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High-speed rail route through Peninsula chosen
The California High-Speed Rail Authority Board on Wednesday chose Pacheco Pass as the preferred California high-speed rail route, meaning passenger trains traveling up to 220... |
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on Dec 26, 2007 at 8:54 am by prefer planes, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 12/23/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. World Without End, Ken Follett
3. Out Stealing Horses, Per Petterson
4. T is for Tres... |
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on Dec 24, 2007 at 1:35 pm by Pam Grange, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
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Town Square is taking a holiday break
We'll be back on January 2. Please return then with your news, views and insights. Happy Holidays. |
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on Dec 21, 2007 at 5:22 pm by Renee Batti, news editor of The Almanac |
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Sea level rise could flood east of Bayshore
The San Francisco Bay of the future will be significantly larger, rising between 4 inches to more than three feet by 2100, official warns Palo Alto leaders.
Read the full s... |
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on Dec 18, 2007 at 3:10 pm by Clinging to hope, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood |
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Letter: Stanford has every right to use its land
The spin of the Almanac's Nov. 7 article "Stanford pursues its massive campus expansion" is remarkable.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Dec 18, 2007 at 10:50 am by Holding My Nose, a resident of the Menlo Park: Menlo Oaks neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 12/16/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming, Lemony Snicket
3. T is for Trespass, Sue Grafton
4. World Withou... |
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on Dec 17, 2007 at 12:17 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Local A Cappella group finalist in CBS contest
According to an e-mail I received this afternoon (and their Web Link ), Hookslide, a Menlo Park-based A Cappella group, has been chosen as one of five nationa... |
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on Dec 14, 2007 at 8:26 pm by fabravo, a resident of another community |
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Letter: New Safeway will be community gathering place
My observation is that, to a degree, the center of gathering places and visiting with your Menlo Park neighbor has just shifted from Santa Cruz Avenue to the new Safeway store... |
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on Dec 13, 2007 at 3:51 pm by GINGER, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
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Chopshticks: An evening of Comedy + Chinese Food
Take my egg roll … please!
Palo Alto Offers Comedy and Chinese Food for the Holidays
The ALSJCC's “Chopshticks” is an annual local tradition of great Comedy and gourmet ... |
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on Dec 10, 2007 at 5:14 pm by Mimi Sells, a resident of another community |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 12/09/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming, Lemony Snicket
2. T is for Trespass, Sue Grafton
3. World Without End, Ken Follett
4. A Thousand Splend... |
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on Dec 10, 2007 at 12:34 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Holiday events: Caroling, holiday train
Downtown caroling. A holiday train. Toys for Tots. No enforcement of downtown parking limtis. These are among many holiday activities going on in Menlo Park this month.
Rea... |
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on Dec 9, 2007 at 1:58 pm by Jim Lewis, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 12/02/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming, Lemony Snicket
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
3. Gentlemen of the Road, Michael Chabon
4.... |
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on Dec 3, 2007 at 11:08 am by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Rosewood rooms: $400-$450 a night
Further details about the Stanford University/Rosewood Hotel, being built on Sand Hill Road near Interstate 280 in Menlo Park, were unveiled Thursday during a press event at t... |
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on Nov 27, 2007 at 8:26 am by money talks, a resident of the Menlo Park: Belle Haven neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 11/25/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming, Lemony Snicket
2. Gentlemen of the Road, Michael Chabon
3. World Without End, Ken Follett
4. The Chase,... |
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on Nov 26, 2007 at 10:18 am by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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The Art of Collage: Works by Sylvie A. Serex-Bonnet at CSMA's Mohr Gallery
A Benefit Exhibition for the Community School of Music and Arts at Finn Center, December 3, 2007 to January 26, 2008.
OPENING RECEPTION & RECITAL -- Friday, December 14, 6-... |
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on Nov 21, 2007 at 1:22 pm by CSMA, a resident of another community |
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Driver to be sentenced in accident that injured MaryAnn Levenson
A sentence of up to 16 months in state prison may be coming in January to the Hillsborough man in a pickup truck who struck and severely injured Menlo Park bicycle racer Mary... |
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on Nov 20, 2007 at 11:25 am by Richard, a resident of another community |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 11/18/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. The Chase, Clive Cussler
2. The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming, Lemony Snicket
3. World Without End, Ken Follett
4. Gentlemen of the Road, ... |
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on Nov 19, 2007 at 3:56 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Stanford wants to dump 300,000 cubic yards of fill on former Christmas tree farm in SM County
As Stanford pursues its massive campus expansion, it will dig up a lot of dirt that needs to be disposed of somewhere -- up to 300,000 cubic yards of it.
The university is p... |
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on Nov 15, 2007 at 7:33 am by new guy, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Career con man avoids prison for check fraud
A 64-year-old Menlo Park man who prosecutors claim is a career con artist who once tried to sell a man the Golden State Warriors basketball team, but whom his attorney says ha... |
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on Nov 12, 2007 at 4:50 pm by Smart Business Guy, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 11/11/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. World Without End, Ken Follett
2. The Chase, Clive Cussler
3. The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming, Lemony Snicket
4. A War of Gifts, Orson S... |
Susan Lider |
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on Nov 12, 2007 at 10:32 am by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Guest Opinion: Theater owner offers his view on projects
As the owner of the Park Theater property, I think it is important to share my thoughts about the current proposals to reuse this building.
Read the full story here http://w... |
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on Nov 7, 2007 at 12:24 pm by old guy, a resident of the Menlo Park: Menlo Oaks neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 11/04/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. A War of Gifts, Orson Scott Card
2. The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming, Lemony Snicket
3. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
4. The ... |
Susan Lider |
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on Nov 6, 2007 at 10:20 am by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 10/28/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. World Without End, Ken Follett
2. The Abstinence Teacher, Tom Perrotta
3. The Almost Moon, Alice Sebold
4. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Ho... |
Susan Lider |
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on Oct 29, 2007 at 4:15 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Check Out the Corn Maze in Dixon, CA
I just read an article in the Chronicle about a corn maze in Dixon. Here is a link to the online version
Web Link... |
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on Oct 26, 2007 at 4:33 pm by Joanna, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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HISTORIC FOLGER ESTATE STABLE FUNDRAISING PROJECT HITS MILESTONE
The Friends of Huddart and Wunderlich Park announced that the capital campaign to restore the historic Folger Estate Stable in Wunderlich Park has achieved its goal of $3.3 mi... |
Judith Schwartz |
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on Oct 26, 2007 at 10:44 am by Judith Schwartz, a resident of the Woodside: Mountain Home Road neighborhood |
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