by The AVA
CRIME IS DOWN in Mendocino County in the winter months so the cops and the state’s apparently underworked Department of Alcohol Beverage Control go out and commit some, as they did on a bustling late afternoon at Anderson Valley Market when the combined forces of law and order dispatched a young babe who looked like [...]
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MORGAN BAYNHAM reminds us all that the Anderson Valley Grange Variety Show is this Friday and Saturday. Tickets are available at the Philo Mar ket and All That Good Stuff, Boonville. “Buy your tickets NOW for an easy entry into the show. Come early and join the parking lot tailgate crowd, or be entertained by all [...]
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DEPUTY CRAIG WALKER had no trouble the other day picking up a good natured male pit bull in Navarro. The deputy soon deposited the animal at the shelter in South Ukiah. Locals said the dog — healthy, approachable and obviously somebody’s pet — had been loose in the Deepend for several days before somebody finally [...]
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BLACK ELVIS? Bill Taylor writes: “A few nights ago, Wednesday, February 10, around 9:30pm as it was after our AV chorus rehearsal, I was driving on Philo-Greenwood Road and saw a short man in a white suit with dark skin heading towards Elk around mile marker 9.1. He was not hiding but just walking. I [...]
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BLACK ELVIS LIVES! The nifty carving disappeared two weeks ago from its long-time pedestal across the road from Jack’s Valley Store. Black Elvis had been assumed stolen. But Black Elvis remains in The Valley. Not only does Black Elvis live, he was seen deep in conversation Saturday with Johnny Winter in front of the Navarro [...]
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UNCONFIRMED reports say the Boonville Brewery is in escrow, with the sale valued somewhere between $7 and $10 million. The Boont brews were first concocted in downtown Boonville in the middle 1980s by Ken Allen and David Norfleet, a chiropractor and a carpenter respectively. Soon, the beer was winning awards and distributed throughout the United [...]
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WHEN 128 COLLAPSED last week and stayed collapsed not far from the Sonoma County line for three days, locals got in and outtahere either by the Ukiah Road or via Mountain House Road through Hopland. (Caltrans deserves high praise for its quick and ingenious repairs at that clay-slidey site.) Is it even necessary to report [...]
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A FIRE at Highland Ranch destroyed a cabin and a vehicle parked beside it Saturday night. The blaze was reported about 11, sending fire trucks speeding along Ray’s Road, across the Navarro, through Shenoa, and deep into the west hills where the resort is located. Chief Wilson said by the time the first crew arrived [...]
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BOB MATHIAS was found dead Monday morning at his ranch six miles south of Boonville. Mathias was a former school superintendent and the founder of the Redwood Classic Basketball Tournament. An obituary will appear in next week’s paper.Subscribe now to access our entire site—only $25 for 1 year.
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WILLIAM HOUSLEY kicks off his new business, Vintage Wine Tours, this Saturday (January 9th) with a barbecue and complementary tour of The Valley’s wineries. Be there at Vintage Wine Tours’ South Boonville headquarters, La Elegante, 11-4pm. For schedules please call 707 895-2641.
BARBARA GOODELL alerts us to the 27th annual fruit and grafting exchange on [...]
