leaders object so strenuously to the State of California wanting to charge $8 for visiting the State Beaches along our magnificent coast while at the same time saying it makes sense for the County of Sonoma to charge a $7 fee for visiting its own parks.
SDAT arts and culture report calls for more public art and access to art programs
Groups want to see increased accessibility to the arts throughout community
Bodega Bay and Sonoma County Fire look to county to approve funding for consolidation path
The end may finally be in sight, seven years down the road to consolidation for Bodega Bay Fire Protection District (BBFPD) and Sonoma County Fire District (SCFD), by BBFPD Assistant Chief Steve Herzberg’s count.
Sebastopol man dead after four-vehicle crash on SR-12
George A. Palma, a 32-year-old Sebastopol man died Mon., Jan. 4 in a four-vehicle crash on SR-12, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP).
Relay honoree, Barbara Tuscany, still cancer free
The first article on Barbara Tuscany’s battle against breast












