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A signature piece of Healdsburg history became a record-setting piece of real estate when the River Belle Inn on Front Street sold to luxury hospitality developer Vertice for $7.25 million, effective last month. The price is reported as $659,091 “per key,” according to the San...

Did you ever find yourself falling in love with a donkey? Wait. Wait! Don’t answer that!  My closest neighbor is a donkey. Arturo is not a mean donkey, but he’s not sweet either. The other day, he got into it with the llama. It was...

AVFilm of Cloverdale will be presenting their inaugural Impact Award to “celebrate the future of film” to Erica Milsom, a San Francisco animator whose career with Pixar produced several award-winning films.  Among them is the computer-animated short, Loop, the story of two kids adrift on...

The roof has been razed and the walls have come down on the narrow business space at 113 Plaza St., next door to Duke’s.  Though the applicant, builder and owner won’t answer directly, the restaurant is widely presumed to become a steakhouse; the big Texas...

The seven candidates for Healdsburg’s three open city council seats will be on the Raven Performing Arts Theater stage tonight, Thursday, Oct. 6, in their second meeting of the election season. The AAUW (American Association of University Women) Candidate Forum and Town Hall will begin...

It wasn’t that long ago that the City of Healdsburg welcomed a bike-sharing service to town called Zagster, in conjunction with the then-new Hotel Trio. Spiffy new bicycles could be checked out via a cell phone app, pedaled about town and returned to the...

Following the well-attended candidates’ forum at Coyote Sonoma on Sept. 14, the Healdsburg chapter of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) has announced plans for a similar forum to be held at the Raven Performing Arts Theater on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 6:30pm. The...

The news that a new movie theater might be coming to Healdsburg swept through town like advance notice on a blockbuster, but it wasn’t supposed to be that way. At a recent private after-hours gathering at Cartograph Winery, a local tasting room, displays of the...

The race for three city council seats in Healdsburg continues following a candidates’ forum, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and Healdsburg 2040, at Coyote Sonoma on Sept. 14.  Last week (Sept. 15) we presented answers to a set of questions from the Tribune by...

Campo Fina, for 10 years one of Healdsburg’s most popular restaurants, announced on Sept. 12 that they would be closing their business at the end of the month.  In a message signed by owners Ari and Dawnelise Rosen sent to their mailing list and posted...