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Woodside Planning Commission refines Glens rules changesThe Woodside Planning Department has worked out a compromise for the Glens neighborhood that it hopes will satisfy people...
Original post made on Oct. 8, 2019Last comment by Woodside, on Oct 11, 2019 at 10:15 am | 2 comments | 2679 Views
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Assemblyman Berman holding wildfire town hall SaturdayState Assemblyman Marc Berman (D-Palo Alto) is sponsoring a June 22 wildfire town hall meeting in Portola Valley that will...
Original post made on Jun. 20, 2019Last comment by awatkins, on Jun 20, 2019 at 8:09 pm | 1 comment | 2678 Views
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Restoring a Woodside meadowRead the full story here https://www.almanacnews.com/print/story/2017/08/02/restoring-a-woodside-meadowdesign-nonbold-main-head-on-page-5...
Original post made on Aug. 2, 2017Last comment by Bill Jordan III, on Aug 2, 2017 at 3:39 pm | 2 comments | 2671 Views
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Guest opinion: No on Measure AIn a guest opinion, Woodside resident Don Pugh writes about why he opposes Measure A, which is on the Nov. 2 ballot in town. Read...
Original post made on Oct. 18, 2021Last comment by awatkins, on Oct 18, 2021 at 12:26 pm | 1 comment | 2670 Views
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Guest opinion: Proposed garbage collection contract raises cart-size questionsA former town mayor has concerns about two aspects of a proposed garbage collection contract that the Portola Valley Town...
Original post made on Nov. 12, 2019Last comment by awatkins, on Nov 12, 2019 at 1:58 pm | 1 comment | 2669 Views
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Woodside loses a local hero with death of Alden R."Dick" Tagg, 90A memorial service for Alden Richard "Dick" Tagg, who died on Feb. 2, three weeks after his 90th birthday, will be held on...
Original post made on Mar. 13, 2018Last comment by Kathy Hovsmith, on Mar 13, 2018 at 8:36 pm | 1 comment | 2611 Views
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Critics knock plans for new high schoolBig players are weighing in against plans by the Sequoia Union High School District to build a high school in the M-2 light...
Original post made on Aug. 31, 2016Last comment by Amused, on Aug 31, 2016 at 7:25 am | 1 comment | 2610 Views
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'Buck's will never die.'After nearly three decades at the helm of the irreverent Buck's of Woodside, owners Jamis and Margaret MacNiven have retired...
Original post made on Aug. 10, 2020Last comment by Ali Mad, on Aug 10, 2020 at 8:51 pm | 2 comments | 2577 Views
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Housing and development were top of mind in Woodside in 2021Potential new housing and development in town center dominated the conversation in Woodside last year. Read the full story...
Original post made on Jan. 8, 2022Last comment by Sunny Storm, on Jan 16, 2022 at 2:00 pm | 4 comments | 2540 Views
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Woodside Election 2015: Anonymous campaign blossoms for District 3 council seatA brief, vigorous — and largely anonymous — get-out-the-vote effort is underway in Woodside on behalf of businessman...
Original post made on Nov. 1, 2015Last comment by Et Alia, on Nov 1, 2015 at 8:04 am | 3 comments | 2526 Views
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Tuesday: Woodside council discusses wildfire preventionThe Woodside Town Council will discuss wildfire prevention tonight (Dec. 11) in light of the devastating wildfires in Northern...
Original post made on Dec. 11, 2018Last comment by awatkins, on Dec 12, 2018 at 1:21 pm | 6 comments | 2482 Views
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Woodside commission to review new proposals for the GlensSome proposed rules to expand options to residents of the Glens neighborhood to improve their homes will be the subject of...
Original post made on Jun. 4, 2019Last comment by awatkins, on Jun 4, 2019 at 1:22 pm | 1 comment | 2448 Views
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Guest opinion: We must work together to solve county's housing crisisMost residents of San Mateo County who are not policymakers see only a part of the impact of the housing crisis. You might...
Original post made on Nov. 30, 2016Last comment by Arrgghhhh !!!!, on Dec 1, 2016 at 3:59 pm | 2 comments | 2433 Views
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Longtime Woodside firefighter dies at 71John Clifford "Cliff" Andrews, a resident of Woodside and a firefighter with the Woodside Fire Protection District for 33...
Original post made on Jan. 4, 2017Last comment by Susan Andrews MacArthur, on Jan 4, 2017 at 9:21 am | 1 comment | 2359 Views
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Filoli Harvest Festival set for SaturdayThere's such autumn abundance at Filoli (86 Canada Road, Woodside) that the historic estate has added a whole extra day of...
Original post made on Sep. 25, 2019Last comment by Robert, on Sep 25, 2019 at 12:42 pm | 1 comment | 2324 Views
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Remembering Woodside: Dolores Degnan's memories of eight decades in the town she lovedDolores Degnan, who died on Feb. 19 at the age of 80, had an extraordinary memory for the details of the many years she spent...
Original post made on Mar. 12, 2019Last comment by Jeannine, on Mar 12, 2019 at 7:12 pm | 1 comment | 2322 Views
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Sound Familiar? Time for school finance reform.San Carlos schools Superintendent Craig Baker and Chief Operations Officer Robert Porter apparently failed to "comprehend"...
Original post made by Susan Smith on Mar. 22, 2014Last comment by Menlo Voter, on Mar 23, 2014 at 9:40 am | 4 comments | 2246 Views
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Guest opinion: Woodside Town Council should stick with seven districtsWoodside resident Kevin Greenwood argues the town is misguided in its bid to switch from seven districts to five, and that...
Original post made on Mar. 29, 2022Last comment by Jon Castor, on Mar 29, 2022 at 11:51 am | 1 comment | 2243 Views
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'It was crazy.' Emerald Hills residents watched flames erupt just a few hundred feet awayLocals packed up kids, dogs and even horses when the Edgewood Fire prompted evacuation orders on Tuesday. Emerald Hills returned...
Original post made on Jun. 27, 2022Last comment by vicki coe, on Jun 27, 2022 at 2:34 pm | 1 comment | 2228 Views
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Letters to the editor: Housing growth in the face of wildfire threats, stance on death penaltyThis week, readers weighed in on housing, growth in Midpeninsula towns at heightened wildfire risk and the death penalty...
Original post made on Jul. 12, 2022Last comment by CyberVoter, on Jul 12, 2022 at 1:29 pm | 1 comment | 2188 Views
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