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Mendocino County Today: June 9, 2012

A PRESS RELEASE from the Solomon campaign issued Thursday: “California’s Secretary of State Debra Bowen has designated the ongoing race for the 2nd Congressional District as a ‘close contest’ due to the unresolved question as…

Mendocino County Today: June 8, 2012

DID HE? The Chron headline Thursday morning read, “25-to-life upheld for hiring hit man.” The story went on to describe how Westport's Kenny Rogers has lost his appeal to overturn his conviction for allegedly hiring…

Mendocino County Today: June 7, 2012

A COUPLE OF MILD SURPRISES in Tuesday's election: Norm Solomon only pulled 10% of the vote as the Republican candidate, Dan Roberts, came in at about 11%, just enough to squeak Roberts into a November…

Letters To The Editor

PERMITS FOR GREENHOUSES? Dear Mendocino County Supervisors, Carre Brown, John McCowen, John Pinches, Kendall Smith, Dan Hamburg Mendocino County is Behaving Badly. Today, May 30, 2012 Chris Warrick at Mendocino Building and Planning arbitrarily decided…

Off The Record

RAY WHITTAKER is a good ref and a good guy. Anybody who's attended a local ball game over three generations of Mendocino County high school kids can attest to his steady, competent fairness. He has…

Valley People

CURTIS ‘CURT’ BERRY, long-time resident of upper Greenwood Road, has died. We hope to have a full obituary in next week's paper. POINT ARENA'S high school baseball team is justly proud of being the first…

Mendocino County Today: June 6, 2012

PLEASE WRITE LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR BILLY MAYFIELD'S PAROLE TO: GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN, STATE CAPITOL BUILDING, SUITE 1173, SACRAMENTO, CA, 95814. CURTIS ‘CURT’ BERRY, long-time resident of upper Greenwood Road, has died. We hope to…

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