MENLO PARK
Pounding the pavement for pension reform
Lenny Ayyangar walks door-to-door in her Sharon Heights neighborhood, collecting signatures for an initiative drive aimed at scaling back pensions for future city of Menlo Par... |
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on Apr 29, 2010 at 9:47 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Board endorsements make strange bedfellows
You'd expect unions to get along with pension reform advocates about as well as cats get along with water. But this year's election for two seats on the Menlo Park fire distri... |
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on Oct 23, 2011 at 12:13 pm by Menlo Voter, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: Superintendent's actions roil school district
For a superintendent who is reputed to be fond of applying the latest business techniques to improve the performance of local school districts, Maurice Ghysels seems to have m... |
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on Mar 27, 2013 at 6:28 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Can anyone tell me: why Mitt Romney?
Looking at the polls, President Obama is ahead by larger margins in key battleground states than he was at this time 4 years ago. Obama is far ahead of his numbers 4 years ago... |
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on May 8, 2013 at 9:46 am by funny guy, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
MOVIES
Public records requests lead to confrontation in Atherton Town Hall
Two aggrieved residents and one former employee who successfully sued the town for wrongful termination converged on Atherton Town Hall on Aug. 20 to demand access to public r... |
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on Aug 27, 2010 at 3:03 pm by Kimberly Sweidy, a resident of the Atherton: West of Alameda neighborhood |
OTHER TOPICS
the new Gov. Romney VP choice post
Months ago, Emerle created a post on suggested VP candidates for Mitt Romney. Quite a bit early as it turned out, the scrubs running against Mitt Romney extended the race well... |
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on Aug 4, 2012 at 9:53 am by VP picker, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Tonight: Menlo Park council candidates forum
A League of Women Voters forum for the five candidates running for two seats on the Menlo Park City Council will be held on Thursday, Oct. 11.
Read the full story here http:/... |
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on Oct 13, 2012 at 2:26 am by reality, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Stanford 'rethinking' parts of El Camino plan
Stanford University and developer John Arrillaga are revising their plans for Menlo Park's empty car lots for a third time, according to project representatives.
Read the ful... |
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on Feb 22, 2013 at 1:02 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park school district picks Maurice Ghysels as superintendent
Maurice Ghysels, the superintendent of the elementary school district in Mountain View for five years and, for the last 10 months, an administrator in the Santa Clara County O... |
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on May 26, 2012 at 6:16 pm by Interested Party, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
This is the way that public employee contracts should be negotiated
This is the way that public employee contracts should be negotiated - with the opportunity for public input BEFORE the process begins:
The Menlo Park Fire Protection Distri... |
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on Aug 8, 2012 at 11:12 pm by Joe, a resident of the Menlo Park: Suburban Park/Lorelei Manor/Flood Park Triangle neighborhood |
MOVIES
Movies in 2009: The year's notables and forgettables
It was an "Up" year for Pixar and a time of particular praise for "The Hurt Locker" and "A Single Man." But 2009 was also the year that "Nine" landed with a thud in theaters. ... |
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on Jan 6, 2010 at 9:45 am by One possibility, a resident of the Menlo Park: University Heights neighborhood |
MOVIES
Brad Pitt sighted in Sharon Heights
Actor Brad Pitt was spotted at the Sharon Heights Shopping Center on Tuesday afternoon (July 27) while on a break from filming his new movie "Moneyball," in which he plays the... |
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on Aug 12, 2010 at 2:07 pm by Mitch L, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Spencer and Barnum for fire district board
Of the four qualified candidates for the two open seats on the Menlo Park Fire Protection District board, we believe incumbent Bart Spencer and challenger Scott Barnum are the... |
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on Oct 18, 2011 at 8:40 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
MOVIES
M-A boys honored by USTA NorCal tennis circuit
Local roundup: The Menlo-Atherton boys' tennis team was well-represented at the USTA Northern California Junior Recognition Awards ceremony that took place last weekend at the... |
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on Jul 1, 2010 at 5:32 am by loubna, a member of the La Entrada School community |
SPORTS
Wimberly's exit from coaching not what she envisioned
It could have been an ending to any other school year for Pam Wimberly, who handed out some diplomas at Menlo-Atherton's graduation ceremony on Thursday and looked ahead to te... |
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on Jan 9, 2013 at 1:05 pm by wanda sadler, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood |
MOVIES
Post your review of "The Good Shepherd"
Despite covert operations, betrayal and the man who knew too much, director Robert De Niro's fictional take on the founding of the Central Intelligence Agency lacks two key co... |
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on Feb 8, 2007 at 11:40 am by Menlo Park resident, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Arrillaga eyes El Camino Real properties in Menlo Park
Developer John Arrillaga has his eye on El Camino Real -- more specifically, former auto dealership lots now owned by Stanford University.
Read the full story here http://... |
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on Oct 5, 2012 at 2:21 pm by Sam Sinnott, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
MOVIES
Twilight at Atherton Library
Friday, August 14th at 7 PM... End the summer with TWILIGHT (PG-13). Everyone is welcome to attend.
A special Twilight tote bag will be raffled off to those that attend this ... |
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on Aug 13, 2009 at 3:31 pm by Atherton Library, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
MOVIES
Movie night at Atherton Library
The library will host the Final Friday Flick for August, on Friday August 28 at 7 PM. The film will be the 1971 classic, "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory". Refreshments ... |
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on Aug 20, 2009 at 1:47 pm by Atherton Library, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
THE LOCAL DISH
Lulu's carnitas soft tacos rock!
Seriously good stuff.
The churros are worth every penny, too. |
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on Oct 26, 2009 at 12:22 pm by Joe, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Split council votes to seek consultant for community engagement process in Belle Haven
The Menlo Park City Council has decided to start looking for a consultant to handle a $90,000 contract to develop a community engagement process for Belle Haven.
Read the ful... |
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on Oct 1, 2012 at 1:45 pm by Dawn, a resident of the Menlo Park: Belle Haven neighborhood |
MOVIES
Catch Oscar-winner "The Lives of Others" at the Guild Theatre in Menlo Park
The German film, "The Lives of Others," which won the Oscar for best foreign language film Sunday night, is playing at the Guild Theatre in Menlo Park.
For showtimes, go t... |
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on Feb 28, 2007 at 5:50 pm by ForgetAboutHollywood, a resident of another community |
ATHERTON
Homeowners: Building department negligent
In the midst of a legal battle with her building contractor, Kimberly Sweidy is also taking on the town of Atherton's building department for passing inspections and ultimatel... |
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on Mar 4, 2011 at 1:05 pm by making a comment, a resident of another community |
MOVIES
old movie blog - want to join this project?
I've started an old movie blog, with the goal of getting more people (ie current parenting generation and their kids!) into the Stanford Theatre - once you start to become fam... |
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on Sep 27, 2010 at 2:00 pm by laura, a resident of the Menlo Park: Felton Gables neighborhood |
MOVIES
Review: 'The Social Network'
There's a lot to "Like" about "The Social Network." The riveting film about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg defines a generation, a la "Easy Rider" and "The Breakfast Club." ... |
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on Oct 4, 2010 at 12:30 pm by Tyler Hanley, a resident of another community |
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