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Strasburg Board of Education meeting

Strasburg Board of Education meeting

FAIRFIELD — Retired Superior Court Judge Robert Fracchia will be the chairman of the newly established Solano Family Justice Center Oversight Committee. The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, as part of the consent agenda, approved the creation of the committee and the appointment of Fracchia. The sup

FAIRFIELD — The City Council on Tuesday approved a $693,000, five-year lease for a new location for the Police Activities League. The city will lease 2250 and 2256 N. Texas St., the city reported. The action was taken as part of an 18-item consent agenda under a single vote. Fairfield PAL has to vac

FAIRFIELD — Solano County supervisors for the first time publicly recognized March 21 as World Down Syndrome Day, adopting a resolution marking what is the 17th annual acknowledgment. Each year, about 6,000 babies are born in the United States with Down syndrome, about one in every 700, the Centers

FAIRFIELD — The new district boundaries for Fairfield are now set until the next census in 2030. The City Council on Tuesday approved the ordinance that sets the boundaries for the six districts. The boundaries were approved in January, and the ordinance was introduced in February. The map is based

FAIRFIELD — Solano County supervisors on Tuesday approved the contract with new County Administrator Bill Emlen. Emlen will be paid $292,004 annually, plus the salary for the remaining three-plus months in the current fiscal year. He starts his duties March 27, the day after current Administrator Bi

FAIRFIELD — Solano County supervisors on Tuesday acknowledged the achievements and contributions of African Americans with a resolution recognizing February as Black History Month. “African Americans were enslaved in this country. However, they did not board slave ships as slaves,” the r

Solano supervisors move forward on setting Census advisory committee FAIRFIELD — Solano County supervisors will each appoint three representatives to sit on the Census 2020 redistricting advisory committee, with at least one unincorporated resident from each. However, those in-county selections do not have to be restricted to the board member’s own district, a compromise to help Supervisor Erin Hannigan, whose 1st District has no county area. The action Tuesday came after an update on redis...