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Atherton residents address 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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on May 20, 2013 at 10:07 pm by Outvoted, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
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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on May 20, 2013 at 3:57 pm by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Teen killed, two others injured in shooting
Police in East Palo Alto are investigating a shooting that killed one teen and injured two others Sunday night.
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on May 20, 2013 at 1:49 pm by Sad, a resident of the Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
I want a girl like the girls on Fox News
My liberal days are over.
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on May 20, 2013 at 1:09 pm by CJ, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Friday shooting: Victim probably shot himself
A 19-year-old man injured in a shooting in East Palo Alto Friday afternoon probably shot himself, Police Chief Ronald Davis said.
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on May 20, 2013 at 10:08 am by LMGTFY, a resident of the Menlo Park: Belle Haven neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
When regular school doesn't work
The "parental angst" that walks through her door is familiar territory to Rhonda Racine, founder and director of Menlo Park's Lydian Academy, an accredited, one-to-one tutorin... |
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on May 20, 2013 at 9:53 am by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills 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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on May 20, 2013 at 9:27 am by Educator, a resident of the Woodside: Woodside Heights neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Obituaries
Note: Obituaries are based on information provided by families and mortuaries.
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on May 19, 2013 at 2:38 pm by BW, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Sunday: Atherton's 'Evening in Paris'
The Mid-Peninsula League of the San Francisco Symphony will celebrate "An Evening in Paris" with cocktails, floral displays, fine dining and musical entertainment on Sunday, M... |
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on May 19, 2013 at 11:52 am by Editor, The Almanac Online |
AROUND TOWN
Public asked to help families devastated by fire
Redwood City officials are asking the public to help families who lost everything in an apartment building fire in the unincorporated North Fair Oaks neighborhood May 15. ... |
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on May 19, 2013 at 3:51 am by Editor, The Almanac Online |
OTHER TOPICS
Fire marshal leaving Menlo Park Fire Protection District
Geoff Aus, long-time Menlo Park Fire Protection District fire marshal, is changing employers, but not job titles – he has accepted a position as fire marshal for the Lawr... |
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on May 19, 2013 at 1:05 am by Editor, The Almanac Online |
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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on May 18, 2013 at 9:10 am by Tom Owen, a resident of the Atherton: West Atherton 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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on May 17, 2013 at 9:53 pm 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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on May 17, 2013 at 6:05 pm by Nostalgic Dancer, a resident of the Woodside: Woodside Glens neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Golden Shears celebrates 50th year
When Louis Arenas opened his barbershop in downtown Menlo Park, he wanted it to be an old-fashioned type of place, where customers could feel as if they were returning to anot... |
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on May 17, 2013 at 5:52 pm by SteveC, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown 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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on May 17, 2013 at 5:21 pm 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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on May 17, 2013 at 5:01 pm 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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on May 17, 2013 at 4:03 pm by Gern, a resident of the Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks 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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on May 17, 2013 at 2:49 pm 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.
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on May 17, 2013 at 12:13 pm 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 |
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