JENNIFER JJ THOMASSON, of the Anderson Valley Market Thomassons, now Jennifer Schlafer, is the proud mother of a baby girl who joins Jennifer, husband Jeff…
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YOU’RE a Valley old timer if you remember the great local quarterback, Ronnie Vaughan, who went from Boonville to Santa Rosa JC to star at that level, too. The late quarterback’s grandson, Andrew Vaughan, a slugging first baseman for Cal Berkeley is second in the nation in homeruns at the college level and a highly regarded pro prospect. Andrew is the great grandson of the late Shine and Beth Tuttle, both of whom are fondly remembered by Valley old timers.
FRIDAY was a wild weather day, with nearly six inches of rain in some areas of Mendocino County. This post by Nick Wilson of Little…
KENNETH REID MONTGOMERY, age 74, longtime resident of Boonville, California, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 27th
THE ANDERSON VALLEY MOURNS THE DEATH OF BERYL THOMASSON.
The long-time resident of Boonville had battled cancer over the past several
LAST WEEK, Maya Kehl, a student at Anderson Valley High School, alerted us that she and her classmates would be joining a national student walkout to honor the 17 young people murdered in Florida. “It will start at 10:00 and last 17 minutes,” she said.
A WEEK AGO Tuesday night, a packed house celebrated the 25 years of Larry Tunzi’s service to the Comptche Volunteer Fire Department and the community of Comptche. Mr. T is retiring, not that we don’t expect to see him on the local fire lines. As one admirer put it, “Larry's gift to the Comptche community was the time, expertise and dedication he gave and never failing to perform his duties.” We’d always hoped that this smart, versatile, modest man would run for supervisor someday, and he’s still pretty young
THE FACADE redo of this old barn south of Boonville is the work of Larry Mailliard, Yorkville. Seems to me it's so well done it constitutes a major visual enhancement for that whole stretch of Highway 128.
Wintry, rain-free weather continues in the Anderson Valley, and everywhere else on the Northcoast. Local vineyards are wheeling leased frost fans into place, harbingers of a sleepless spring for much of the Anderson Valley and a fruit-less summer given that the premature budding caused by frigid nights and warm days has killed the blooms.