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Balance

I was the only child of elderly parents. They both died the year before I evolved out of puberty, and I was left in the care of a diminutive maiden aunt. She had absolutely no…

Booze Cruise

Where there is sugar, yeast will find it — and so we have alcohol. The natural wonder we call fermentation has been discovered and replicated independently in nearly every region of earth, and virtually nowhere…

Valley People

ERIC TRIFILO, 41, of Boonville, driving alone, died some time between late Sunday night and early Monday morning when his vehicle unaccountably veered off Highway 128 near the junction of Elkhorn Road at mile marker…

Mendocino County Today: March 27, 2012

THE SUPES toured the controversial Harris Quarry on Ridgewood Grade just south of Willits on Monday (March 26). Harris wants to expand. Many people are opposed. In addition to the expansion of the quarry, its…

Mendocino County Today: March 26, 2012

ERIC TRIFILO, 41, of Boonville, driving alone, died some time between late Sunday night and early Monday morning when his vehicle unaccountably veered off Highway 128 near the junction of Elkhorn Road at mile marker…

Mendocino County Today: March 25, 2012

THE POINT ARENA City Council will meet Monday at 3:15 in closed session cryptically described as “Conference With Legal Counsel-Anticipated/Existing Litigation SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (B) OF SECTION 54956.9: (1 CASE/LABOUBE).” Mr.…

Mendocino County Today: March 24, 2012

ED NOTE: If you know nothing about the Bari interlude than these two facts, you won't be bamboozled by Darryl Cherney's latest chapter in a 22-year-old cover-up: The “mystery” can be solved by matching the…

Mendocino County Today: March 23, 2012

THE FOLLOWING notice was sent out to Mendocino County employees today (Thursday) by County CEO Carmel Angelo: “Over the past few months, we have identified some key areas to improve upon. Communication is number one.…

Letters To The Editor

A QUIZ FOR CHEESE-BRO Editor, "Hales Grove" Road Number one. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of its abandonment, 1962. Several years ago I read a book entitled "What's the Matter with Kansas?" by Thomas Frank. It…

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