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Mendocino County Today: April 26, 2012

KENNY ROGERS of Westport fame is scheduled to be back in Mendocino County Superior Court on Friday, May 11th. Rogers, chairman of the County's Republic Party at the time of a confused shooting alleged to…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Having a little dentist work is generally not the most pleasant of experiences but last week I had a check-up, talon polishing,…

Squirrel Stew

The squirrels are starting to look a little better every year — not really because of anything they're doing differently, but in light of the economic situation at least 99% of the rest of us…

Batch Plant Traffic Disaster

After almost two days of public input and discussion the Supervisors unanimously approved the Environmental Impact Report for Northern Aggregate’s asphalt plant and expanded gravel mining operation. A startlingly obtrusive industrial presence at the top…

‘Go Back Where You Came From, Safely Please’

Thirty years ago, in 1982, when we moved to Rays Road in Philo I started visiting the Navarro River just a short distance down the road on a regular basis. Many people did, though mostly…

Chasing A Sea Snail?

They’re clammy. They’re rubbery. They’re often deep-fried in vegetable oil. And though the red abalone of California was once a staple of dirt-cheap seafood shacks, this big slippery sea snail is today one of the…

River Views

The January 26th edition of The Mendocino Beacon ran a story headlined “Fort Bragg ax attacker convicted.” What readers may have missed is that the story was not written by a Beacon reporter or by…

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