SCHOOLS & KIDS
Siegel appointed to fill vacant Las Lomitas district school board seat
Jay Siegel, who has a child at La Entrada School and has been an active volunteer on the Las Lomitas Education Foundation, has been appointed to the five-member Las Lomitas Sc... |
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6 minutes ago by An LL & LE Parent, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Guest opinion: Another option for rail corridor
Are there alternatives for bringing a high-speed rail connection from San Jose to San Francisco that won't involve a king's ransom or any major destruction and disruption of P... |
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2 hours ago by James Madison, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bursting at the seams
If closing a school is the hardest decision a school board ever has to make, then the second most difficult is deciding whether to open a new school. Next month, the Menlo Par... |
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2 hours ago by Ram Duriseti, a member of the Oak Knoll School community |
WOODSIDE
Sprinkler system douses office fire in Woodside home
An interior sprinkler system extinguished a home-office fire on Buck Court in Woodside before firefighters arrived and before the fire had a chance to do any damage to the hou... |
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3 hours ago by Sprinkler Head, a resident of another community |
MENLO PARK
Perceived benefits a fantasy, critics say
Critics have argued that perceived benefits associated with the Bohannon project are based on wishful thinking.
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6 hours ago by Yes sir!, a resident of the Menlo Park: Park Forest neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Guest opinion: The Almanac has an attitude problem
Now that the election for the board of the Sequoia high school district is over, I would like to comment upon the very limited coverage that this newspaper gives to our local ... |
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22 hours ago by Anonymous, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Have you seen this bike?
Yesterday while I attended the fall sport award ceremony at M-A my son's and my locked bikes where stolen from the bike cage at M-A. Since my bike is sort of unusual in that i... |
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on Nov 19, 2009 at 3:06 pm by Manfred Kopisch, a member of the Menlo-Atherton High School community |
ATHERTON
High-speed rail planners ramp up communication spending; locals skeptical
Critics see the new $9 million public relations contract as an effort to stifle dissent, rather than promote dialogue.
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on Nov 19, 2009 at 2:45 pm by KJI, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Bohannon office/hotel project too big? Not necessarily, Menlo Park City Council says
Menlo Park's City Council has directed the city to enter negotiations on a major office/hotel project, setting the stage for a final vote in spring 2010.
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on Nov 19, 2009 at 1:39 pm by L Luciano, a resident of the Menlo Park: University Heights neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Laurel student, 6, dies in hit-and-run crash
The 6-year-old Menlo Park girl who died after a hit-and-run accident Thursday has been identified as Lisa Xaiver, a student at Laurel school in Atherton.
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on Nov 19, 2009 at 11:55 am by Becky, a resident of the Menlo Park: Menlo Oaks neighborhood |
OTHER TOPICS
The administration's absurd decision to put enemy combatants on trial
Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to put the enemy combatants currently held in Guantamano on trial in New York City isn't only absurd, it's dangerous.
In yesterday's... |
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on Nov 19, 2009 at 9:59 am by Amateur Pundit, a resident of the Woodside: Woodside Hills neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
M-A football lights: a permanent fixture?
The temporary lights brought in by Menlo-Atherton High for last week's M-A vs. Sacred Heart Prep football game proved so popular that there is an aggressive push taking place ... |
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on Nov 19, 2009 at 9:42 am by Jerry Leugers, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Armed men invade, rob Menlo Park home
Two men armed with semiautomatic handguns confronted a resident outside his home in the 700 block of Pierce Road at around 6:30 p.m. Monday night (Nov. 16), forced him inside ... |
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on Nov 19, 2009 at 6:36 am by Common Sense, a resident of the Portola Valley: other neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Tonight: Atherton may drop road impact fee
Tonight's Atherton City Council meeting at Holbrook-Palmer Park could signal the end of the town's road impact fee. Town staff is recommending that the fee, charged to builder... |
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on Nov 18, 2009 at 11:08 pm by That\'s Right!, a resident of the Atherton: West Atherton neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Menlo Country Club faces uphill battle in opening door for expansion
The Menlo Country Club, a private golf course that sits along Woodside Road across from Woodside High School, may be thought of as venerable, given its founding in 1901. If it... |
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on Nov 18, 2009 at 7:32 pm by cathy brisbin, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
OTHER TOPICS
Letter: Council should oppose huge Cargill project
News of Cargill's development plans for 12,000 homes and 30,000 new residents on the Redwood City baylands should attract the attention of Menlo Park's City Council.
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on Nov 18, 2009 at 11:42 am by Robert Dixon, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Lake Hills neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Touchy debate over polarizing Bohannon project
City's divided history, Bohannon family's Menlo Park ties complicate debate over huge office/hotel project.
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on Nov 18, 2009 at 11:07 am by taxpayer, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Arrest made in Menlo Park sexual assault
A man was arrested this morning (Nov. 13) in connection with the sexual assault of a 25-year-old man near the Alma Lane and East Creek Drive footbridge Thursday, Nov. 12, the ... |
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on Nov 17, 2009 at 6:29 pm by Suspicious, a resident of the Menlo Park: Felton Gables neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
POST to sell 4,262 acres near Montara and Moss Beach to National Park Service
The Peninsula Open Space Trust plans to sell Rancho Corral de Tierra, a large tract of land surrounding Montara and Moss Beach, to the National Park Service. The 4,262-acre ar... |
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on Nov 17, 2009 at 4:37 pm by R.GORDON, a resident of another community |
MENLO PARK
Sexual assault victim 'very uncooperative,' police say
The victim of a sexual assault by two men near the footbridge to Palo Alto at the southern end of Alma Street in Menlo Park is being "very, very uncooperative" with investigat... |
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on Nov 17, 2009 at 3:42 pm by Sarah, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Amish Quilt program at Atherton Library
Fine Arts Museum's Decent lecturer will discuss Amish Quilts: Geometry and Simplicity, Community and Belief. Friday, November 20 at 7:00 PM. 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane in Athe... |
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on Nov 17, 2009 at 1:04 pm by Atherton Library, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Letter: In favor of low density downtown
I have been a Menlo Park resident since 1998 and am a regular shopper and diner in the town.
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on Nov 17, 2009 at 11:57 am by long time resident, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
OTHER TOPICS
Menlo College and Menlo School PA System too Loud
Curious as to whether other Menlo Park and Atherton residents think the public address system at Menlo College and Menlo School football games etc is way too loud. In my case ... |
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on Nov 17, 2009 at 12:47 am by wow, a resident of the Atherton: West Atherton neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
A 'total cure' for health care?
Ask Harold S. "Hal" Luft about the national health care system, and he will admit: He's been itching to reform it for years. Luft is a nationally known health economist, direc... |
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on Nov 16, 2009 at 10:47 pm by Joe Krall, a resident of another community |
MENLO PARK
Defense expert: Officer May broke rules
A use-of-force expert for Alberto Alvarez, who is on trial for the murder of East Palo Alto Police Officer Richard May, testified Thursday there was no justifiable reason for ... |
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on Nov 16, 2009 at 3:40 pm by Familiar with Case, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
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