The evening of Thursday March 6 was a landmark moment for Sonoma Valley soccer. The board of Sonoma United Football Club voted unanimously to accept a merger with Sonoma Valley Youth Soccer Association. Anyone present last spring when the long-established SVYSA board unanimously rejected the... Continue
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Heneveld named to Planning Mark Heneveld, long-time Sonoma Valley resident, was appointed to the Planning Commission last week by Mayor Joanne Sanders. Sanders, introducing Heneveld, said, “I take the Planning Commission very seriously, and have interviewed you not once, but twice.” She said Heneveld had... Continue
Victoria Hall (left) with Anna Bimenyimana, are the managers of Bon Marché, a nonprofit thrift store newly opened on Riverside Drive. Pam Winston/Sonoma Valley Sun Shopping in second-hand stores is an adventure, one that’s even more fun when the place is off the beaten path.... Continue
Studio Collection owner Bess Nathan Rice in her new shop on East Napa Street just off the Plaza. Rice uses semi-precious and precious stones in many of her handcrafted pieces. Ryan lely/Sonoma Valley Sun Ever since she was a kid, she says, Bess Nathan Rice... Continue
Bethany Wilson, Principal of Sassarini Elementary School for the last nine years, has resigned, as of June 30. In a letter to the Sassarini students’ families, she said that it was an honor to have been their principal and to have worked with “an incredible... Continue
On Tuesday night, over 50 people filled the chairs in the Sonoma Valley Unified School District board room, and more lined the wall or milled about outside. Their set faces and lack of chatter contributed to a sense of tension in the air. The school... Continue
Mark Heneveld, long-time Sonoma Valley resident, was appointed to the Planning Commission last week by Mayor Joanne Sanders. Sanders, introducing Heneveld, said, “I take the Planning Commission very seriously, and have interviewed you not once, but twice.” She said Heneveld had undergone stiff questioning, and... Continue
Rallying in Sacramento on Monday to call for a three-year moratorium on aerial spraying are State Senator Carole Migden, Assembly member Jared Huffman and other community activists from across California. The object of the spraying they object to is the light brown apple moth, an... Continue
The line of locals wanting tickets to the 2008 Jazz + festival stretched around the back of the Community Center, down the driveway to Napa Street, and then east down the Napa Street sidewalk. That was at 2 p.m. on Saturday, when the doors opened... Continue
Thursday evening was a landmark moment for Sonoma Valley soccer. The Board of Sonoma United Football Club voted unanimously to accept a merger with Sonoma Valley Youth Soccer Association. Anyone present last spring when the long-established SVYSA Board unanimously rejected the new club Sonoma United’s... Continue