I am in the “Big Heart of England.” Birmingham, the second largest city in Britain after London, and enjoying a pint and a steak and kidney pie and chips at The New Inns, a classic old pub built in the early 1900s.
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On Tuesday, May 24, 2016, Boonville grape grower Deborah Kahn, civil engineer David Coleman, Boonville Hotel co-owner Roger Scommegna, Boonville resident Xenia King, Community Services District Trustee (and Boonville resident) Kathleen McKenna, Fifth District Supervisor…
ANDERSON VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL graduation is Thursday night, 7pm, at the high school gym. Expect a full house and, we hope, a cool evening. We finally extorted the graduation pictures from mysterious high school procedures,…
New science rooms at the high school? A swimming pool? Are these really among the best ways to spend money at the school? Some would say, “Yes.” Anyway, that may be the result if the new bond issue passes. How about a chalkboard, some stimulating two-way conversation between teachers and students, a little extra sprinkling of discipline and a modicum of student accountability, and homework assignments and tests completed with passing grades?
A very special era in Anderson Valley boys athletics is ending at graduation on June 9th, 2016. Unlike our local North Coast Leauge (NCL) 3, I grew up in a town where there were 2500…
The camping season is well underway at Hendy Woods State Park and visitors and locals alike are enjoying the recently renovated Day Use Area. Hendy Woods Community is again sponsoring the Second Sunday free day…
Here are a few things about the 19th annual Anderson Valley Pinot Festival that you might have missed - the Severn grumble. First off it was an X-rated affair with no children allowed even when…
One project that AV Foodshed has envisioned for a number of years is a community garden space in Anderson Valley. Thanks to the North Coast Opportunities Gardens Project and AV Elder Home, the garden is…