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JIM LEVINE has died at age 73. The highly regarded South Coast resident was well-known in Mendocino County (and the Anderson Valley) for his years of work with various County non-profits. A memorial...
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BRONWYN HANES had previously pled out to embezzling some $27,000 from the Anderson Valley PTA. Tuesday, the single mother of two and long-time local resident, was sentenced to 90 days in the County...
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THE ANDERSON VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD seems poised not to renew high school principal James Tomlin’s contract. The majority board sentiment to remove Tomlin was apparently expressed at a closed session...
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OUR CROWD COUNTER said 120 people attended Monday night’s school board meeting in the high school cafeteria. As you probably know by now the school board voted 3-2 not to renew Jim Tomlin’s contract as...
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THE SF CHRON of 26 February featured a front-page story on Boontling called “Famous Last Words — Boontling speakers sad to see celebrated local dialect fade away.” And, above the fold, a color photo of...
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ALL THAT GOOD STUFF, in a Herculean weekend move, is now ensconced down the street in the spiffy new street-front structure erected by Aaron Weintraub, complete with an old-timey sign that says...
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DEBORAH SARSGARD has had to resign from her position as CSD trustee while she fights off cancer. Ms. Sarsgard is presently resting at a nursing care facility in Oakland in between rounds of...
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THE WILDEST WEATHER in some time has been pounding the Northcoast, with Anderson Valley absorbing a dozen direct lightning strikes between Boonville and Philo with accompanying blasts of thunder...
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THE COUNTY’S NUMBERS regarding the true state of finances at the Boonville Fairgrounds are misleading, not intentionally misleading, but misleading. The Fair is not sitting on $1.5 mil in reserves....
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THE MENDOCINO COUNTY FAIR, based in Boonville, is struggling. State subsidies have been slashed, and the Fair, much anticipated every Fall by thousands of people and central to life in Mendocino County...
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NEED FOR SPEED, the big budget car chase movie, has begun filming in The Valley. Tuesday, they were zooming around the Flynn Creek area, and this weekend they’ll be up on the Ukiah Road all day...
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ART HATCHER of AV Ambulance sent in the following: “The County of Mendocino is evaluating the feasibility of an Exclusive Operating Area (EOA) for ambulance services. The County’s stated goals for...
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SUNDAY’S CONTROLLED BURN behind Jack’s Valley Store went off without going out of control, which CalFire’s burns have a tendency to do. This burn was practice for our volunteers under the careful...
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DANNY AND GINGER JOHNSTON have raised three, smart, well-behaved, ambitious boys, the kind of youngsters any school district would be delighted to have in their classrooms. The Johnston’s athletic son,...
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BILL HARPER brings us the terrible news that Henry Hill died last Wednesday at his Navarro home. The story of Henry’s remarkable life appears in next week’s paper.Subscribe now to access our entire...
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THE GOOD NEWS. Years of barn sales and crab feeds have gotten the dedicated parishoners of St. Elizabeth Seton’s Catholic Church to the design stage of their new church off Anderson Valley Way. Jerry...
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WE’VE BEEN HOUNDING Deputy Squires to submit to a debrief in the form of an interview, but the Deputy says No. We had a title all ready to go: “A Great Cop Hangs Up His Cuffs.” But the Deputy said No,...
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MASSIVE ABALONE interdiction in Boonville Monday morning. A large number of Fish and Game wardens set up a roadblock at the Boonville Fairgrounds. Through traffic was diverted into the Fairgrounds...
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JESSICA CEJA is a student at Anderson Valley High School where the school’s Junior Prom was held last Saturday night. Jessica, a gregarious girl popular with her classmates, had previously bought a...
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RAUL MALFAVON, 21, of Ray’s Road, Philo, was found dead Thursday morning about 6. Malfavon, an unmarried single man who reportedly lived with his sister, is presumed to have hanged himself.Subscribe...
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