District plans to spend emergency relief funds on additional staff and support services
The Healdsburg Unified School District (HUSD) is receiving $1,697,674 in funding from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) III fund and plans to use the funding to provide additional staff and support services such as social-emotional curriculum.
Sonoma County Sheriff investigating Guerneville murder and stabbing
Sonoma County Sheriff detectives are currently investigating a murder and a separate but related stabbing incident that occurred in Guerneville on March 23.
Wellness center plans pushing forward
As the city of Cloverdale moves forward with developing the Thyme Square property on South Cloverdale Boulevard — it recently signed an exclusive negotiating agreement to explore affordable housing on the southernmost edge of the property — another development, that of the new Alexander Valley Healthcare (AVH) Health and Wellness Center, is moving forward as well.
District to receive state and federal funds for expanded learning opportunities in response to COVID learning loss
The Healdsburg Unified School District (HUSD) will receive over $1 million in state and federal funds to be used this summer and over the next few years for expanded learning opportunities and social and emotional support to address the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on children and learning.
Museum presents preservation awards
This year’s Histroic Preservation Awards were presented on Jan. 18 by Fran Schierenbeck, chair of the Museum’s Historic Preservation Committee. The Commercial Historic Restoration award went to Mike and Chris Welty for their building at 141 North Street. The Residential Historic Preservation award was given to Therese Shere and Eric Monrad for the Wilson House at 7566 Eastside Road.
Mequity at the library, making free and equal access to menstrual supplies “a norm”
Equal access to menstrual hygiene products
History award winner Mel Amato dies
With the snip of a red ribbon with a pair of giant scissors in August 2016, it was preordained what the first sentence of Healdsburg’s Mel Amato’s obituary would contain, whenever that time would come. Amato was the man who almost singlehandedly saved Healdsburg’s Memorial Bridge from demolition by Caltrans, deploying all of his engineering prowess to repudiate a cadre of Caltrans engineers and prove the historic landmark was worthy of preservation. The Ohio native lived his last two decades in Healdsburg contributing to many community and local historical causes. He died on Nov. 16 at the age of 86.
