MENLO PARK More kindergarteners, less money The Menlo Park City School District is expecting a record number of kindergartners next year, and a potential budget deficit of $450,000.
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MENLO PARK Mayor Robinson wants to raise the UUT Tax Mayor Robinson was quite clear in his state of the City speech last evening that he wants to raise the UUT tax rate.
Well look for our council to elevate the UUT tax rate. ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by observer, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood, on Mar 11, 2009 at 6:17 am There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 14, 2009 at 7:02 pm.
MENLO PARK Letter: Where's the urgency on Bohannon project? As a longtime resident of the Belle Haven community, I was pleased to host a community meeting Feb. 28 where David Bohannon presented his concept for an office/hotel proposal ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Mar 10, 2009 at 4:21 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 13, 2009 at 2:13 am.
MENLO PARK Winter doesn't stop these swimmers You could reasonably expect Burgess Pool to be mostly empty this time of year, save for a hardened few. A weekend dip in the pool tends not to be the first thing that springs ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Mar 10, 2009 at 3:10 pm There have been 31 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 14, 2009 at 9:50 am.
MENLO PARK Raids target major drug dealers Nearly half of the members or known associates of the "Taliban" street gang arrested in a series of raids on Saturday lived in Menlo Park, or have family here — includin... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Mar 10, 2009 at 3:07 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Mar 10, 2009 at 3:07 pm.
MENLO PARK Menlo Park defers projects to reduce projected deficit Menlo Park will defer several projects in order to narrow the projected deficit for the current fiscal year, but plans for sidewalks on Woodland Avenue will proceed as schedul... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Mar 10, 2009 at 7:43 am
MENLO PARK Police, FBI officers 'dismantle' 'Taliban' gang Menlo Park Mayor Heyward Robinson speaks during a press conference Saturday addressing the joint raid on Taliban gang by Menlo Park and East Palo Alto police and the FBI. The ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Mar 9, 2009 at 11:36 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Mar 9, 2009 at 11:52 am.
MENLO PARK High Speed Rail -- Palo Alto Impacts -- Changing their mind? Last fall the Palo Alto Council voted 9-0 to endorse Prop 1A with funding for the High Speed Rail project.
A few months later opinion in Palo Alto seems to be changing dras... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Morris Brown, a resident of the Menlo Park: Park Forest neighborhood, on Mar 8, 2009 at 10:49 pm There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 11, 2009 at 8:49 am.
MENLO PARK Street gang raided by FBI in East Palo Alto, MP In a major anti-gang raid at 30 locations in East Palo Alto, Menlo Park and other cities, FBI agents assisted by East Palo Alto police executed search warrants at 7 a.m. Satur... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Mar 7, 2009 at 11:17 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 9, 2009 at 8:37 am.
MENLO PARK Menlo Park mayor to address 'state of city' As Menlo Park grapples with narrowing its budget deficit, Mayor Heyward Robinson will deliver a "state of the city" address Tuesday, March 10.
Read the full story here http... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Mar 5, 2009 at 6:35 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 7, 2009 at 5:04 pm.
MENLO PARK Candidates emerge for race in 21st Assembly District San Mateo County Supervisor Rich Gordon (picture) is considering running for Ira Ruskin's to-be-vacant state Assembly seat next year, as is Supervisor Rose Jacobs Gibson. Hal ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Mar 5, 2009 at 2:25 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Mar 5, 2009 at 2:25 pm.
MENLO PARK Will locals have a seat at the table? From the laying of the first tracks on the transcontinental rail line, the little folks have had a notoriously tough time getting The Railroad's attention.
Read the full stor... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Mar 4, 2009 at 3:11 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Mar 4, 2009 at 3:11 pm.
MENLO PARK Bohannon polls residents on office/hotel complex Developer David Bohannon has confirmed that he was responsible for the phone survey some residents received last week, saying that he is polling residents about the hotel/offi... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Mar 4, 2009 at 12:31 pm There have been 22 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 20, 2009 at 1:40 pm.
