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Grass Valley has finalized its method for determining who will get a permit to operate a commercial cannabis enterprise within city limits. The City Council on Tuesday approved the membership of the committee that will make those decisions. Council member Tom Ivy abstained. The vote was the latest step on the road to commercial cannabis — a path the city started in November. That’s when the council took action to amend the municipal and development codes to allow cannabis businesses to oper...

Lively growth in WCoBM membership during Covid 4 May, 2021 SHARE With membership by invitation only, the Livery now has a very healthy 206 active Liverymen and 28 Freemen. Since the first lockdown last April, the Worshipful Company of Builders’ Merchants has welcomed 11 new Liverymen and Freemen. Despite the challenges of a pandemic year, the Livery Company has, like many others, adapted to virtual life with a...

Haverfordwest’s Award of Merit and Young Laurel award winners have been chosen. In an unusual move Haverfordwest Town Council voted on two winners of the Young Laurel Award along with the winner of the Award of Merit. The Merit award went to Amanda Absalom-Lowe. Amanda is the chairperson and founder of Pembrokeshire Care Share and Give and the driving force behind the charity which gets the word out that most things are recyclable and can raise money for charitable causes. The chari...

Special to The Union Nevada County Food Policy Council (NCFPC), pictured, has launched a 20% Whole-sum food by 2025 challenge. “The goal,” said Miriam Limov, the council coordinator, “is that by 2025 at least 20% of the food that Nevada County residents consume will be local or regional, fair trade, ecologically produced and/or humanely raised.” Provided Nevada County Food Policy Council (NCFPC) has launched a 20% Whole-sum food by 2025 challenge. “The goal,” said Miriam Limov, the ...