DON'T FORGET next Tuesday evening's (July 30th) community meeting at the Boonville Fairgrounds, 6pm, where Rasta Fest 2013, among other matters, will be critiqued. A VISIT from Robert Kraft is always a "learning experience," as…
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IT'S ALMOST HERE! Not-So-Simple Living Fair 2013 is in just a few days. We're ready for you, so make your way to the Mendocino County Fairgrounds in Boonville July 26 - 28 (workshops begin at…
GLASS BEACH: LONG TIME PASSING By Jessica Ehlers Over the weekend the kiddo, who is now the ripe ol’ age of seven and I had some extra time after playing and before dinner. I asked…
RECOMMENDED READING: “A Colossal Wreck: A Road Trip Through Political Scandal, Corruption and American Culture” by Alexander Cockburn. Cockburn, a frequent visitor to Boonville, was the last of the political writers who was also a…
RANDOM OPINIONS. I like railroads as much as the next guy, and I see no reason other than the usual pettifogging gangs of career officeholders and time-serving public bureaucrats that a high-speed train can’t run…
MOTHER FACES JAIL TIME after allowing toddler access to meth, alcohol. A Boonville mother who admitted to allowing her toddler son to ingest life-threatening amounts of methamphetamine and alcohol will serve 270 days in county…
ANOTHER REASON not to shop at Walgreens. The Starbucks of drug stores is refusing to sell the current edition of Rolling Stone because it has a picture of crazy-boy Boston bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, on the…
CALTRANS v. BIRDS Editor, From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: URGENT UPDATE: In the US alone, over 250 species of birds are endangered, threatened, or of growing conservation concern. This means 1 in 4 birds…
THIS JUST IN. The Mateel Community Center, Garberville-Redway, has decided not to use ammonium sulfate to green up the grass on their Eel River venue for Reggae on the River. ======================================================== REPORTS FROM POINT ARENA…