MENLO PARK Peering into the past Woodside resident and geology professor Mary Leech, 37, is now notable for peering some 57 million years into the planet's past in dating activity on the Earth's crust that le... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Mar 2, 2009 at 7:02 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 4, 2009 at 2:37 pm.
MENLO PARK Menlo Park proposes measures to reduce projected $1.8 million deficit; readers weigh in With Menlo Park facing the prospect of a $1.8 million deficit, city staff has recommended a number of stopgap measures that would allow the city to weather the economic downtu... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Feb 28, 2009 at 10:25 am There have been 18 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 10, 2009 at 5:04 pm.
MENLO PARK Hillview school: Report details traffic, noise A study of plans to rebuild the Hillview Middle School campus in Menlo Park shows significant traffic and noise, but the negative impacts would be even worse if the project wa... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Feb 28, 2009 at 1:07 am There have been 11 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 12, 2009 at 10:57 am.
MENLO PARK Scale Down the High Speed Rail Project
The High Speed Train Project (HST) arrived at our front door before Palo Alto and Menlo Park have had the time and funding to address the Caltrain issues of electrification ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Brielle Johnck, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood, on Feb 27, 2009 at 1:39 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 2, 2009 at 5:12 pm.
MENLO PARK Menlo Park agrees to recycling center Menlo Park's City Council has unanimously agreed to a plan to re-tool the Shoreway Recycling Center in San Carlos. The new facility, which could cost as much as $65 million to... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Feb 26, 2009 at 4:00 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 27, 2009 at 1:53 pm.
MENLO PARK Short Takes Meet your replacement
Read the full story here http://www.almanacnews.com/story.php?story_id=7620 posted Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 12:00 AM READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Feb 25, 2009 at 7:30 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Feb 25, 2009 at 7:30 am.
MENLO PARK San Mateo County to look at 40,000 homes for possible reassessment of the property value With real estate prices taking a tumble along with the economy as a whole, San Mateo County has started to reassess the value of many residential properties in the county.
Re... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Feb 24, 2009 at 3:12 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 4, 2009 at 2:44 pm.
MENLO PARK City plans to cut projected $1.8 million deficit With Menlo Park facing the prospect of a $1.8 million deficit, city staff has recommended a number of stopgap measures that would allow the city to weather the economic downtu... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Feb 24, 2009 at 7:43 am There have been 17 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 13, 2009 at 7:48 am.
MENLO PARK Lee Duboc: Time for action at the ballot box Former Menlo Park councilwoman Lee Duboc sent the email below to her email group on Feb. 22.
Fellow Residents,
In private sector America, the economy is tumbling, but in... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Messenger, a resident of another community, on Feb 22, 2009 at 11:30 pm There have been 64 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 7, 2009 at 6:08 am.
MENLO PARK Did negligence kill heritage trees? Two spindly redwood trees peek out over a row of street trees that stretches to the horizon along El Camino Real, fronting on the property of the abandoned Cadillac dealership... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Feb 18, 2009 at 12:29 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 2, 2009 at 9:09 pm.
MENLO PARK Editorial: City should reinstate summary minutes Until it is important to find out in a hurry what happened at a City Council meeting, the difference between "summary" and "action" minutes probably would not make much differ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Feb 17, 2009 at 3:17 pm There have been 14 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 23, 2009 at 10:44 am.
MENLO PARK Lee Duboc: Will West Menlo Park child care be privatized? Former Menlo Park councilwoman Lee Duboc sent the email below to her e-mail group on Feb. 16.
From: Menlo Park's Future
Subject: Will West Menlo Pa... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Messenger, a resident of the Menlo Park: University Heights neighborhood, on Feb 17, 2009 at 11:46 am There have been 26 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 20, 2009 at 6:03 pm.
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