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🌱 Patch AM: Healdsburg Wants Your Weirdest Broken Household Stuff

Coming up on the Healdsburg Patch calendar: Garrett Hardware Pizza Making Workshop

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Hi Healdsburg! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Give your broken stuff a second life at Healdsburg's Repair Fair
  • See which Healdsburg homes just sold for top dollar
  • How could Tuesday's planning vote reshape downtown tasting rooms and winery parties?

Also on today's calendar: Garrett Hardware Pizza Making Workshop and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 97 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Thursday: Hot, temps: high: 99, low: 59.
  • Friday: Warm with clouds and sun, with a high of 91 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Healdsburg Wants Your Weirdest Broken Household Stuff (patch.com) — Healdsburg residents are invited to bring broken household items to a free Repair Fair on Sept. 19 at the Abel de Luna Community Center, where volunteers and pros will try to fix them on the spot. From lamps and small appliances to bikes and textiles, attendees can learn repair tips while they wait and even join a clothing swap to refresh their wardrobe sustainably.
   

2. top-6-most-expensive-properties-sold-in-healdsburg-reported-last-week (fresnobee.com) — Recent home sales in Healdsburg show six properties closing between late July and mid-August, topped by a $2.87 million University Street house. The list details addresses, prices, sizes, and bedrooms, offering a clear snapshot of current local real estate values and how quickly homes are moving in town.
   

3. Proposed Healdsburg Tasting Room, Winery Live Music Parties Back On Agenda Tuesday (patch.com) — Healdsburg's Planning Commission will decide Tuesday whether to give a Foss Street tasting room project another year before its permit expires and whether Seghesio Winery can host larger, amplified outdoor events on Grove Street. Both decisions could affect downtown traffic, parking, neighborhood noise, and the future of several existing businesses, including Ramos Shoe Repair, so residents may want to follow or attend the 6 p.m. meeting at City Hall.
   

4. Sobriety Stop Leads To Loaded Gun In Healdsburg (patch.com) — Healdsburg police say a Highway 101 sobriety stop earlier this month turned up a loaded, unserialized handgun, multiple magazines, and suspected drug paraphernalia within a driver's reach. Officers arrested a Santa Rosa man who is legally barred from possessing firearms or ammunition, underscoring ongoing enforcement efforts on local stretches of the freeway.
   

5. A Healdsburg artist preserves stunning Sonoma County landscapes for future generations (ukiahdailyjournal.com) — A longtime Healdsburg painter, Christopher Leith Evans, is turning Sonoma County's skies and Russian River vistas into painstakingly detailed oil landscapes from his riverfront home studio. After a career in Hollywood visual effects, he now focuses on local scenes, environmental themes, and exhibits in Healdsburg and Santa Rosa, inviting residents to see familiar places through his richly observed, conservation-minded work.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Thursday August 27
  • Dave's Ice Cream Dine and Donate
    Piner-Olivet Charter Santa Rosa, CA 95403
    3:00 pm
  • Summer Nights on the Green →
    Windsor Town Green, 701 McClelland Dr, Windsor
    5:00 pm
  • Sip & Savor Fridays: US Open Edition →
    Grand Cru Custom Crush - A Winery Collective, 1200 American Way, Windsor
    5:00 pm
    • Friday August 28
  • Fall Fundraiser Kick-Off
    Morrice Schaefer Charter Santa Rosa, CA 95403

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    It was written by a woman whose husband has passed. Her words gave me so much comfort as my husband passed a year and a half ago. I can't find the… (Nextdoor Healdsburg)
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Ok Healdsburg! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Meet me at the corner. (Thank you Earlene M. for sending it in!)
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