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Off the Record

This Week: The Giants win the Series, Mendo's home invasion season kicks off, McCarthyite Michele (Bachmann) comes to Ukiah and much more

Valley People

OF ALL the beautiful spectacles available to us blessed residents of the spectacular Anderson Valley, none surpass the sudden gold explosion of the Fall poplars against the deep dark of the old redwoods at the…

Letters to the Editor

A NEIGHBORHOOD ASPHALT PLANT Editor, Coming to a Location Near You: an Asphalt Plant. Citizens of Mendocino County should be aware that the County Board of Supervisors is contemplating a zoning change that would allow…

Print & Save: How to Vote in November

We recommend NO votes on all incumbents, beginning with Jerry Brown who, after all his years in government, is an incumbent of the ultimate officeholding type, much like Wes Chesbro and Mike Thompson here on…

Letters to the Editor

CHANGE TO HOLLY To the Editor: It’s Time for a Change in the 3rd District Four years ago at election time, an old friend said to me, “Johnny’s (Pinches) OK because he will listen to…

Valley People

A TRIUMPHANT JOHN TOOHEY, Anderson Valley High School football coach, writes: “The AV Panthers played in their first ever eight man contest against Woodside Priory in Portola Valley this past Saturday. The contest was played…

Off the Record

THE SAD SAGA of Captain Fathom continues. Monday morning about 8 I walked into Pic 'N Pay to buy a Chronicle. I couldn't help but notice a flashy black Mercedes out front. A sedate, prosperous-looking…

Letters to the Editor

AMATEUR HOUR Dear Editor, I'm something of an amateur forensic accountant, and I am most certainly a very diligent citizen watchdog of Mendocino County finances. Most folks know me as an outspoken critic of our…

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