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Mendocino County Today: November 26, 2013

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HONORS THE MEMORY OF AL BELTRAMI On Saturday, November 23, 2013, long-time Mendocino County Administrative Officer (CAO) Al Beltrami passed away at age 79. At the time, he was the youngest man…

Mendocino County Today: November 25, 2013

COUNTY FAIR MANAGER JIM BROWN gave the Board of Supervisors a report about the somewhat improved finances at the Boonville County Fair last Tuesday: “Nine months ago our budget showed a $146,000 shortfall. We have…

Mendocino County Today: November 24, 2013

LONG TIME COUNTY CAO-CEO, AL BELTRAMI, HAS DIED. Sheriff Tom Allman has posted this statement: "Today, 11/23/13, a legend in Mendocino County passed away. His name was Al Beltrami. He had that magic ability to make…

Mendocino County Today: November 22, 2013

Fort Bragg’s city government talks a lot about preserving and protecting existing small retail stores; allowing a Dollar Tree Store simply does not comply with that promise.

Letters To The Editor

About planting swamp cypress, Taxodium dis­tichum, I have some questions and suggestions. Does anyone at Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens or else­where have evidence that it will not become yet another plague of invasive trees disrupting coastal ecosystems?

Mendocino County Today: November 21, 2013

THE COSTCO FINAL EIR (Environmental Impact Report) will be heard by the City of Ukiah Planning Commission on November 21, at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council chambers. In honor of the occasion, a new…

Off The Record

DAN ROBERTS is learning firsthand the truth of the observation that old age is not for sissies. He's in Rm. 108 of the Ukiah Valley Medical Center, where he's been for the past week undergoing…

Valley People

GREG LUDWIG is raving about his conversion to yoga, which he now faithfully practices at Kira Brennan's SoBo (South Boonville) studio behind All That Good Stuff. Greg, a guy who does a lot of heavy…

Mendocino County Today: November 20, 2013

THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION, meeting in Newport Beach last week, denied the appeal of the Ten Mile Dunes project sponsored by State Parks. The project, to remove a 2.5 mile remnant section of the old…

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