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Saving Finnish Lodge

Built in 1914, this gigantic hall was once Socialist Hall and Fort Bragg Labor Temple before becoming Eagles Hall in 1960. The Eagles are now defunct and the hall was sold to Stathi Pappas and…

County Notes: Busy Doing Nada

Independent Coast Observer reporter Susan Wolbarst saved everybody a lot of time and trouble last week by summarizing last Tuesday's painfully long Board of Supervisors discussion of the County's cannabis permit and equity grant programs…

Breast Cancer Screening

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.  Breast cancer is a leading cancer in women in the United States, comprising 1/3 of cancers in women.  About 1 in 8 women (12%) in the US will develop…

Off the Record (Oct. 12, 2022)

“THE ELECTION of the first woman prime minister in a country always represents a break with the past, and that is certainly a good thing.” — Hillary Clinton, on the election of the female Italian…

Questions On Proposed Fire Tax

Next week both the Laytonville County Water District Board and the Laytonville Area Municipal Advisory Council will vote on whether to support a ballot measure, Measure P, in the November election that calls for imposing…

Gimme Shelter! Now!

A Report on short term rental petition & proposal to Board Of Supes — Housing Action Team’s Short Term Rental Proposal Status report. In an early June’22 Board of Supervisors meeting, The Housing Action Team…

Fort Bragg City Council Election Shenanigans

I would like to respond to the Community Column authored by City Council candidate and local activist Mary Rose Kaczorowski published in the September 22, 2022 Advocate, which is pasted below for context. In her…

The Mendocino Fair & Apple Show, Additional Notes

Last week’s story about the Fair described some high points but thinking it over for a week some more high points have emerged. One grievous omission in the previous story was the Hall of Flowers,…

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