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The Press Democrat is reporting that Vertice Hospitality Group, the company that oversees Michelin darling SingleThread, is closing the River Belle Inn along Healdsburg’s western riverbank — just two years after buying and reopening it, to much fanfare. Here’s what the PD learned: A Healdsburg mansion built in 1895...

The Sonoma County Economic Development Board (EDB) announced the recipients of 20th annual Spirit of Sonoma Awards this week. Spirit of Sonoma honors those who contribute to the economic development and enhancement of the communities in which they live and work through donations of their time and expertise in support of local business, and in helping others.

Concluding the Sebastopol City Council’s third budget discussion earlier this month, Mayor Una Glass called for Sebastopol city staff to prepare a final city budget for the fiscal year 2021-22 for adoption at the upcoming July 20 city council meeting.

At its March 3 meeting, the Sebastopol City Council gave Piazza Hospitality, developers of Hotel Sebastopol, an extension on its design review approval, which was due to expire on March 7. Had the council failed to grant the extension, the project would have had to go through the whole design review process all over again — a time-consuming process which might have been a death knell for the project.

On Thursday, March 1, the Cloverdale Arts Alliance will present Bay Area favorite, Charged Particles, at THE Jazz Club.

United Way of the Wine Country’s Wildfire Recovery and Resilience Neighborhood Grants Program (WRNGP) has awarded ten grants ranging from $4,000 to $25,000. These grants will help residents rebuild and recover from the October 2017 wildfires and build the resiliency necessary to address future disasters in some cases.

The May 5 meeting of the Windsor Town Council was fairly quick by normal standards, but it covered a few substantial issues.

The Alexander Valley Film Festival is back for its seventh year, moving to new spring festival dates, expanded offerings