Over the years, the venerated Doyle scholarship has been given to literally thousands of high school seniors, helping them attend Santa Rosa Junior College. But this year, new applicants won’t be able to depend on that money as the scholarship has been discontinued for new... Continue
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Altimira and Adele Harrison middle schools have each earned accolades for outstanding leadership and creativity lately. At Altimira, a group of students placed first in the Sonoma County Odyssey of the Mind competition and will go forward to compete at the state finals in Brentwood... Continue
It’s a very, very big pie – $787 billion in federal funds. How large of a slice can Sonoma realistically expect? City Manager Linda Kelly hardly has time to answer. For now, the intricacies of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, signed... Continue
While there will be no change to police staffing levels within Sonoma city limits, the Sheriff’s Sonoma Valley sub-station will lose one officer as a result of recent county budget cuts. “There’s one less body on the street,” said Sonoma Police Chief Bret Sackett. The... Continue
Laura Brown has worked in various occupations on a number of continents. In Vancouver, the Canadian-born Brown owned and operated a number of businesses, including a company that cleaned server rooms in data centers and a bottle-recycling depot. In the Congo and in Venezuela doing... Continue
The Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce held its annual business expo recently at the Sonoma Valley Veteran’s Building with a crowd of approximately 500 people in attendance and more than 70 local businesses on hand to show their products and services. “The expo featured a... Continue
Beginning June 1, the Sonoma County Water Agency will temporarily terminate delivery of water to its surplus customers in order to save water in the Russian River. SCWA provides 21 customers with water on a surplus-only basis and is expecting to save between 100 and... Continue
Stephen Dale, president of the Sonoma Valley Visitors Bureau’s board of directors, announced his resignation last week. Dale will devote his time to La Luz Center, a non-profit organization in Boyes Hot Springs dedicated to improving the quality of life in Sonoma Valley by ensuring... Continue
Mayor Ken Brown announced today that beginning next week, his weekly open office hour will be held during the Tuesday night Farmers’ Market. Anyone wishing to speak to him will be able to find him at a table set up on the west side of... Continue
The Sonoma City Council adopted a resolution at its regular meeting Wednesday evening to make Sonoma residents eligible under Assembly Bill 811, signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger last July, for financing the installation of energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy sources that are permanently... Continue