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For Strychacz, art and painting was never an academic pursuit, but an experiential one.

“It’s truly a win/win.” That’s how Carlene Coury described the connections she witnesses between shelter dogs and elderly people through the Cuddle Club program. After a year of facilitating these furry, tail-wagging interactions at nursing homes and living facilities, Coury said the program’s positives have only multiplied. “We make hearts smile,” she said. The added […]

“It’s truly a win/win.” That’s how Carlene Coury described the connections she witnesses between shelter dogs and elderly people through the Cuddle Club program. After a year of facilitating these furry, tail-wagging interactions at nursing homes and living facilities, Coury said the program’s positives have only multiplied. “We make hearts smile,” she said. The added bonus is that these visits bring dogs out of the shelter, and sometimes even get them adopted. The club first took off after a staff member at Windsor Vallejo Care Center asked Coury, who...

You can catch the Belle of Amherst on Sept. 9 at the Napa County Library. The second show will be held on Sept. 16 at the Benicia Public Library. The last show will be held Sept.30 at the Fairfield Civil Library. All shows are free and begin at 2 p.m.

FAIRFIELD — Solano County supervisors on Tuesday approved a $21,000 contract amendment with Redistricting Partners to provide additional meetings on the census redistricting effort. That takes the full contract to $94,500, which started April 6 and goes through the completion of the final districtin