AROUND TOWN
Kepler’s Weekly Bestsellers 2/24/08
Hardcover Fiction
1. Appeal, John Grisham
2. People Of The Book, Geraldine Brooks
3. Out Stealing Horses, Per Petterson
4. Reserve, Russell Banks
5. Incomplete Revenge,... |
Susan Lider |
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on Feb 25, 2008 at 3:59 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
SPORTS
Menlo-Atherton Dance Team 5th Annual Dance Show
Please come support the Menlo-Atherton High School Community by attending this year's Dance Show. This highly acclaimed dance team promises another outstanding collection of ... |
Charlene Cogan |
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on Feb 25, 2008 at 12:50 pm by Charlene Cogan, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Oak Knoll School Plan needs more work
There is no graceful solution to the Oak Knoll School Problem. A campus which was originally set aside to provide for 200+ students is now asked to service over 700. The commu... |
Nancy Palmer |
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on Feb 25, 2008 at 12:44 pm by concerned, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood |
OTHER TOPICS
Obituary: Patricia Brown helped shape Portola Valley
Patricia "Pat" Brown, who with her husband, the late Robert V. "Bob" Brown, helped shape the community of Portola Valley, died Dec. 26 at her home in Westridge. She was 78.
R... |
Editor |
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on Feb 23, 2008 at 4:51 pm by Collette Hegg Wilson, a resident of another community |
OTHER TOPICS
Atherton police officer is suspended
An Atherton police officer was recently placed on paid leave, although police Chief Bob Brennan said he could not comment on who the officer is, or why he was suspended.
Re... |
Editor |
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on Feb 23, 2008 at 2:06 pm by wow, a resident of the Atherton: Lloyden Park neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Unlocked cars enable thieves in Allied Arts
Unlocked vehicles and darkened streets in Menlo Park's Allied Arts neighborhood apparently presented an opportunity to a thief or thieves on Sunday night, Feb. 17. Six thefts ... |
Editor |
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on Feb 20, 2008 at 9:04 pm by anon, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Judge sentences driver in Halberstam fatality
A University of California-Berkeley journalism student who was driving during a 2007 Menlo Park crash that claimed the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberst... |
Editor |
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on Feb 15, 2008 at 11:34 am by Joanna, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
PORTOLA VALLEY
Having trouble with Comcast TV signal in PV?
The Portola Valley Cable and Undergrounding Committee would like to know if citizens are seeing a quality issue with their Comcast TV signal. If this problem is wide enough, ... |
MJ Lee |
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on Feb 14, 2008 at 4:37 pm by Peter Moseley, a resident of the Portola Valley: Central Portola Valley neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Have you had your say on the new gym?
Efforts to build a new Burgess Gym with Menlo Park taxpayers' dollars got off to a confusing start last week, as gym user groups and neighbors were invited to weigh in on what... |
Editor |
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on Feb 14, 2008 at 2:25 pm by Rory Brown, Almanac staff writer |
MENLO PARK
Global Warming / Climate Change -- other views
Menlo Park under the leadership of Mayor Fergusson spent practically her whole term in office trying to make MP becoming a model green city. Other views were shunted aside by... |
another view |
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on Feb 14, 2008 at 1:39 pm by Bob, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Two candidates vie for fifth seat on PV school board
Voters in the Portola Valley School District will have a choice between two candidates to fill the fifth seat on the school board at the all-mail May 6 election.
