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Posts published in March 2020

Things Have Changed

At least in wartime, the bars stay open. That’s how you know this is a different thing altogether from whatever else you’ve seen in your lifetime. Even those of us who signed up for this…

The New Sheriff in Town (Part 2)

Opioids, fentanyl, heroin; a cannabis industry struggling to emerge from a still-powerful black market, fears and realities surrounding immigration; issues like homelessness and domestic violence where law enforcement officers are placed in the position of…

Off the Record (March 18, 2020)

THE BIG PICTURE, from the Boonville perspective. Events were overwhelming the leadership even before the virus and the economic disaster that will result from it. The globe will continue to warm, millions of people will…

Purple Pipe Passes Test

Back in 2015 the City of Ukiah applied for and received water bond grants and loans for over $30 million for what has since come to be known as the “purple pipe project” — a…

Valley People (March 18, 2020)

THE BOONVILLE SCHOOLS are closed as of Monday morning. The Center for Disease Control announced Monday morning that closures of all kinds should plan to be down for at least 8 weeks. Business is off…

MCT: Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Pesky Showers;
Cash Now;
County Distancing;
Shelter-In-Place;
Coronavirus;
Ed Notes;
Stay Home;
Panic Buying;
Virus Story;
POTUS Distancing;
FB Emergency;
Home Schooling;
Gatherings Prohibited;
Beerfest Cancelled;
Yorkville Market;
USA Warning;
Wet Markets;
PA Closures;
Yesterday's Catch;
Albion Bridge;
Without Sports;
Valuables;
With Borges;
Empty Shelves;
Plague History;
Hazmobile Suspended;
Invasives Canceled;
Bars Open;
MCDH Updates;
Political Discussion;
Word Scare;
Planning Canceled;
Cuban Drug;
Found Object

Daniel Defoe on the Plague

On battling sinister pestilence in 17th Century London. https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/medicine/public-health

MCT: Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Light Rain;
Senior Services;
Hospital Restrictions;
Public Health;
Paddy's Day;
Court Protocols;
DA Open;
Sheriff Protocols;
FB Police;
Ed Notes;
Meetings;
Coronavirus Statistics;
Boonville Hotel;
Boonville Schools;
Health Center;
Comptche Store;
Pandemic Declared;
Princess Seafood;
Governor's Overview;
FB Response;
City Hall;
TP Poker;
Town Hall;
Concert Cancelled;
Nighthawks;
Project Sanctuary;
Cloudshow;
Molly Cancelled;
Different Landscape;
Inflatable Hospital;
Convulsion Phase;
Homeopathic Killer;
Yesterday's Catch;
Dark Time;
Abalone Collapse;
Subverting Government;
Whalewatch;
Grow Site;
Metal Buck;
Each Vote;
Ostrich Stop;
Wifi Hotspots;
Alarmed;
Comments;
Lives Matter;
Maine Letter;
Found Object

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