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Kepler's Best Sellers 1/20/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. People Of The Book, Geraldine Brooks
2. Senator’s Wife, Sue Miller
3. Run, Ann Patchett
4. World Without End, Ken Follett
5. My Mistress’s ... |
Susan Lider |
2075 |
0 |
on Jan 21, 2008 at 2:05 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Project Read needs volunteer tutors
Project Read-Menlo Park is in great need of new volunteer tutors, and is holding a series of training sessions beginning May 15 for volunteers willing to help adults in the p... |
Newsboy |
2074 |
0 |
on May 3, 2007 at 1:34 pm by Newsboy, a resident of another community |
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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 |
2068 |
0 |
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 Best Sellers 06/03/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini, Penguin, 9781594489501 2. Requiem for an Assassin, Barry Eisler, Penguin, 9780399154263
3. The Yiddish Polic... |
Susan Lider |
2068 |
0 |
on Jun 4, 2007 at 11:47 am by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Old World style: Local jeweler practices ancient, time-demanding metalworking techniques taught by a master
Davide Bigazzi sits at a workbench in his small, warmly lit studio, the master of his space.
Read the full story here Web Link pos... |
Editor |
2064 |
2 |
on Jan 5, 2008 at 8:28 pm by Beth, a resident of another community |
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High-speed trains could be headed this way
Imagine boarding a train in the Bay Area, and two and a half hours later, you're in downtown Los Angeles. This may be a dream come true for transit officials and travelers. Bu... |
Editor |
2062 |
9 |
on Mar 12, 2008 at 3:45 pm by Martin Engel, a resident of the Menlo Park: Park Forest neighborhood |
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Judge sentences driver in Halberstam fatality
A University of California-Berkeley journalism student who was driving during a 2007 Menlo Park crash that claimed the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberst... |
Editor |
2058 |
2 |
on Feb 15, 2008 at 11:34 am by Joanna, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Report local storm news here
If you have storm-related news to report, please let us know. You can click on the headline above, and post it in the Comment box below; or call the Almanac at 854-2626, ext. ... |
Editor |
2058 |
1 |
on Jan 5, 2008 at 1:29 pm by Joanna, 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... |
Editor |
2058 |
2 |
on Nov 12, 2007 at 4:50 pm by Smart Business Guy, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Judgment day Tuesday on tax dollars for Park Theatre
Lots of people have had their say about whether it's right for the Menlo Park City Council to use taxpayer dollars to restore the Park Theatre. On Oct. 2, council members pla... |
Editor |
2058 |
1 |
on Oct 1, 2007 at 6:06 pm by Joanna, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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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, ... |
Susan Lider |
2056 |
0 |
on Nov 19, 2007 at 3:56 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Editorial endorsements: Yes on Measure O; no on Proposition 98
Vote yes on Measure O for parklands, open space
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 12:00 AM |
Editor |
2049 |
1 |
on May 23, 2008 at 12:51 pm by Georgia Stigall, 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... |
Editor |
2043 |
2 |
on Nov 20, 2007 at 11:25 am by Richard, a resident of another community |
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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 |
2040 |
0 |
on Oct 1, 2007 at 10:39 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 |
2040 |
0 |
on Aug 17, 2007 at 1:11 pm by Maggie, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park 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 |
2036 |
0 |
on Oct 29, 2007 at 4:15 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Duncan says dance studio back on table
Menlo Park resident Andy Duncan said Monday his plan to restore the Park Theatre and convert it into a dance studio is back on the table and he plans to hold a community meeti... |
Editor |
2032 |
3 |
on Aug 28, 2007 at 2:20 pm by Observer, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights 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 |
2032 |
0 |
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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Super Tuesday in Portola Valley, Atherton
Barack Obama supporters in Portola Valley applaud his speech on TV on election night, Feb. 5. They are, from left (seated on the couch) Joan Polinsky, Samira Amid-Houzour, Noo... |
Editor |
2030 |
1 |
on Feb 8, 2008 at 8:23 pm by theopaul, 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... |
Susan Lider |
2028 |
0 |
on Dec 10, 2007 at 12:34 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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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 |
2020 |
0 |
on Aug 13, 2007 at 1:54 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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How to suspend delivery of The Examiner daily newspaper
I got tired of The Examiner newspaper being dropped on my driveway every morning and then I would pick it up and put it directly into my recycling bin. It took me a while to ... |
Save Trees |
2013 |
1 |
on May 14, 2008 at 2:58 pm by Save The Oceans, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
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CHP finds cyclist at fault in Alpine Road fatal accident
The California Highway Patrol has concluded that the cyclist was at fault in a fatal collision on Nov. 4 involving a cyclist and a tractor-trailer at the Alpine Road/Interstat... |
Editor |
2012 |
19 |
on Jan 4, 2011 at 2:09 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
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Shoes on Overhead Wires, Highway 101 eyesore
Anyone else notice the sneakers on the overhead wires on HY 101 southbound before Marsh?
Caltrans has a "Maintenance Service Request" web page at:
Web Link... |
Bill |
2012 |
9 |
on Feb 15, 2009 at 2:10 am by get a life, a resident of the Atherton: West Atherton neighborhood |
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FBI investigation in Atherton
Any update on the FBI investigation of Atherton's town government? It's been six months now and I've heard nothing. No subpoenas or search warrants. No reports of people being... |
JT |
2005 |
27 |
on Jun 5, 2011 at 10:24 am by PALLBEAR, a resident of another community |
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