A golden shovel and a dream finally come true brought the chairwoman of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, the mayor of Sonoma, a representative of the sheriff’s department, the co-publisher of The Sonoma Index-Tribune, and other dignitaries and well-wishers to an empty lot on Sonoma Highway in Boyes Hot Springs on Tuesday.
“It’s been a [...]

CLINTON – First-time visitors to this country home sometimes gasp, squeal or go saucer-eyed. The maroon 1926 Model T in the driveway is one of few clues that the extraordinary awaits inside.
Alonna Dukeman and Ron Deatrick have taken the place from remuddled to riveting. Victorian parlor coziness mingles with jungle themes and wall-to-wall decorative touches [...]

Any approach to the Robin Rug mill complex renovation project will have both negative and positive effects. At least that was architect Arnold Robinson’s message to Preserve Bristol last Thursday.
Mr. Robinson, a planner with the Newport Collaborative, the architectural firm designing the Robin Rug transformation, appeared before Preserve Bristol to go over preliminary plans to [...]

THE VILLAGES — In The Villages, snowmen play golf, too.
The graphic design division tried something new for The Villages’ holiday cards this year. Students from Villages charter schools submitted original artwork, and one design from each school was chosen for the holiday cards.
First-grader Emilee Perdue won in the Primary Center division for her drawing of [...]

Among the scattered bits of history uncovered as city offices shift before the City Hall renovation is a unique and likely valuable preliminary design for the Lewis Fulton Memorial Park.
The 64-acre Fulton Park, considered by many to be the best of the city’s green space, was designed by the prestigious Olmsted Bros. architecture firm of [...]