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Infineon fast tracks solar program

[caption id="attachment_21349" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="This rendering depicts how the solar panels will look when placed above the Turn 10 sound wall on the road course at Infineon Raceway"][/caption] In a drive to go solar for nearly half its energy needs, Infineon Raceway will install a... Continue

Clean sweep

City of Sonoma Maintenance Worker Wilson Trood, drops a load of leaves from the city’s new 2010 Challenger street sweeper into a waiting truck. Sonoma residents will appreciate that the new sweeper is much quieter than its predecessor, a 1998 Elgin model that was utilized... Continue

Volunteers drive Community Center’s Thanksgiving feast

Giving thanks is one thing. How about donating time, money, products or services to the annual Thanksgiving Dinner at the Sonoma Community Center? For the upteenth year in a row, according to SCC Executive Director Kathy Swett, the SCC will host “a-no-holds barred, free to... Continue

Inside the sculptor’s studio at SV Museum

Kids have playrooms. Fletcher Benton has a studio. “Most of my life is motivated by childishness,” admits Benton, the world-renowned sculptor whose childlike wonder and worldly-wise vision will be on display at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art. “Fletcher Benton: The Artist’s Studio,” curated by... Continue

Fido – in or out of the marriage bed?

Dear Dr. Forsythe: Please settle a dispute for me and my husband.  Our three-year-old Boxer has taken to popping up on the bed nightly and is not willing to stay on his bed anymore.  It started when my husband was away on a business trip... Continue

Can grassroots effort save Banco de Sonoma?

A tepid promise to keep Westamerica Bank’s Fiesta Shopping Center branch open is not strong enough for a growing number of Springs residents concerned the location will be permanently closed. The hours of operation at the former Banco de Sonoma have already been cut. The... Continue

SBC Goes to NYC

Erin O’Reilly, a former Sonoma Ballet Conservatory dancer and daughter of artistic director Patty O’Reilly, has recently begun her year-round study at the newly-formed Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet in New York City. Erin is experiencing the bigger dance world and is meeting dance... Continue

Program seeks algebra tutors for middle school

The Aiming High program, sponsored by the Sonoma County Office of Education, is seeking volunteer algebra tutors to work with students at Adele Harrison Middle School.   This is an after-school program designed to improve algebra skills by providing tutors to work with students, led by a... Continue

Teen bakers offer pies and more for Thanksgiving

The teen bakers at the Lovin’ Oven are preparing for their first pie sale. Ready to order are homemade, freshly baked pumpkin and pecan pies, priced at $11 and $13 respectively, with orders of three pies or more discounted by $1 per pie. Orders and... Continue

Center of attention

At the Sonoma Community Center open house on Tuesday night, Kathy Swett, the center’s executive director, congratulated Fred Perry and Gary Edwards as Volunteers of the Year. The event included demonstrations and activities throughout the historic Napa St. building, from ceramics and painting to jewelry... Continue
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