News

Council urged to delay tax measure until November

St. Helena City Manager Gary Broad is recommending that the City Council wait until the November ballot to propose a half-cent sales tax increase for road repairs and library operations.

Tasting Panel

Wine & Business

Valentine’s Day Events

Farmstead offers 3-course dinner 

Opinion

Editorial: Bumpy road for proposed sales tax

St. Helena needs a crash program to educate voters about the money we need to repair city roads and the challenges facing the St. Helena Library if a half-cent sales tax measure has any chance of passing, either in June or in November. 

Columnists

My Turn: Exhibit highlights group’s 40th anniversary

You’ve likely seen a piece of art, heard a performance, read a book or enjoyed a park that was made possible through grant funding from the Napa Valley Heritage Fund, which was founded in 1972. 

Spotlight

Furthermore... :The dark horse

The horse’s name was Dark Star, and in the Kentucky Derby of 1953 he was indeed a dark horse, as were all nine of the other entries that lined up at the Churchill Downs starting gate against the undefeated — 11-0 — Native Dancer. Dark Star would go off under the burdensome odds of 25-1. The “Dancer,” or “Grey Ghost,” as the then-famous gray thoroughbred was universally known, was an overwhelming favorite at 7-10. Native Dancer’s popularity was abetted by being the first thoroughbred racer to be shown on the burgeoning television medium.

Sports

Saints Roundup: Mustangs knock Saints out of first

In what was supposed to be a heated race for first place, the St. Helena boys varsity basketball team found itself trailing 20-1 in the second quarter against visiting foe Middletown on Tuesday night, in front of a booming full house that included an equally strong presence of Mustangs fans.

Arts & Entertainment

Onstage and Onscreen- Feb. 9

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