Read the ful... |
Editor |
1946 |
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on Feb 14, 2008 at 1:17 pm by David Cox, a resident of another community |
OTHER TOPICS
Supes place parks tax on June ballot
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to place a one-eighth cent sales tax measure on the June 3 ballot to raise money for parks and recreation p... |
Editor |
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on Feb 14, 2008 at 12:25 pm by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
PORTOLA VALLEY
Woodside Priory boys keep hoop streak alive
Since the end of the 2006 season, the Woodside Priory boys' basketball team has won 34 straight Private Schools Athletic League games in various ways. On Saturday, the Panther... |
Editor |
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on Feb 14, 2008 at 11:44 am by A Fan, a resident of another community |
PORTOLA VALLEY
A perfect soccer finish for Woodside Priory girls
Woodside Priory girls' soccer coach Damian Cohen had flowers waiting for his only two seniors -- Maddie Turner and Cami Simpson -- following their final regular-season match o... |
Editor |
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on Feb 13, 2008 at 5:04 pm by BeetleNut, a resident of the Portola Valley: Brookside Park neighborhood |
SPORTS
Woodside Priory's big basketball success
With players from three Eastern European countries, one would think that the Woodside Priory boy's basketball team would have some difficulty communicating. Yet, the Panthers ... |
Editor |
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on Feb 13, 2008 at 5:02 pm by CrocHunter, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood |
SPORTS
Local voters back Obama and McCain
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, was the top vote-getter in The Almanac's circulation area (Atherton, Menlo Park, Portola Valley and Woodside) in the Democratic primary Feb. 5, ... |
Editor |
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on Feb 12, 2008 at 3:22 pm by excuuuse me, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MP district pursues after-school care at Laurel
There's a huge need for after-school childcare at Menlo Park City schools, and the district is going to do something about it, school board members said on Tuesday, Feb. 5.
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Editor |
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on Feb 11, 2008 at 3:16 pm by Nick Taylor, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
PORTOLA VALLEY
Middle East is setting for updated 'Antigone' staged at Menlo School
Menlo School presents an updated version of "Antigone" by Sophocles, set in modern times in the war-torn Middle East, Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 1-4.
Read the full story h... |
Editor |
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on Feb 11, 2008 at 12:58 pm by MOO, a resident of the Portola Valley: Portola Valley Ranch neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Kepler’s Weekly Bestsellers 2/10/08
Hardcover Fiction
1 People Of The Book, Geraldine Brooks
2 Appeal, John Grisham
3 Senator's Wife, Sue Miller
4 World Without End, Ken Follett
... |
Susan Lider |
2018 |
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on Feb 11, 2008 at 12:13 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Voters approve $165 million high school bond measure
Voters strongly approved Measure J, the proposal to borrow $165 million through bond issues to pay for new facilities in the Sequoia Union High School District, which includes... |
Editor |
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on Feb 10, 2008 at 11:48 pm by objective view, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Ravenswood voters approve Measure M
Voters in the Ravenswood City School District, which encompasses parts of Menlo Park and East Palo Alto, overwhelmingly approved Measure M, extending the current $98 annual pa... |
Editor |
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on Feb 9, 2008 at 10:30 pm by Concerned Community Member, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Beechwood School wants to buy its site from the city to upgrade the campus
Beechwood, a private K-8 school that enrolls 170 children who live in east Menlo Park and East Palo Alto, pays the city of Menlo Park $1 a year to lease 635,000 square feet of... |
Editor |
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on Feb 9, 2008 at 9:35 pm by Rachel, a resident of the Menlo Park: Belle Haven neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Super Tuesday in Portola Valley, Atherton
Barack Obama supporters in Portola Valley applaud his speech on TV on election night, Feb. 5. They are, from left (seated on the couch) Joan Polinsky, Samira Amid-Houzour, Noo... |
Editor |
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on Feb 8, 2008 at 8:23 pm by theopaul, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Atherton boys lead water polo team
Senior Marker Anderson and sophomore Grant Villeneuve, both of Atherton, led Deerfield Academy — a college preparatory school in Deerfield, Massachusetts — to its ... |
Editor |
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on Feb 8, 2008 at 8:21 pm by Alfonza Cutezina, a resident of the Atherton: West Atherton neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Atherton, Menlo Park councils slam plans for high-speed rail
Local critics of California High Speed Rail are keyed up after city council members from Menlo Park and Atherton blasted plans for high-speed trains to zoom through the middle... |
Editor |
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on Feb 8, 2008 at 7:19 pm by more money, another rat hole, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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