A 43-unit, low income housing project off Sonoma Highway near West Spain is headed to the Planning Commission for final approval after a unanimous vote by the Sonoma Valley Citizens Advisory Commission. “We’re excited about the project moving forward,” said Eve Stewart of Affordable Housing... Continue
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Dear Dr. Forsythe: My cat stopped eating a few days ago and now it isn’t drinking either. I think she has a fever. I don’t have any money to pay vet bills, so what do you recommend? I don’t want her to die, but there... Continue
[caption id="attachment_21444" align="alignright" width="288" caption="“Natural Waistline,” a work by invited artist Roberta Alexander, is part of the Arts Guild show. "][/caption] Just in time for holiday shopping, the Arts Guild of Sonoma’ December Invitational Show opens an extended six-week show this weekend. The artworks, created... Continue
Bike lanes approved for four busy Sonoma streets won’t cost the city any money, but will come at the expense of 254 parking places. A plan approved by the Sonoma Valley Citizens Advisory Commission calls for restriping segments of Fifth Street West, West MacAthur Street,... Continue
The city of Sonoma has received two proposals to take over management of the Tuesday Night Farmers Market in May of 2011. The Valley of the Moon Certified Farmers Market, chaired by Bill Dardon, is basically a reformation of the incumbent group. It does not... Continue
In size and spirit, there’s no bigger Thanksgiving dinner than the annual feast served up at the Sonoma Community Center. “For the upteenth year in a row,” according to Executive Director Kathy Swett, the SCC will host its “no-holds barred, free to all, bigger and... Continue
Student council co-presidents Kelsey Walthard (L) and Alex Quackenbush (R) headed up a blanket drive at Presentation School, collecting more than 100 blankets that they will deliver to the Redwood Gospel Mission and the Rose Women and Children’s Emergency Shelter in Santa Rosa later this... Continue
The board of directors of Social Advocates for Youth have announced the appointment of Matt Martin as the agency’s new executive director. Martin joined SAY in 2008 as the director of Community Resource Development, and has served as the agency’s interim executive director since September... Continue
Ed Pedroncelli was one of many volunteers unloading 5,000 pounds of food Monday collected by Infineon Raceway for the non-profit group Friends in Sonoma Helping (FISH). The 10th annual Thanksgiving Food Drive set a single-year record for donations, according to the raceway’s Jennifer Imbimbo. Now... Continue
Kathy Benziger of the Benziger Family Winery, greeting longtime Sonoma friend Andy Robertson, Safeway’s liquor department manager, offered some holiday advice during an in-store appearance on Saturday. “If your relatives are driving you crazy over Thanksgiving, send them over the winery,” she said, “we’ll take... Continue