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Cat in the Hat returns

Paul’s Resort burns

One of old Sonoma’s iconic buildings is no more

By Bill Hoban INDEX-TRIBUNE MANAGING EDITOR

Dance hall, speakeasy, popular nightspot, Paul’s Resort had rich history

Paul’s Resort has roots that extend back in into the early 1920s, although the structure was reportedly built in 1908

By Bill Lynch EDITOR & PUBLISHER EMERITUS THE SONOMA INDEX-TRIBUNE

City accepts Montini Preserve

Eight words in a 44-page management plan for the Montini Open Space Preserve almost blocked the initiation of a transfer agreement to give the City of Sonoma control over the 98-acre, rustic, hillside parcel bordering the town’s northern boundary

By David Bolling INDEX-TRIBUNE EDITOR AND PUBLISHER

Council OKs SONOMAWOOD sign

50-foot-long, 10-foot-tall sign is coming back to the Plaza

By David Bolling INDEX-TRIBUNE EDITOR AND PUBLISHER

Overflow crowd pays tribute to Niels Chew

An overflow crowd filled the Sonoma City Council chambers Monday to pay tribute to the late Niels Chew

Boisset to talk on ‘Ideal Wine Blend’

Drawing on his family wine heritage in Burgundy and his own experiences in Napa Valley and Sonoma County, Boisset will describe the unique blend of wine and wine culture between France and California

Springs town-hall meeting features Gorin

A Springs town-hall meeting with newly seated First District Supervisor Susan Gorin will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday

SV Fund sees big increase in legacy pledges

Sonoma Valley Fund’s campaign in 2012 to endow Sonoma Valley’s nonprofit charitable organizations achieved a 95 percent increase

Rains return, albeit briefly