Looks like the Healdsburg Unified School District (HUSD) is once again sounding the alarm about the “catastrophic” budget cuts they say they’ll be forced to make in the upcoming year. Where have I heard this before? Oh yeah, just about every year since we moved to town more than a decade ago. Their brilliant solution, [...]
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Letter to the Editor about Access Healdsburg
August 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Access Healdsburg, Healdsburg
I wrote this letter, which appeared in the Healdsburg Tribune, August 5, 2009. It addresses some of the continuing distortions of the truth and misstatements of fact that have been promulgated by the HUSD Superintendent, Jeff Harding.
Dear Editor,
I am writing to correct inaccuracies in your article of July 29, “TV station may have to move [...]
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Please support the 4th of July Fireworks Celebration!
June 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Events, Healdsburg
Lightly edited, here’s a plea for a good cause from Lorraine Plass, Cdr, American Legion Veterans:
I’d like you to post a note about the Healdsburg Fourth of July celebration. We’re the 501(c)19 Non-Profit group of all volunteers who for no salary have taken on the task of running a fireworks program for the 4th of July, [...]
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SF Chronicle reviews El Sombrero
April 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Healdsburg
The San Francisco Chronicle’s Jon Bonné reviews our gem just south of the Plaza, El Sombrero, and comes to the same conclusion most Healdsburgers have: good food at great prices. The Hat is a welcome, authentic, friendly respite from the fancy shops and tasting rooms that ring the Plaza.
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Zzzzzaaaaappppp!
April 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Healdsburg
The City of Healdsburg will soon be putting a little extra zap in our electric bills. According to a recent letter from the City, electric rates will be rising from 15% to 30%, depending on the kind of customer. This will be the first increase since July 2001.
Healdsburg is unusual in Sonoma County in that [...]
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Planning Commission Approves Saggio Hills Area Plan
November 29th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Healdsburg, Saggio Hills
During the meeting on Monday, 11/27, the Healdsburg Planning Commissioners approved the Area Plan for Saggio Hills, which incorporated their staff’s comments. During the time set aside for public comments, about a dozen people spoke with concerns about water, schools, agriculture, fire risk, sightlines and the visibility of some of the proposed new homes, wetlands [...]
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