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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... |
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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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Kepler's Best Sellers 10/21/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. World Without End, Ken Follett
2. The Almost Moon, Alice Sebold
3. Run, Ann Patchett
4. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
5. Playin... |
Susan Lider |
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on Oct 22, 2007 at 12:01 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Zonta's Second Annual Fundraising Event
The Zonta Club of Silicon Valley is presenting a second annual fund raiser at Dragon Theater in Palo Alto, Saturday, November 10th at 8:00pm. The play is "The Smell of the Kil... |
Catherine Parlanti,Vice President of the Zonta Club of Silicon Valley |
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on Oct 17, 2007 at 9:37 am by Catherine Parlanti,Vice President of the Zonta Club of Silicon Valley, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 10/14/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. Street of a Thousand Blossoms, Gail Tsukiyama
2. Run, Ann Patchett
3. World Without End, Ken Follett
4. Playing for Pizza, John Grisham
5. ... |
Susan Lider |
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on Oct 15, 2007 at 11:34 am by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 10/07/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. Run, Ann Patchett
2. Street of a Thousand Blossoms, Gail Tsukiyama
3. Playing for Pizza, John Grisham
4. Away, Amy Bloom
5. A Thousand... |
Susan Lider |
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on Oct 8, 2007 at 1:34 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Kepler's crowd wants some Mo (Willems)
Forget hip-hop concerts. For really difficult crowd-control jobs, try a busy bookstore crammed with dozens of squirrely little kids and their doting parents. Think about it. I... |
Andrea Gemmet |
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on Oct 3, 2007 at 6:26 pm by Andrea Gemmet, Almanac staff writer |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 9/30/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. Making Money, Terry Pratchett
2. The Music Lover’s Poetry Anthology, Maureen Draper
3. Run, Ann Patchett
4. Wit & Wisdom of Discworld, Terry P... |
Susan Lider |
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on Oct 1, 2007 at 10:39 am by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Oct. 13 Ragtime Concert and Benefit
Saturday, Oct. 13, at 2:30 PM Menlo Park's Nan Bostick and Gilroy's Chris and Jack Bradshaw present a multimedia 2-to-6-handed ragtime piano romp at the First Baptist Church, ... |
Nan Bostick |
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on Sep 25, 2007 at 10:35 am by Nan Bostick, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 09/16/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. Spook Country, William Gibson
3. Songs Without Words, Ann Packer
4. The Septembers of Shiraz, Dal... |
Susan Lider |
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on Sep 17, 2007 at 10:54 am by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 09/09/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. Songs Without Words, Ann Packer
2. Flawless, Joshua Spanogle
3. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
4. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallow... |
Susan Lider |
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on Sep 10, 2007 at 11:18 am by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Unbridled art exhibit at SPUR
An artistic exploration of horses is on tap at the SPUR Projects gallery in Portola Valley. Featuring work from Nicole Charbonet, Jeff Dikio, Ashlee Ferlito and Susan Friedman... |
Andrea Gemmet |
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on Sep 6, 2007 at 2:31 pm by Andrea Gemmet, Almanac staff writer |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 09/02/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. The Septembers of Shiraz, Dalia Sofer
3. Spook Country, William Gibson
4. Away, Amy Bloom
5. H... |
Susan Lider |
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on Sep 3, 2007 at 12:39 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Family Service Announces Holidays on a High Note & Jazzy Preview Party
On Monday, October 15th, 2007 from 9:30 AM-2:00 PM, flowers will help struggling Peninsula families when the Foothill Auxiliary to Family Service Agency of San Mateo County ho... |
Katherine Chouteau |
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on Aug 31, 2007 at 10:59 am by Katherine Chouteau, a resident of another community |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 08/26/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, J. K. Rowling
3. Away, Amy Bloom, Random House
4. The Septemb... |
Susan Lider |
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on Aug 28, 2007 at 10:32 am by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 08/20/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, J. K. Rowling
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
3. The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon
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Susan Lider |
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on Aug 20, 2007 at 11:42 am by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Woodside Village Band Concert on Sept. 1st
The Woodside Village Band will present its 20th annual Summer Concert
at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 330 Ravenswood Ave., on Saturday, September 1st, at 3 PM. The program ... |
Maggie |
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on Aug 17, 2007 at 1:11 pm by Maggie, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
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Financial Fitness by Zonta Club of Silicon Valley
The Zonta Club of Silicon Valley presented "Financial Fitness," a financial education program -- including Hands on Banking, investments, budgeting, and careers in finance -- ... |
Catherine Parlanti,Vice President |
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on Aug 16, 2007 at 7:17 pm by Catherine Parlanti,Vice President, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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"It's a beautiful building."
A recent conversation with a neighbor brought this to my attention: He was admiring the sketch of the proposed 1300 El Camino project. "It's a beautiful building."
Famili... |
Martin Engel |
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on Aug 15, 2007 at 12:57 pm by Martin Engel, a resident of the Menlo Park: Park Forest neighborhood |
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Happy days or unhappy? Stories from M-A High's class of 1956
Think you might not care about a bunch of "Old Bears" who graduated from Menlo-Atherton High School? Wouldn’t you like to know what it was like to be ‘49er QB John Brodie’s y... |
Susan Samuels Drake |
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on Aug 14, 2007 at 3:25 pm by Susan Samuels Drake, a member of the Menlo-Atherton High School community |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 08/13/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, J. K. Rowling
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
3. Spook Country, William Gibson
4. Divisadero,... |
Susan Lider |
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on Aug 13, 2007 at 1:54 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Art Under the Redwoods on Labor Day Weekend
You probably glance up at the ridgeline above the peninsula every day, the very blue sky over a mass of treetops, Windy Hill all golden grass. Has it been awhile since you've ... |
Chris at Quiver |
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on Aug 13, 2007 at 12:27 pm by Chris at Quiver, a resident of the Woodside: Kings Mountain/Skyline neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 08/05/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, J. K. Rowling
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
3. The Children of Hurin, J. R. R. Tolkien
4. Div... |
Susan Lider |
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on Aug 7, 2007 at 10:19 am by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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New book by Dave Newhouse recalls the M-A High class of 1956
Dave Newhouse, a longtime sportswriter and columnist for the Oakland Tribune, and a member of the Menlo-Atherton High School class of 1956, writes about his class members in a... |
Richard Hine |
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on Aug 1, 2007 at 11:24 am by Richard Hine, managing editor of The Almanac |
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Relay For Life of Menlo Park Returns
American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life Unites Menlo Park
Families and friends of Menlo Park Residents Use Hearts and Feet to Fight Cancer!
In its 3rd year, walkers an... |
Emily LeDeau |
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on Jul 31, 2007 at 4:55 pm by Emily LeDeau, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 07/29/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, J. K. Rowling
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
3. Sammy's House, Kristin Gore
4. Michael Tolli... |
Susan Lider |
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on Jul 30, 2007 at 11:02 am by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |