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Audrey on stage New production of ‘Little Shop’ at the Raven among the week’s events 2
JULY 2, 2026
Geyserville SMART stop appears likely ● The question with its own answer: Where else but Geyserville? Photo by Rick Tang
Patriotism on parade for 250th Amelia Quilten dressed as the Statue of Liberty, and Christian Gallaher doing his George Washington salute, win in the 2025 Kids Parade, Best Wagon category. This year’s Kids Parade gets underway at noon on Saturday, July 4, at the Healdsburg Plaza.
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Kids parade, fireworks ● Independence Day brings out small town America’s best City of Healdsburg This Saturday, Healdsburg will offer family activities from dawn to dusk, beginning with
an early morning pancake breakfast and concluding with a half hour of fireworks after the sun goes down. The day begins with the traditional Scout Troop 21 pancake breakfast at Villa Chanticleer. It’s only $9 for adults and $6 for kids for a hearty breakfast of pancakes with real maple syrup plus scrambled eggs, fruit and beverage choice of milk, juice or coffee. It takes place from 7am to noon. Scouts and adult volunteers—including the Kiwanis Club—host the
event, and proceeds support youth activities. After breakfast, or instead, visit the Healdsburg Farmers’ Market in the Foley Family Community Pavilion, from 8:30am to noon. Fruit and vegetable vendors will offer their abundance, along with prepared foods and crafts. New this year, check out the cakewalk from 9:3010:30am, a musical-chairs-type game for all ages. Market ven— More on page 7
By Christian Kallen At first it seemed like a rare misstatement from Mike McGuire. At the May event welcoming SMART to Healdsburg—the so-called “groundbreaking”— the local politician and longtime supporter of the commuter rail system said, “Now it’s on to Geyserville!” The consensus at the time was that he must have meant “Cloverdale,” long the acknowledged last stop in the Sonoma Marin Area Regional Transport network. Perhaps he inadvertently said “Geyserville” because he and his family now live there, instead of in Healdsburg. But last week revealed it wasn’t a misstatement, but perhaps a stealth announcement: A
SMART plan to build a passenger platform in the non-incorporated community of Cloverdale has in fact been in the works for some time. Even so, it didn’t rise to wider public knowledge until the June 17 SMART board meeting. On that date, the board directed staff to begin a “formal community engagement” process before considering whether a station should move forward. It was the next formal step in a conversation that began long ago, certainly before Bill Dodd got State Senate approval for SB 904 in 2024, amending SMART’s enabling legislation. Previous stations needed to — More on page 6