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/PRNewswire/ -- William Duff Architects (WDA), an architecture and interior design firm regarded as a leading industry voice and recognized for its...

Letters: And bring back signing the state song.

EVY WARSHAWSKI Napa is fortunate to host a flourishing public arts scene with original works sprinkled throughout a wide swath of downtown. For example: murals commissioned by The Rail Arts District (radnapa.org); eclectic sculptures that dot our downtown streets (napaartwalk.org), and most recently, 13 utility boxes wrapped in imaginatively realized works by local artists and sponsored by The Downtown Association. Support local news coverage and the people who report it by subscribing to the Napa Valley Register. Special offer: $5 for your first 5 months! Every now and then, how...

Kemptville mourns passing of Andy Parent SHARE ON: (Supplied by MyKemptvilleNow.com file photo) The community is mourning the passing of Andy Parent.  Andy passed away on Thursday after what his family is calling “a courageous battle.”  Andy and his wife Catherine were married for 29 years and had four children. Andy founded Kemptville’s Big Sky Ranch Animal Sanctuary in 2002. Big Sky Ranch started as a hobby farm but soon grew into a “Safe Haven” for animals.  Domestic animals and larger farm animals along with birds and domestic fowl have been rescued by the Parent family, eit...

Napa’s next general plan could open the way to a new look for the city’s major avenues that eventually would include wider sidewalks, easier bicycling, and more housing blended with local businesses. The Planning Commission last week reviewed elements of Napa’s new land-use playbook intended to enliven primary routes like Jefferson Street and Lincoln, Soscol, and Imola avenues while inviting more residential development to cut into a chronic housing shortage in the city. An emphasis was placed on mixing residential and business uses on such key routes — as well as includin...