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Lives & Times Of Valley Folks: Joe Dresch

I met with the former Philo Post Master, Joe Dresch, at his Russian River Estates home in the hills a few miles southeast of Ukiah.…

River Views

Last week’s column provided background to the case of a homeless man accused of injuring his dog, Frankie. On August 19th the defendant woke at…

The Coastal Stages

The Halliday family had a hotel in Point Arena from which Mr. Halliday also ran the stage line from Cazadero, where the railroad ended, up…

Panther Soccer 2012

The second half of the season began with Anderson Valley having only one loss to-date, but with the three draws in league play. A continuing…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. It seems to have been a week without much news, certainly not…

Panther Soccer 2012

A rare Monday afternoon game was played last week when Middletown came to the Valley. This was the first time in a number of years…

The AVA Recommends

PRESIDENT: JILL STEIN. Is there really any need to list Obama's failures? Is it defensible to vote for a person who represents the opposite of…

‘You Had A Bad Year’

Every few weeks the subject of healthcare appears before the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, and every time it does we are reminded how absurdly…

Off The Record

AS PREDICTED, Mendocino County Superior Court judge Ann Moorman has tossed the state's feeble attempt to bring some order to the wholesale plunder of the…

The Backdoor Tax

An envelope marked “Urgent Notice” arrived in the mail last Friday. The return address said: State of California. Inside were four identical slips of paper…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Belated (perhaps) Happy Birthdays this month to both Neil Darling and Gloria…

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