Morgan Stanley announces that Steven M. Abramowicz, a senior vice president, wealth advisor in its Global Wealth Management Group office in Bellevue, Wash., has been named to the firm’s President's Club, an elite group composed of the firm’s leading financial advisors.

Brooke Dunton of Wine Valley Insurance Services of Napa was named the affiliate of the quarter and given the prestigious “You Make a Difference” award by the Napa Chapter of NorBAR in a ceremony at the association’s monthly business meeting.

Wine tour operator Don Rickard has started a business offering walking tours of Napa.

Aldea Children and Family Services is bringing valuable experience to its board of directors with the addition of Dr. Daniel Peters, a clinical psychologist, and Juanita Epps, a businesswoman with decades of community involvement in St. Helena.

With activities such as a Bernoulli Blower, Sniff-o-Rama and Grape Stomp, a Napa couple hopes to invent a whole new kind of fun for local children.  

Peter Sykes said his love of music began when he was 7 years old.

By the time you read this article, the first county-wide housing Growth Summit, ominously scheduled for June 13, will have come to a close.

Napa Valley Traditions, on the corner of First and Main streets, is celebrating 15 years of business in downtown Napa. Saying they carry a wide array of Napa Valley products, gifts, and seasonal items is accurate, but the words don’t convey the breadth of their offerings.

Coincident with the tomato scare, the county health and ag departments are starting to move toward inspecting and certifying the increasing numbers of gardens planted by restaurants wanting to feature their own fresh produce.