At a special meeting Monday evening, the Sonoma Valley Hospital board unanimously selected Bill Boerum to fill the director’s slot vacated by John MacConaghy, who resigned in January. Boerum was the manager of the recent, successful campaign for Measure B, the five-year tax of $195... Continue
Duck pond to reopen April 8 The duck pond on Sonoma’s plaza is due to reopen on April 8, said city councilman Ken Brown. The city spent roughly $700,000 in redevelopment money to fix up the landmark pond, which was constructed by Depression-era Civilian Conservation... Continue
Chris Blakeslee and Michael Crain are bringing their combination of real estate expertise to Sonoma. Effective March 15, Blakeslee & Crain Vineyard Advisors and Brokers moved into new headquarters at 550 Broadway. Blakeslee & Crain Vineyard Advisors and Brokers is a four-year-old company formed to... Continue
The Nelson Family of Companies, which provides workforce management and staffing services, announced the addition of Steve Furtado and Lydia Wilson to its management team. Steve Furtado was hired as chief financial officer. Previously, Furtado worked at Apple Computer, Birkenstock and Lemo. Lydia Wilson joins... Continue
Council approves new old home for police At its meeting Wednesday evening, the Sonoma City Council voted to award the $4 million contract for rebuilding the structure at 175/177 First Street West, where the council chambers and police station have been located next to each... Continue
Renowned Jack London scholar and writer Dr. Clarice Stasz brings Jack London’s women to life in a lecture at the Sonoma Community Center on Thursday, March 29, at 6:30 p.m. The lecture is the first in a series of spring events sponsored by the Community... Continue
‘Obstacle’ tree killed Sharpe Editor: Not to take away from your March 1 editorial, but the piece you did on David Sharpe’s accident contained some information that I don’t feel is correct. My friends and I witnessed that accident, and we don’t believe he did... Continue
It does the soul good to see Ken Brown join fellow council members Joanne Sanders and Aug Sebastiani, as he did last week, to delay the expenditure of more than $4 million in city funds to refurbish the council chambers and police station on First... Continue
Crying ‘whoa,’ city councilmembers Joanne Sanders, Aug Sebastiani, and Ken Brown delayed, at council’s March 7 meeting, the planned award of a $4 million contract to rebuild the Sonoma police station and city council chambers located at 177 First St. West. The three councilmembers felt... Continue
The Sonoma City Council is moving ahead toward construction of a three-unit emergency overnight shelter next to the presently vacant police station and council chambers at 177 First St. West. At its March 7 meeting, council authorized the transfer to that project of $220,000 in... Continue