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Local teens work to make creeks and parks safer, cleaner

[caption id="attachment_26342" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Local teens worked with the Sonoma County Youth Ecology Corps to clean trails, parks and more this summer. Pictured here, a teen crew works to move logs at the Bouverie Preserve in Glen Ellen."][/caption] For most of Sonoma’s students, school is... Continue

Project expands recycled water supply for south Valley

A reservoir that will hold 37 million gallons of recycled water – irrigation water that won’t be drawn from the ground or the Russian River -- is under construction at the treatment plant on Eighth Street East in Sonoma. The new Reservoir 5 will expand... Continue

Brown: ‘time to move on’

First District Sonoma County Supervisor Valerie Brown, who began her political career as a member of the Sonoma City Council, will not run for reelection in 2012, stepping aside after 20 years in public office. “Looking back on my two decades of public service and... Continue

Songwriters in Sonoma

Jon Williams, joined by Tony Gibson and Trent Yaconelli, performs Thursday night, Aug. 18, as the Songwriters in Sonoma series continues at Meadowcroft Wines. Tickets to the 7 p.m. show are $15. Read the profile of Williams by The Sun's Mike Hyland. Meadowcroft Wines is... Continue

Wild for love

Sonoma's own Heather Pond will compete tonight on the final episode of the NBC reality show, "Love in the Wild." Pond is the daughter of Steve and Heidi Pond, owners of the Chocolate Cow where the Sonoma Valley High School graduate worked as a teen.... Continue

Examining the immigrant experience

The inaugural Immigrant Experience In Film, Dance and Story Festival, a two-day event with Mexican traditional cuisine, art and bilingual films, comes to Sonoma August 19 and 20. The event is presented at the Sonoma Community Center by Nuestra Voz, Sonoma Theatre Alliance, Sonoma Community... Continue

Historic setting for league meeting

The Sonoma League for Historic Preservation will host its quarterly meeting at the Victorian Garden Inn at 316 East Napa Street on Wed., Aug. 17 at 5:30 p.m. The public is invited. The inn is the oldest Greek Revival house in Sonoma and features a... Continue

Chambers quits hospital board

David Chambers, elected to the board of the Sonoma Valley Healthcare District board less than nine months ago, has resigned the post. The move, effective immediately, comes two years after Chambers was picked by the board to fill the seat vacated by Arnold Reibli. “We... Continue

Filling the kindergarten gap

[caption id="attachment_26260" align="alignnone" width="150" caption="Award-winning teacher Kimberly Hennig will be a big part of Moldovan's new kindergarten program."][/caption]California’s changing kindergarten admissions laws begin to take affect this school year with the cut-off date for five year olds moving from December 15 to November 1. The... Continue

Make way for road work

No street closures are anticipated as two months of road construction begins in Sonoma. Two street improvement projects will include new corner curb ramps, storm drainage improvements, asphalt paving and striping. Both should be complete by mid-October. One of the projects will occur on France... Continue
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