Santa Cruz County Placed on Monitoring List
Based on increased spread of COVID-19 and in order to protect the
Damians Ladder turns flute gift into musical opportunity for local students
Wolfgang Mozart wrote an opera, “The Magic Flute,” and the story is the typical one about a “handsome prince” who was saved by the music of the Magic Flute.
Damians Ladder’s story is about a beautiful silver flute, donated to us by Holly Christiansen and...
Plain Talk About Food: Five Gallons Of Soup
“Five gallons of soup”, my Hubby Norm yelled, “five gallons of soup?…Colly this time you’ve gone too far!” he kept repeating as I lugged in twenty pounds of Cremini mushrooms packed in five pound cartons. Next came twenty-two quarts of chicken stock, cream and onions and finally, the bottle of sherry wine that it would take to create the Santa Cruz Mountains Gourmet Dinner Club’s Rustic Cream of Mushroom Soup.
County incomes grow, but some are left behind
The findings of the annual Santa Cruz County Community Assessment Project were released last week by The United Way of Santa Cruz County. The study this year was generally good news, showing a healthier community by a number of standards.
Let’s make marmalade — lemon vodka Marmalade
Last week I was reading Next Door Neighborhood online and a ad caught my eye…’Free Lemons’, which reminded me this is the lemon season around our area and I just happen to be ready to make a new batch of lemon vodka marmalade, and, at the same time, why not make Jack Daniels Whiskey orange marmalade.
Valley People: Passion for ocean drives Scotts Valley entrepreneur
Chris La Franchi is a Scotts Valley surfer and diver who turned his lifelong passion for the ocean into a career preserving tropical coral reefs.
Felton Fire District to review parcel tax proposal at meeting Thursday
Felton Fire Protection District (FFPD) Board of Directors has scheduled a special meeting on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 6 p.m. to discuss a proposed...
