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Freda

I imagine you all know who Freda Fox is. Isn’t she the oldest living person in Anderson Valley now? Freda is not only the oldest person in the Valley, but she is also the friend…

The Prayer, The Pledge & The Anthem

Sports have never been of much interest to me, outside of baseball to a small degree. Growing up in Connecticut, I saw Yankees and Dodgers games on the local TV stations. My uncle Art lived…

Marijuana Farm Tours?

A letter from the owner of a Humboldt County business that seeks to provide “educational and fun cannabis-themed tours of the Emerald Triangle” has motivated Humboldt County to explore how such operations should be licensed.…

Mr. Bosman

Tim Bosman, forty-seven, boyish and playful and a superb acting coach, has been the Drama teacher at Carlyle High in Rincon, Idaho, for the last fifteen years. And though he has been happily married to…

Garden Party

Hippies in lawn chairs and hammocks strung between shagbark hickory trees lounge around their fire pit after cooking a meal of potatoes, cabbage, eggs, and some chicken breast with a story behind it. It's Monday and…

An Old Hopland Hand Visits The Coast

After stopping in at the AVA offices recently, we continued up Anderson Valley finally getting to the magnificent redwood tree tunnel. My intent was to stop at Dimmick Park, a place I had visited when…

Panther Soccer (Sep 7, 2016)

The team played their first home game of the season last Monday when Middletown were the visitors for a non-league match at Tom Smith Field alongside the high school.

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