William M. Macfadyen
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 16
- Latest publication
- Sep 26, 2026
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- Jul 10, 2026
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Dennis Beebe’s Quiet Service Touches Nearly Every Corner of Santa Ynez Valley (opens the original)
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[Noozhawk’s note: One in a series on the Santa Ynez Valley Foundation’s 2026 Champions of the Valley who will be honored for their volunteerism and community service Oct. 11 at Rancho Carmina in Los Olivos. Click here for more information, or click here to purchase tickets online.] Dennis Beebe has spent decades teaching children about nature, preserving military history, supporting veterans, restoring vehicles, serving on community boards and even picking up litter. Mostly, he has done it witho
Kros Andrade Turns a Lifetime of Helping Into a Legacy of Service (opens the original)
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[Noozhawk’s note: One in a series on the Santa Ynez Valley Foundation’s 2026 Champions of the Valley who will be honored for their volunteerism and community service Oct. 11 at Rancho Carmina in Los Olivos. Click here for more information, or click here to purchase tickets online.] Kros Andrade doesn’t measure community service by meetings attended, titles held or awards collected. For him, it can be as simple as helping someone understand a letter written in English. “Volunteering isn’t only so
Bill Macfadyen: Alleged Drunken Trespasser Brings a Bad Attitude to a Knife Fight (opens the original)
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Free speech is under fire, around the country and right here in Santa Barbara County. On Oct. 8, Noozhawk and Spotlight Santa Barbara are bringing one of its most prominent defenders — First Amendment champion Greg Lukianoff — to the Lobero Theatre. I’ll be emceeing the appropriately named “Free Speech Under Fire” event featuring the CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) and co-author of The Canceling of the American Mind. Lukianoff will be interviewed by my friend, P
Bill Macfadyen: 25 Years After 9/11, Never Forget Who We Lost and Why — or What We Stand For (opens the original)
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Today marks the quarter-century anniversary of the darkest day in America’s 250-year history. For the last week, I’ve been reading and rereading profiles of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, many of them shared by the 9/11 Memorial & Museum and the @911remembrance Instagram accounts. Their stories are reminders of the extraordinary courage, compassion and strength ordinary Americans summoned amid unfolding, unfathomable circumstances. As much as anything, I think their selflessness help
Bill Macfadyen: 2 State Street Debate Quotes Define Santa Barbara’s Choice for Mayor (opens the original)
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The nonprofit community is not only essential to Santa Barbara County’s well-being, it’s a significant driver of our local economy. And it has been an important part of Noozhawk’s focus and identity since we launched nearly 19 years ago. We’re a for-profit business, supported primarily by local advertising revenue and the generosity of our Hawks Club members. From the beginning, we’ve counted a wide range of nonprofit organizations among our clients, but we’ve always worked to make sure they rec
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