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Atherton: The Sunset of WMD
Soon Atherton will have a newly formulated town council and none too soon. Meanwhile the noise level is increasing to an almost unbearable level, and unfortunately long term... |
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on Nov 28, 2012 at 6:39 am by POGO, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
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Mayor Widmer's Verbal Comments Don't Match Hs Press Release
A month after sending out a Press Release to residents that "no contract talks" had taken place regarding compensation reductions to staff, the council has agenda item tonight... |
Compensation Reduction |
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on Nov 28, 2012 at 5:39 pm by Compensation Reduction, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
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McKeithen leaves Atherton council seat fighting
She came in fighting, and she's going out fighting. Kathy McKeithen, whose three-term tenure as an Atherton City Council member ends next month, is challenging the new town ma... |
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on Nov 28, 2012 at 10:45 am by Editor, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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Kepler's new opening is more competition for the Atherton Library
About 15 people are working hard to pass Measure F to build a new county library in Atherton. Three members of the Council endorse the library concept, Widmer, McKeithen, and ... |
No need for a county library in Atherton |
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on Oct 25, 2012 at 6:06 am by No need for a county library in Atherton, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
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Atherton tops county in property-value growth
During a period when the average growth rate of San Mateo County's assessed property value is 3.3 percent, Atherton officials are smiling with the news that the town's rate of... |
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on Jan 16, 2013 at 12:13 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
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[VIDEO] Atherton Council Special Meeting AUG 7, 2012
TOWN OF ATHERTON
CITY COUNCIL
ATHERTON CHANNEL DRAINAGE DISTRICT
AUGUST 7, 2012
SPECIAL MEETING
VIDEO BROADCAST
The Town of Atherton has assumed responsibility f... |
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on Aug 16, 2012 at 7:13 pm by APOA, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
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[VIDEO] Council Meeting November 28 2012
TOWN OF ATHERTON
CITY COUNCIL
NOVEMBER 28, 2012 - 7:00 P.M.
The Town of Atherton assumed responsibility for recording Town meetings. The Atherton Police Officers Associ... |
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on Dec 1, 2012 at 3:53 pm by APOA, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
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Atherton To Disregard the Brown Act?
In Atherton's Council Packets there comes this gem: Carlson and Lewis propose the Council reaffirm its commitment to the Brown Act.
Apparently, the State of California sus... |
Ready, Fire, Aim |
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on Nov 25, 2012 at 6:21 pm by Michael G. Stogner, a resident of another community |
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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 |
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Tonight: Atherton tax renewal on agenda
The City Council will consider hiring a consultant to help out with a likely effort to renew Atherton's parcel tax, and examine other potential revenue sources for the town wh... |
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on Mar 19, 2013 at 2:02 pm by ptw, a resident of the Portola Valley: other neighborhood |
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Painting valued at more than $100,000 reported missing from Atherton home
A painting valued at more than $100,000 by noted Filipino portraitist and landscape painter Fernando Amorsolo is missing from an Atherton home, according to a report from the... |
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on Feb 20, 2013 at 10:08 pm by Radioclassics Fan, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood |
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Atherton: A Government or a Business? The Answer
The answer expressed by the five members of the Council is that Atherton is a business. In the remarks leading up to the 5-0 vote on the compensation/benefit resolution there ... |
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on Dec 4, 2012 at 7:52 am by please stop, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
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APOA respond to Mayor's claims
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The Atherton police produced videos to respond to the Mayor's claims about outsourcing not being discussed. |
Atherton Election |
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on Oct 17, 2012 at 7:56 am by Not funny, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
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Atherton taxpayer money used to lobby for more taxes?
Why do the troika of bullies, Elizabeth Lewis, Jerry Carlson, and Cary Wiest, think it is legal or ethical to use Atherton taxpayer money to "educate" Atherton taxpayers about... |
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on Mar 11, 2013 at 8:54 am by Bill of Rights, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
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Woman arrested on grand theft, forgery charges
A Redwood City woman was arrested Saturday on grand theft and forgery charges after investigators discovered she had been stealing money from her employers and forging ite... |
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on Feb 3, 2013 at 3:16 pm by POGO, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
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Memorial Mass for Sister Helen Costello
Befriending flocks of lively teenagers, sitting at the bedside of dying children, providing a place where their parents could stay, visiting criminals in prison. These are jus... |
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on Feb 3, 2013 at 12:23 pm by Editor, The Almanac Online |
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Atherton Parcel Tax
Once again the issue of renewing the Parcel Tax in Atherton is coming in the November election. History does repeat itself and the same discussions will take place as in the l... |
History Repeats |
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on Apr 23, 2013 at 9:35 am by History shouldn\'t repeat, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
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A page from our history
Silas and Olive Holbrook Palmer lived at Elmwood in Atherton until the home burned down in 1958, just a few months after Olive died. The 22-acre estate was given to the town o... |
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on Nov 27, 2012 at 1:21 pm by Garrett, a resident of another community |
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Widmer request $6,000 for Party at end of McKeithen's Term
On the same Atherton Council agenda that has employee furloughs, increases the retirement age by seven years, reduces medical benefits and the town's retirement contribution; ... |
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on Nov 25, 2012 at 8:16 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
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The correct standard for falsifying documents under perjury
Web Link
"I called the DA because when somebody si... |
Penalty of perjury |
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on Mar 12, 2013 at 9:29 am by Penalty of perjury, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
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Russian Orthodox church celebrates 60 years
Epiphany, January 19, 2013, was an important day for members of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin, a Russian Orthodox church in Menlo Park.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Dec 31, 1969 at 4:00 pm by Editor, The Almanac Online |
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Atherton P.D. to cost taxpayers more than $400K more per year
In a development from last week's council meeting that the Almanac has stayed curiously silent on, it was announced that the Atherton police department will cost more than $40... |
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on Apr 24, 2013 at 8:12 am by Oh no..., a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
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Atherton may poll residents on parcel tax
With some council members pushing for studying other ways of raising revenue, the Atherton City Council has directed staff to look into hiring a pollster to measure support fo... |
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on Mar 27, 2013 at 10:40 am by Complaint very interesting, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
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Atherton names Town Center panel members
If the Atherton City Council's most recent vote were a popularity contest, Philip Lively would be the man about town wearing a crown.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Apr 10, 2013 at 10:28 am by not so much, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
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President Obama raises money for Democrats
President Barack Obama arrived at San Francisco International Airport Wednesday evening for a quick fundraising trip in the Bay Area.
■ Related story: [Web Link... |
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on Apr 4, 2013 at 8:05 am by Arthur, a resident of the Menlo Park: Fair Oaks neighborhood |
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