MENLO PARK Menlo may restore library
hours, add red-light camera How do you spend $75.5 million in one fiscal year? Menlo Park plans to answer that question as the city's 2013-2014 budget season kicks off, starting with the city manager's p... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, 7 minutes ago There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent 7 minutes ago.
MENLO PARK Menlo Park transportation commissioner resigns, criticizing city staff Menlo Park Transportation Commissioner Charlie Bourne resigned on May 21 after nearly six years of service, citing Brown Act violations by city staff and attempts to stop the ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, 18 hours ago There have been 13 comments on this topic, the most recent 9 hours ago.
MENLO PARK Menlo Massacre girls win soccer tourney The Menlo Massacre, an under-10 girls soccer team, defeated San Carlos 2-1, to win the championship game of the El Palo Alto soccer tournament April 28 in Palo Alto.
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MENLO PARK Menlo Park: Housing update in final stretch The fact that the housing element staff report came with 26 attachments, lettered from A to Z, predicted it would be a very long night on May 21 as the Menlo Park City Council... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 22, 2013 at 10:11 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 22, 2013 at 10:11 am.
MENLO PARK Teen killed, two others injured in shooting Police in East Palo Alto are investigating a shooting that killed one teen and injured two others Sunday night.
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MENLO PARK City clerk leaving Menlo Park Menlo Park needs to break out the recruitment ads once again. City Clerk Margaret Roberts gave two weeks' notice that her last day will be Friday, May 24.
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MENLO PARK Red Light Cameras ineffective in reducing violations This letter was sent to Menlo Park City Council as well as Sgt. Kaufman.
May 20, 2013
Sgt. Sharon Kaufman
Menlo Park Police Dept.
Dear Sgt. Kaufman,
When we talked la... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Roger Jones, a resident of another community, on May 20, 2013 at 11:52 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 21, 2013 at 8:34 am.
MENLO PARK Stanford-Arrillaga Subcommittee Meetings On April 17th, thirty days ago, Menlo Park City Councilmembers Kirsten Keith and Catherine Carlton were appointed to a subcommittee to study the Stanford-Arrillaga project and... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Menlo Park Resident, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on May 17, 2013 at 7:10 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 17, 2013 at 9:53 pm.
MENLO PARK Editorial: Council gets earful from Belle Haven Although enveloped by Menlo Park city limits, the Belle Haven neighborhood often has a hard time identifying with neighborhoods west of the Bayshore Freeway, where property va... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 15, 2013 at 10:03 pm There have been 19 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 21, 2013 at 5:43 pm.
MENLO PARK Menlo commission votes on Louise Street issue Expanded version of a story previously published online.
After much discussion, the Menlo Park Planning Commission voted 4-2 on May 6 that if the city turns over a piec... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 14, 2013 at 2:44 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 14, 2013 at 9:14 pm.
MENLO PARK Raising mental health awareness Lisa Pamphilon of Menlo Park is a mental health advocate, human rights activist, and mother. The empathy she brings to all those roles has been deepened, in part, by having al... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 10, 2013 at 4:46 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 10, 2013 at 4:46 pm.
MENLO PARK The Perkins Twins and Jordan Michaela Fowler, Miss Teenage California The Perkins Twins (Jesse and Christian) returned from the Philippine recently where they are pursuing singing, acting and tennis and caught up with Jordan Michaela Fowler shor... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Barney, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood, on May 9, 2013 at 5:23 pm
MENLO PARK Facebook gives $20,000 to school fire-safety fund On a mission to connect school fire alarms to fire stations, the new nonprofit Ring the Bell Fund collected $20,000 from Facebook on May 1.
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MENLO PARK Letter: Watch out for buses on the Grand Boulevard At a recent Menlo Park City Council meeting, though residents protested the horrendous traffic impacts expected from Stanford's proposed 8-acre development, no one mentioned a... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 8, 2013 at 8:30 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 8, 2013 at 8:30 pm.
MENLO PARK Talk About A Free Ride When we take a good look at Stanford's proposal on El Camino Real, Menlo Park, residents have to remember that the university's land has been owned since Leland and Jane summe... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Them Apples, a resident of the Menlo Park: South of Seminary/Vintage Oaks neighborhood, on May 7, 2013 at 10:00 pm There have been 61 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 17, 2013 at 4:03 pm.
MENLO PARK Five home burglaries in Menlo Park Police calls from Menlo Park and Ladera.
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MENLO PARK Menlo commission votes that turning over city property to neighbors follows general plan The Menlo Park Planning Commission voted 4-2 on May 6 that the proposal to have the city turn over a piece of land in the public right-of-way on Louise Street to adjacent home... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 7, 2013 at 3:18 pm There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 9, 2013 at 12:36 pm.
MENLO PARK Almanac wins 5 statewide awards The Almanac won five statewide awards in the annual California Newspaper Publishers Association contest, the CNPA announced April 27. The Almanac won first place in its circul... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 7, 2013 at 1:45 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 7, 2013 at 2:36 pm.
MENLO PARK Today: Kite Day in Menlo Park The city of Menlo Park Community Services Department will hold its annual Kite Day on Saturday, May 4, from noon to 3 p.m., at Bedwell-Bayfront Park at Marsh Road and Bayfront... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 4, 2013 at 11:47 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 4, 2013 at 11:47 am.
MENLO PARK Menlo Park police plan to add ShotSpotter, surveillance tools Menlo Park landed on a list no one wants to be on, according to a consultant hired to review the police department's operations. The number of reported traffic accidents in th... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 3, 2013 at 3:00 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 3, 2013 at 3:24 pm.
MENLO PARK May 4-5: Six artists exhibit in Menlo Park Six Peninsula artists -- Alice Weil, Jean Prophet, Julia Munger Seelos, Lynn Montoya, Kim Holl and Frances Freyberg -- will exhibit paintings, jewelery, pottery, textiles and ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 2, 2013 at 6:57 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 2, 2013 at 6:57 pm.
MENLO PARK Two men grab girl's backpack in Menlo Park A 15-year-old girl walking along Merrill Street snatched her backpack away from two men who tried to steal it shortly before 6 p.m. on Monday, according to Menlo Park police.
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MENLO PARK First 8 PM or Later Menlo Park Sunset Occurs Tonight Tonight, May 2, for the first time this year the Sun will set at 8 PM in Menlo Park. And for the next 105 nights Menlo Park will have a sunset of 8 PM or later. On August 16 t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Hank Lawrence, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood, on May 2, 2013 at 8:54 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 2, 2013 at 11:23 am.
MENLO PARK Guest opinion: A call for civility at council meetings The April 24 Almanac gave a balanced report on the Menlo Park City Council meeting on April 16, but neglected to report on the tone of the meeting. A number of the speakers wh... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 2, 2013 at 6:39 am There have been 62 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 11, 2013 at 6:51 am.
MENLO PARK Menlo Park Planning Commission supports housing plan update -- with changes Menlo Park got a step closer to updating its housing plan on April 29 after the Planning Commission recommended rezoning four sites as potential locations for high-density hou... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 1, 2013 at 12:53 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 1, 2013 at 5:48 pm.
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