In which we drag a perfectly nice season into a basement of dictionaries and refuse to let it leave Spring is the season everyone loves and no one can describe without sounding like a greeting card. “Renewal.” “Awakening.” “Rebirth.” Sure. Also: mud, allergies, and the unsettling realization that you have not, in fact, gone to…
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Lake County names public works director after merger and pay increase
LAKEPORT — Lake County supervisors merged two departments to save money, raised the salary range for the new director job and then appointed the man who had proposed the merger — after interviews held outside public view. County records show the Board of Supervisors changed the public works director classification from M67 to M75 on…
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State money buys trucks, but Lake County fire districts still face crunch
Lake County enters fire season with new equipment money, deeper budget worries On the first day of Wildfire Preparedness Month, Lake County fire leaders stood beside state Sen. Mike McGuire to celebrate $2 million in state money for badly needed firefighting equipment. The funding will help three local agencies replace or rebuild aging apparatus: two…
Witches, munchkins, and shelter mutts: Sebastopol’s Apple Blossom Parade hits 80
Sebastopol’s Apple Blossom Parade hits 80 this weekend, and the Chamber went and themed the whole thing “Blossoms of Oz.” Ruby slippers, yellow brick road, the works. Saturday morning you’ll have witches on flatbeds, Munchkins on Main Street and, if the Humane Society of Sonoma County’s plans hold, a small pack of adoptable shelter dogs…