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Vintage House tops national giving campaign

Vintage House received a $30,000 check from the Home Instead Senior Care Foundation's #Give65 Campaign a national online fundraising competition for senior serving organizations. Vintage House, participating in the campaign for the first time, raised the most money in its class of any organization in the... Continue

Five things to do during a trip to Sonoma

Sonoma Valley. It is one of those historic areas known for two things which are close to any sane person's heart: art and wine. Actually, the charming town of Sonoma is considered to be the center of California's wine industry. If you had thought that... Continue

Three wheeling adventures in downtown Sonoma

[caption id="attachment_98019" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Howard Sapper and Maria Nguyen aboard an “anti-scooter,” one of eTrikeCo’s electric tricycles on First Street East in Sonoma.[/caption] It looks like half a golf cart, can go 18 miles an hour, is street and sidewalk legal yet ADA compliant, and... Continue

Sonoma Valley Fund announces new Capacity Building Grants Program

Sonoma Valley Fund will launch the second capacity building grants program: Strengthening Capacity, Connections and Community with an informational meeting on October 7. The goal of this grants program is to grow a network of nonprofits deeply committed to strengthening themselves and one another in... Continue

Great pumpkins!

Halloween alert: Bee-Well Farms has opened a huge pumpkin patch in Glen Ellen, complete with straw bales, petting zoom, game and crafts and, or course, a zillion multi-colored pumpkins. Free. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Highway 12 at Trinity Road, Glen Ellen.... Continue

Demoted and transferred, Sonoma library staff files lawsuit 

[caption id="attachment_97927" align="alignright" width="200"] Lisa Musgrove[/caption] By Jonah Raskin | Sun Insider -- Patrons of the Sonoma Valley Library have been surprised and shocked recently by the absence of long-time librarian, Lisa Musgrove. A resident of the Springs, Musgrove didn’t take a leave of absence... Continue

Sonoma Arts Live opens ‘Merman’s Apprentice’

By Jonah Raskin -- All politics, it is said, is local. So is theatre. Indeed, whether the locality is Stratford-on-Avon, Broadway, or our own Community Center, where Sonoma Arts Live is staging a production of Merman’s Apprentice, a musical comedy that celebrates the memory of... Continue

A local expression of global outrage

Reader Opinion by Ray Gallian One sign summed it up, “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change, I am changing the things I CANNOT accept.” Sonoma’s teens and supporting adults came out to the Plaza for the Global Climate Action School Strike... Continue

If peace breaks out, we’re doomed

When it comes to promoting planetary health, Homo Sapiens resembles the dieter who eats his daily pint of Cherries Garcia, but – sustainably! – adds only one scoop of whipped cream instead of two, and puts a paper straw in his Big Gulp. Nonetheless, we’ve... Continue