Leading the field

Sonoma Valley High School seniors Dawson McCahon and Andrea Robledo Cervantes are the recipients of the HWY 12 Properties FFA scholarships for 2016. The two emerged from a field of finalists participating in an all-day field trip to the sustainable farms and affiliated businesses of... Continue

Drawing the ‘Grape Gatsby’

The 119th Sonoma Valley of the Moon Vintage Festival is looking for an artist to design the official 2016 event poster. The winning poster, perhaps inspired by the theme “Grape Gatsby,” will be hand painted, in acrylic, oils, watercolor or any other non-electronic media. Examples... Continue

The greening of the thumb

Master Gardeners from Sonoma Valley have teamed up with high schoolers from the Sonoma Ecology EnviroLeaders program to plant an herb garden at Sonoma Garden Park. Designed by Master Gardeners Bonnie Walner and Seth Dolinsky, the herb garden features three elliptic growing rows on either side... Continue

Price check: Sonoma Council raises Farmers Market rent

The Sonoma City Council decided Monday not to give a short-lived rent break to the Tuesday Night Farmers Market, which in March was told total fees for the year would be $1,964. Instead, approving Councilmember Gary Edwards’ appeal of that Community Services and Environment Commission... Continue

Culture club

Sonoma Community Center hosts 115 fourth and fifth grade students from Sonoma Charter School and Woodland Star Charter School for a live performance of Brazilian music by Grupo Falso Baiano. The educational event on April 11 was the finale of the Community Center’s Playhouse program,... Continue

Walking to end hunger

Sonoma’s seventh annual CROP Hunger Walk (Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty) on Sunday, April 24, is one of many held each year across the U.S. under the auspices of Church World Service, a consortium of 39 Christian denominations working to alleviate global poverty. Registration begins at... Continue

Market rate; contractor sting; and restaurant news

A Sonoma city committee lowered the annual Plaza rent for the Tuesday night Farmers Market from $3,800 to $750, and councilmember Gary Edwards isn’t happy about it. He’s appealed the decision, so the matter will come before the Council. “It’s time to peel the onion... Continue

A career in fun and candy

By George Webber Heidi Geffen, proprietor of Tiddle E. Winks Vintage Five and Dime in Sonoma, found out early on that “if you want to have fun, you have to create your own, as no one else can possibly know what fun is for you.”... Continue

Top three garden lists

Five Easy-to-Grow Spring Veggies Sugar or Snap Peas – Start from seed or buy six-packs from the nursery. Harvest in 60-70 days. Radishes – Start from seed. Harvest in 30 days. Lettuces – Use six-packs. Harvest in 45-80 days. Bolt easily, so get them in... Continue

Death notices

Maria T. Burquez, 83, of Sonoma, passed away March 5, 2016. Stephen Andrew Carlson, 73, of Sonoma, passed away March 27, 2016. James L. Cartwright, 43, of Eldridge, passed away March 12, 2016. Marilyn Ann Erbland, 82, of Eldridge, passed away March 24, 2016. Anthony... Continue

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