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"Screen Free Week" Event
The Atherton Library is hosting a parent workshop entitled, "Media, Technology & Early Childhood Development" on Thursday, May 2 at 4 pm. Are you wondering how television, vid...
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Butterflies and Edgewood Park
Bill Korbholz is an Edgewood Park volunteer who leads tours and works to advance the survival prospects of the endangered Bay Checkerspot butterfly, which used to thrive up an...
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Almanac wins five statewide awards
The Almanac won five statewide awards in the annual California Newspaper Publishers Association contest.
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Back in bloom
Once again 500 daffodils put on a springtime show at the corner of Woodside Road and Northgate Drive in Woodside.
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SMC Supervisors, Was a motion made yes or no?
I had asked the Supervisors per email to check their work and motion and second the item properly if they had not done so on April 9, 2013. I thank Matt Grocott and Greg Conlo...
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Ditch Your Device Week
April 29 to May 5 is Ditch Your Device Week (Also known as Screen-Free Week). The Atherton Library is offerering expanded programs during this week.
Monday, April 29th at 7...
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Upcoming programs at Atherton Library
Thursday, April 25 at 4 pm: Musical Storytime for all ages.
Friday, April 26 at 7 pm: Family Movie Night featuring "Chimpanzee."
Saturday, April 27 11 am to Noon: Paws ...
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My cousin, my hero!
Avid baseball player, 10-year-old Matt Lev, from Portola Valley, was the first in line to get an autograph on his hat and his baseball from his cousin, Braden Bishop, at the S...
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Today: Menlowe Ballet's 'Reverie'
The Menlowe Ballet company presents the program "Reverie," featuring the world premiere of "Sweet Sadness" by choreographer Viktor Kabaniaev, at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 21, at th...
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Plastic bag ban at checkout starts
Earth Day (April 22) this year heralds the end of single-use plastic bags at the checkout counter in Menlo Park and 24 other Peninsula cities.
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Mae Mays, wife of Willie Mays, dies at 74
Mae Louise Allen Mays, wife of baseball legend Willie Mays for 41 years, died Friday at their Atherton home after a 16-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was 74.
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Uncounted ballots found from November election
San Mateo County election officials said Thursday that 65 uncounted provisional ballots from November's election were found April 12 in a vault at the department's headqua...
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Runner says she was hit by car in Menlo Park
A 61-year-old woman jogging along Ringwood Avenue in Menlo Park was left bruised and shaken after a hit-and-run encounter with a car, she said.
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Feature story: Shaping the West
It's a safe bet that few can now say what these four things have in common: asparagus, the sliding glass door, a wilderness vacation, and teaching teenagers to cook. According...
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Atherton: $92,000 in purses missing from home
Atherton police called it grand theft in the April 5 log entry -- and it is definitely grand -- but they say they're investigating it as a residential burglary that may have u...
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Excelling in math, reading, and barbering
Erik Burmeister asked for it, and he got it. Hillview School eighth-grader Andrew gives his principal's head a close shave on April 5 while students Madeline, left, and Gaby w...
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Upcoming Programs at Atherton Library
Thursday, April 11 at 4 pm: Family Musical Storytime for all ages.
Saturday, April 13 at 2 pm: Twitter- Learn how to create a Twitter account, start following your favorite...
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