Windsor News

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 6:33 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 6:33 p.m. Windsor School District Superintendent Steve Herrington said Thursday he plans to run for Sonoma County superintendent of schools.

The proposed downtown master plan is moving forward. During Monday night's town board work session the board again discussed the conceptual design for a downtown master plan that was originally presented to the board and Planning Commission in September.

Published: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 3:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 9:31 p.m. A divided Windsor Town Council approved a proposed 'drive through' pharmacy Wednesday night, overriding qualms about the traffic and exhaust emissions such curbside businesses generate.

Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 2:46 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 2:46 p.m. We're looking for community bloggers to help spread the word about what's happening in your town.

Published: Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 5:13 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 5:13 p.m. Cassi Moore could keep her hands, or what remains of them, tucked into pockets or gloves.

Published: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 4:24 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 4:24 p.m. Family members of Windsor resident Janine Faloni are struggling to come to grips with injuries that cost her her lower left leg but are grateful for the emergency personnel, friends, church members and others who have rushed to offer support ...

Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 3:13 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 3:13 p.m. A Windsor woman was critically injured at a Lakewood Drive strip mall when a motorist jumped the curb and pinned her against a wide support post, apparently mistaking the accelerator for the brake as he attempted to park his car on Thursday.

Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 4:20 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 4:20 p.m. In Sonoma County, the number of hospital visits for influenza-like illness continues to rise, said Dr.

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 9:07 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 9:07 a.m. Layoffs, furloughs and budget woes are not enough to stop the holiday spirit from arriving in Sonoma County cities and towns as twinkling, colorful lights soon will be lit in squares and on city trees.

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 7:33 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 7:33 a.m. A dump truck smashed into a Windsor light pole early Tuesday injuring at least one person and creating a small hazardous materials spill, a Windsor fire official reported.

Freshman Sonoma County Supervisor Efren Carrillo may have surprised his colleagues and numerous other observers with his vote against the proposed "divestiture" of the county dump on Oct.

Published: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 3:00 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 10:39 p.m. Shiloh Sustainable Village, proposed as a model of environmentally friendly construction on Windsor's southern periphery, has suffered a severe setback, the victim of financial problems.

SONOMA COUNTY Sheriff's officers arrested a Windsor woman who was hiding in a Santa Rosa closet about midnight Wednesday, the third suspect taken into custody on suspicion of attempted murder of a Lakeport man.

Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 3:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 9:05 p.m. Smoke shops, tattoo parlors, fortune tellers and bail bondsmen will not be allowed to do business in Windsor's Town Green Village, but tanning salons won't be barred.

Published: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 10:40 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 10:40 a.m. Trick-or-treating may still be a day away, but excited kids around the Sonoma County were dressed up and ready for Halloween on Friday as schools in the area celebrated the annual fright-fest. At Mattie Washburn Elementary School in Windsor, the ...

Published: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. If you're looking to get a tattoo, a bong, an indoor tan, a check cashed, or to have your palm read, don't bother to visit Windsor's Town Green Village.

Published: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 3:00 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 10:03 p.m. Mark Spitzer has a gut-wrenching perspective on the decision by a Sonoma County judge to reconsider the 12-year prison sentence for Dylan Morse, a Central Valley teenager convicted of a fatal drunken driving accident.

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 3:29 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 3:29 p.m. Among the usual health and safety warnings issued each Halloween season, as kids prepare to go out in the dark and visit strangers, comes the latest spooky fear: Do those bowls of candy kids are reaching for provide the means of spreading swine ...

Even though twins and other multiple births are more common these days than ever before, there's a family in Sonoma County that has been struck by some statistics that could leave even a statistician agog.

Plans to sell Sonoma County's Central Landfill and three transfer stations and turn its waste disposal operations over to an Arizona company for 20 years failed Tuesday afternoon with two supervisors voting against the divestiture proposal.