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Mendocino County Today: March 14, 2012

LEONARD CIRINO has died. Leonard, the well-known Albion poet, had suffered from cancer, and passed away two weeks ago in Springfield, Oregon where he'd lived for the past ten years. THE FATAL 2010 shooting of…

Mendocino County Today: March 12, 2012

SATURDAY'S memorial services for Vern Piver saw a standing room crowd fill the Fort Bragg High School gym as family and friends remembered him. A vivid and much loved figure, the turnout was among the…

The Cash Behind the Bypass

We recently ran a letter by Willits citizens Donna Kerr and Bob Whitney, representing “Mendocino County Citizens For Responsible Transportation,” describing how misallocated transportation funds are being used for the Willits Bypass for “political” reasons…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. I am going to be on ‘special assignment’ for the next few weeks so this column will either be very brief or…

Take Back Our Forests?

At the February 28 meeting of the Supervisors, Dan Hamburg asked that a seemingly innocuous item on the consent calendar be brought up for full discussion and a separate vote. Hamburg seemed alarmed that the…

Double Deuce

How many lawyers does it take to beat a DUI? At least three if you're the drunk lawyer. Mill Valley attorney Robert Praszker was charged with two DUIs, so you got him and the senior…

Local Food Movement: Mendo & Beyond, Part II

In the first installment of this two-part series, the participants discussed the factors in their individual lives that influenced them to dedicate themselves to their present work, the barriers to a local food economy that…

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