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New gates for Arts Guild

[caption id="attachment_16001" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Shown here are Kirk Hinshaw, Wendy Phillippay, Thena Trygsted, Katie Richardson, Lyn Brede, Martin Munson, Susan Lindstrom and Barbara Aliza."][/caption] The Arts Guild of Sonoma is celebrating a year-long improvement project culminating in the installlation of new gates customed designed by... Continue

More Energy to go around

[caption id="attachment_16009" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Staff photo Get your Prana on at Renee Wiggs’ new retail space located inside Energy Fitness Studio on the Plaza."][/caption] Renee Wiggs, owner of Energy, the chic little fitness hot-spot located just off the Sonoma Plaza, has opened a small retail... Continue

On the docket

Cultural and Fine Arts Commission Thursday, Feb. 25, 5:30 p.m. Conference Room at City Hall, Sonoma Sonoma City Council Wednesday, March 3, 6 p.m. Agenda items include: a mid-year budget review; a proposal to waive the city event fee for the Sonoma Jazz + festival;... Continue

No plea bargain for burglars of Maloney home

The couple accused of ransacking the home of the Maloney family, whose four members had perished in a car accident just three nights prior, will appear in Sonoma County court Thursday. Amber Marie True, 29, and Michael Guiterrez, 26, both of San Mateo, are charged... Continue

Victims ID'd in suspicious deaths

On Friday, February 19, deputies from the Sonoma Police Department along with detectives from the Sheriff’s office and the Sonoma County Coroner’s office, responded to 745 1st Street West, regarding two suspicious deaths. Detectives found the bodies of Amy Marie Beam, 28, and her daughter,... Continue

UPDATED – Mother and daughter found dead in apartment

On Friday, February 19 at approximately 10:14 a.m., deputies from the Sonoma Police Department responded to a call to 745 First Street West for the report of a suspicious death. Deputies arrived and confirmed that there were two deceased persons inside the residence. The case... Continue

Choice narrowed to four for high school prinicipal

Trustees for the Sonoma Valley Unified School District interviewed four potential candidates for the job of high school principal on Thursday afternoon. The number of candidates had been whittled to four from the original 29 following an exhaustive paper screening and interview process involving a... Continue

County says business confidence is slowly growing

Encouraged by an uptick in performance, Sonoma County business executives are regaining confidence in the economy but still predict a slow, steady recovery. According to the county’s Winter Business Confidence Report, confidence improved 9.6% from Summer 2009 as executives registered their first positive rating since... Continue

Sonoma County kicks off first Restaurant Week

[caption id="attachment_15909" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Cafe LaHaye"][/caption] Beginning Monday, February 22, Sonoma County will make its first foray into the wildly popular “Restaurant Week” format.  Through Sunday, February 28, diners can eat at more than 80 wine country restaurants offering three-course, prix-fixe dinners for $19, $29,... Continue

High school music director, Barbara McElroy, awarded

[caption id="attachment_15900" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="School photo Music teacher Barbara McElroy gets ready to strike up the Dragon marching band."][/caption] Barbara McElroy, music director at Sonoma Valley High School has been named Director of the Year by the Northern California Band and Choir Directors Association. To... Continue