Once again, around 6:00 a.m., another twilight moment occurred before I was fully awake. It centered on our community and how knowledgeable its citizens are about all the "good deed" activities, events, and projects that take place throughout the year that enhance and improve the quality of life in "Our [...]
A small group of concerned citizens initiated PetalumaNet in 1995 in order to promote greater use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Petaluma area schools. As time went on, it became apparent that all sectors of the community - education, business, government, health, and non-profit organizations - needed [...]
How many readers remember that two of the very first categories of this Petaluma360 blog site in March 2006 were titled, Our Cyberplace and Our Information Highway. They reported what was happening with the pilot projects sponsored by PetalumaNet, founded in 1995. Over the ten year period, 1995-2005, PN expanded [...]
It's amazing how we tend to reflect on the past during the beginning of a new year. In my case, when we moved to Petaluma in the mid-90s, the " Computer Information Age" was just starting to take off with the rapid expansion of the Internet. WWW was recognized as [...]
Eagle-Eyes has often wondered how many Neighborhood Watch signs have been posted, over the years, throughout Petaluma. He asked The Trio to explore the concept of NW and report on its purpose and what the signs mean. Me took on the task of counting the actual number of NW signs [...]
Unlike the the response made by “Dagwood Bumstead” and quoted in the comment section of Bill's Blog #81 - “All the Things We Collect” (bottom of the blog for 6-10-10), The Trio made a decision not to watch the History Channel as Dagwood did, until the “Clean Up the Garage” [...]
On April 3, 1860 at 7:15 p.m. (that's 150 years ago), the first Pony Express rider left St. Joseph, Missouri. It would take 10 days to delivery a letter to San Francisco. Mail service was provided two days/week: Wednesdays and Saturdays. New York to St. Joseph was the first leg [...]
Last month, I posted my 40th “Then & Now” blog using next year’s Centennial Celebration of Fred J. Wiseman’a first airmail flight on February 17-18, 1911, as the subject matter. When I woke up this morning, it dawned on me that tomorrow, March 11, will be the fourth anniversary of [...]
My favorite “river town” was destined to become the hub for Telecom Valley when Don Green, founder of Digital Telephone Systems (1969) conceived of Optilink and moved to Petaluma in 1987, after leaving DTS. He then went on to manage DCS (1990) and Alcatel (1998), before establishing Advanced Fibre Communications [...]
“Mr. Pepper” certainly enjoyed the “punch line” to the blackboard article he shared with the school board in a recent blog; but historically, he was known for how he mobilized the financial, material, and human resources of the community to establish Pepper Kindergarten in 1894. Just as the original Mr. [...]