AROUND TOWN
Butterflies and Edgewood Park
Bill Korbholz is an Edgewood Park volunteer who leads tours and works to advance the survival prospects of the endangered Bay Checkerspot butterfly, which used to thrive up an... |
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7 minutes ago by Cappy Gato, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Editorial: Council gets earful from Belle Haven
Although enveloped by Menlo Park city limits, the Belle Haven neighborhood often has a hard time identifying with neighborhoods west of the Bayshore Freeway, where property va... |
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1 hour ago by logical consequence, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Supervisor Dave Pine will ask the Board to Rescind Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Ayres
I have just been informed that San Mateo Supervisor Dave Pine has contacted County Counsel and asked him to prepare a resolution rescinding the Lifetime Achievement Award give... |
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2 hours ago by Menlo Voter, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Interim chief named while injured chief recovers
A former chief of the Menlo Park Fire Protection District, Douglas Sporleder, will serve as interm chief while Chief Harold Schapelhouman recovers from injuries sustained from... |
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2 hours ago by Tom Owen, a resident of the Atherton: West Atherton neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Las Lomitas parents pepper high school district superintendent in forum
Had public comment been darts, Sequoia Union High School District Superintendent James Lianides would have had puncture wounds aplenty after more than two hours on the stage o... |
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3 hours ago by local parent, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Stanford-Arrillaga Subcommittee Meetings
On April 17th, thirty days ago, Menlo Park City Councilmembers Kirsten Keith and Catherine Carlton were appointed to a subcommittee to study the Stanford-Arrillaga project and... |
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14 hours ago by clarification, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
OTHER TOPICS
Obituary: Imogene Woodruff, 94,
longtime dance instructor
Imogene Woodruff, who taught ballroom dance and cotillion classes to generations of Midpeninsula residents, died on March 14, one day short of her 95th birthday. She had been ... |
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17 hours ago by Nostalgic Dancer, a resident of the Woodside: Woodside Glens neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Saturday: Golden Shears celebrates 50th year
Golden Shears barbershop, at 814 Santa Cruz Ave. in downtown Menlo Park, will hold a party from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 18, to observe its 50th anniversary. Refreshments and... |
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18 hours ago by SteveC, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
ATHERTON
Atherton: Public addresses police contract issues, from outsourcing to pensions
Should the town of Atherton consider outsourcing its police department? If not, how much should the town be willing to pay to keep residents safe, properties secure, and polic... |
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18 hours ago by SteveC, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
OTHER TOPICS
President Obama has had a tough week
This week will mark the 37th time House Republicans have tried to repeal Obamacare. If Republicans really wanted to do away with Obamacare they should just endorse it as a con... |
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18 hours ago by stolen punch lines, a resident of the Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks neighborhood |
PORTOLA VALLEY
Portola Valley council vetoes artificial grass
Expanded version of earlier story. The Portola Valley Town Council by a 3-2 vote overturned a Planning Commission decision allowing the Woodside Priory School to use art... |
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18 hours ago by g, a resident of the Portola Valley: Woodside Highlands neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Robert Taylor honored for pioneering work on computers, Internet
Robert W. Taylor, a Woodside resident for 30 years and a visionary in the development of computer networks and modern personal computing, including the availability of informa... |
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19 hours ago by Al Gore Fan, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Talk About A Free Ride
When we take a good look at Stanford's proposal on El Camino Real, Menlo Park, residents have to remember that the university's land has been owned since Leland and Jane summe... |
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20 hours ago by Gern, a resident of the Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
New school campus: Bond measure on ballot as early as November
Although no formal action was taken, Menlo Park City School District board members agreed on two key issues they discussed last night (May 13): The district must ask voters to... |
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20 hours ago by TK parent, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Prosecutor: Ayres verdict brings relief to victims
After years of legal wrangling, Dr. William Hamilton Ayres, an 81-year-old former San Mateo psychiatrist accused of molesting boys during examinations in the 1990s, has pleade... |
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21 hours ago by Jonathan, a resident of the Menlo Park: Felton Gables neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Ormondale principal named
Kevin Keegan, an elementary school principal in the Santa Clara Unified School District, has been appointed the new principal of Ormondale School in Portola Valley.
Read the ... |
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23 hours ago by Editor, The Almanac Online |
AROUND TOWN
Dr. William Ayres pleads guilty to child molestation today
Just in: Dr. William Ayres, the court appointed psychiatrist to hundreds of juveniles in San Mateo County, will plead guilty to child molestation today.
Sentencing is Augu... |
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on May 17, 2013 at 4:13 am by Lurker, a resident of another community |
ATHERTON
Atherton city manager gets compensation boost, sort of
With one council member calling the change "outrageous," the Atherton City Council last night (May 15) approved a compensation increase, that by some calculations is a decreas... |
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on May 16, 2013 at 10:24 pm by Sort of??, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
OTHER TOPICS
Lawsuit filed over collision with horses on I-280
A lawsuit has been filed by Menlo Park physician Dr. Jean W. Gillon over an incident in the early morning darkness of Dec. 29, 2012, in which a Mercedes Benz she was driving c... |
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on May 16, 2013 at 6:46 pm by Hmmm, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Odd twist in Sequoia Healthcare District election
The Sequoia Healthcare District elections resemble a game of musical chairs this year. Director Jack Hickey, whose third term wouldn't expire until 2014, is still running for ... |
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on May 16, 2013 at 2:03 pm by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
M-A forum on planning for growth
In a public forum at 7 p.m. Monday, May 13, in the Performing Arts Center at Menlo-Atherton High School, officials from the Sequoia Union High School District will be seeking ... |
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on May 15, 2013 at 9:57 pm by Read the article, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Menlo Park fire chief recovering from fall
After tumbling off a ladder at his San Jose home over the weekend, Menlo Park Fire Protection District Chief Harold Schapelhouman is on the mend.
Read the full story here h... |
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on May 15, 2013 at 2:42 pm by Michael G Stogner, a resident of another community |
FICTION
Robert Taylor honored for pioneering work on
computers, Internet
Robert W. Taylor, a Woodside resident for 30 years and a visionary in the development of computer networks and modern personal computing, including the availability of informa... |
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on May 15, 2013 at 12:27 pm by Editor, The Almanac Online |
AROUND TOWN
Tonight: Police contract talks on Atherton agenda
A session to allow the public to comment on upcoming contract talks between the town and the police union, and potential changes in the city manager's contract, are on the age... |
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on May 15, 2013 at 12:19 pm by Linkage, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Menlo commission votes on Louise Street issue
Expanded version of a story previously published online.
After much discussion, the Menlo Park Planning Commission voted 4-2 on May 6 that if the city turns over a piec... |
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on May 14, 2013 at 9:14 pm by No Easy Solutions, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
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