Supervisors approve business relief, pavement program funds
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors took action on various items during its May 25 meeting — including approving business relief funds, authorizing funding to help county roads and ordering a recall election for county district attorney Jill Ravitch following a successful recall petition campaign. Subsequently, the county released various press releases on action taken by the Board of Supervisors, which we’ve gathered below.
Cloverdale council talking fireworks, Plaza bathroom
The Cloverdale City Council has a small but mighty agenda for its meeting Wednesday night, Jan. 25. The council is slated to discuss its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) spending plan, consider amending its decision to purchase a Portland Loo restroom for the Plaza and lastly, to review and consider options relating to the sale, possession and use of fireworks in town, including potentially placing a measure to ban fireworks on an upcoming ballot.
Baby Derby, Feb. 17
Babies had their chance to shine on Monday, Feb. 17 during the Baby Derby. Switching up from years past, this year’s contestants raced on a cheerleading mat set up in the middle of the fair auditorium, rather than on the large auditorium stage.
School closures announced for Friday
The Sonoma County Office of Education announced a batch of school closures. The closures include the cancellation of distance learning, since many of the students in the districts have had to evacuate due to the Walbridge or Meyers fires.
Rough concrete pour delays skate park opening
Completion of the town of Windsor's $300,000 skate park will be
Russian River Watershed meeting provides opportunity for public comment
Meeting in Cloverdale will discuss projects up for grant funding in Russian River watershed
Healdsburg Police and Sheriff’s Logs, August 21-27
These entries are excerpted from the daily logs of the Healdsburg Police Department and Sonoma County Sheriff's logs for the Healdsburg area.
Enrollment numbers continue to fall, but solutions are tricky to find
At the Nov. 5 meeting of the Windsor Unified School District Allison Griggs, program coordinator for educational services, presented the annual enrollment numbers for the district, and the grim pattern of falling enrollment continues to be cause for concern.