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SCHOOLS & KIDS
SIlicon Valley Moms Blog is tackling the topic of EDUCATION - TODAY!
Hello. I thought many of you would be interested. Silicon Valley Moms Blog Web Link is tackling the topic of education (or lack of education) today in SV and ...
 
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on Nov 8, 2007 at 11:22 am by SVMom, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Community Resource Center Opens at Menlo-Atherton High School
On Thursday, November 8, Menlo-Atherton High School will be holding the grand opening of our Community Resource Center (CRC) located in Room B-20 on the M-A campus. The CRC i...
 
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on Nov 8, 2007 at 7:37 am by Kelly Todd, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Park Theater Subcommittee Report
At last nights city council meeting, Councilmember Cline and I presented our report on the Park Theater negotiations. The beginning of the report is copied below. The comple...
 
Heyward Robinson
 
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on Nov 7, 2007 at 1:07 pm by Heyward Robinson, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Woodside Priory Goes "Green" and Celebrates 50th Anniversary with Founders Day
Woodside Priory School Goes "Green" and Celebrates Fiftieth Anniversary What: Woodside Priory's Fiftieth Anniversary When: November 11, 9:30 a.m. mass followed by a buildi...
 
Sean Mclain Brown
 
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on Nov 6, 2007 at 1:33 pm by Sean Mclain Brown, a resident of the Portola Valley: other neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Kepler's Best Sellers 11/04/07
Hardcover Fiction 1. A War of Gifts, Orson Scott Card 2. The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming, Lemony Snicket 3. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini 4. The ...
 
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on Nov 6, 2007 at 10:20 am by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Election Day = Donation Day
When you go to the polls to vote next Tuesday, you will also be able to vote your support of the Menlo Park City School District. At drop off and pick up time, parent volunte...
 
Lois Giovacchini
 
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on Nov 1, 2007 at 2:50 pm by Lois Giovacchini, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Park Theater: latest salvo
Although you won't find it mentioned in the Almanac (or anywhere else, as far as I can tell) the Parks and Rec commission is holding a special meeting at 6 p.m. tonight to dis...
 
Inquiring minds
 
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on Oct 30, 2007 at 5:25 pm by Inquiring minds, a resident of the Menlo Park: Belle Haven neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Kepler's Best Sellers 10/28/07
Hardcover Fiction 1. World Without End, Ken Follett 2. The Abstinence Teacher, Tom Perrotta 3. The Almost Moon, Alice Sebold 4. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Ho...
 
Susan Lider
 
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on Oct 29, 2007 at 4:15 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
ATHERTON
Free glow necklaces for trick-or-treaters
The Atherton Police Department is handing out glow necklaces this Halloween. To get on, ask an officer, or go to the police station at 91 Ashfield Road, near the train station...
 
Andrea Gemmet
 
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on Oct 29, 2007 at 12:43 pm by Andrea Gemmet, Almanac staff writer
AROUND TOWN
Check Out the Corn Maze in Dixon, CA
I just read an article in the Chronicle about a corn maze in Dixon. Here is a link to the online version Web Link...
 
Joanna
 
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on Oct 26, 2007 at 4:33 pm by Joanna, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
HISTORIC FOLGER ESTATE STABLE FUNDRAISING PROJECT HITS MILESTONE
The Friends of Huddart and Wunderlich Park announced that the capital campaign to restore the historic Folger Estate Stable in Wunderlich Park has achieved its goal of $3.3 mi...
 
Judith Schwartz
 
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on Oct 26, 2007 at 10:44 am by Judith Schwartz, a resident of the Woodside: Mountain Home Road neighborhood
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Oak Knoll Bond Measure, Not What We Voted For
What is proposed for the revamp of Oak Knoll School is not what we voted for. Of course those of us who believe in good schools and good education voted for a bond measure to ...
 
Nancy Palmer
 
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on Oct 23, 2007 at 8:19 pm by Nancy Palmer, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Kepler's Best Sellers 10/21/07
Hardcover Fiction 1. World Without End, Ken Follett 2. The Almost Moon, Alice Sebold 3. Run, Ann Patchett 4. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini 5. Playin...
 
Susan Lider
 
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on Oct 22, 2007 at 12:01 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
WOODSIDE
Woodside Green meets on home energy use
From Bob Page: Woodside Green members are pleased to announce the second in its series of educational events, entitled Confronting Global Warming in Our  Community. This e...
 
Andrea Gemmet
 
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on Oct 19, 2007 at 10:31 am by Andrea Gemmet, Almanac staff writer
SCHOOLS & KIDS
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” opens today 10/18 at M-A High
M-A’s International Thespian Society presents “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” the next two weekends on the Menlo-Atherton High School campus. Four young lovers meet in a moon...
 
Drama Booster
 
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on Oct 17, 2007 at 1:04 pm by Drama Booster, a member of the Menlo-Atherton High School community
AROUND TOWN
Zonta's Second Annual Fundraising Event
The Zonta Club of Silicon Valley is presenting a second annual fund raiser at Dragon Theater in Palo Alto, Saturday, November 10th at 8:00pm. The play is "The Smell of the Kil...
 
Catherine Parlanti,Vice President of the Zonta Club of Silicon Valley
 
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on Oct 17, 2007 at 9:37 am by Catherine Parlanti,Vice President of the Zonta Club of Silicon Valley, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Veteran Baker Jerry Stagi recovering from heart surgery,
Jerry of the Pink Pastry Shoppe, and Gerry's Cakes is currently recovering from his quadruple bipass surgery at Washington Hospital in Freemont, CA. He has been touched by the...
 
Pam LeBlanc
 
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on Oct 15, 2007 at 10:43 pm by Pam LeBlanc, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Kepler's Best Sellers 10/14/07
Hardcover Fiction 1. Street of a Thousand Blossoms, Gail Tsukiyama 2. Run, Ann Patchett 3. World Without End, Ken Follett 4. Playing for Pizza, John Grisham 5. ...
 
Susan Lider
 
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on Oct 15, 2007 at 11:34 am by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Ink and cinnabar: blending cultures in China
Nine California students teach English to rural Chinese students ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Eunice Chan, a senior at Castilleja High School in Palo Alto, was among nine Castilleja ...
 
Eunice Chan
 
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on Oct 12, 2007 at 10:36 am by Eunice Chan, a resident of another community
WOODSIDE
Woodside Green Event - Home Energy Use
WOODSIDE GREEN PRESENTS MONITOR & REDUCE HOME ENERGY USE When - Tuesday October 23 Time - 7:30 – 9:00 Guild Hall – Woodside Village Church Agenda 7:30- 8:15 ...
 
Oliver Bock
 
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on Oct 11, 2007 at 2:44 pm by Oliver Bock, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Kepler's Best Sellers 10/07/07
Hardcover Fiction 1. Run, Ann Patchett 2. Street of a Thousand Blossoms, Gail Tsukiyama 3. Playing for Pizza, John Grisham 4. Away, Amy Bloom 5. A Thousand...
 
Susan Lider
 
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on Oct 8, 2007 at 1:34 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Kepler's crowd wants some Mo (Willems)
Forget hip-hop concerts. For really difficult crowd-control jobs, try a busy bookstore crammed with dozens of squirrely little kids and their doting parents. Think about it. I...
 
Andrea Gemmet
 
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on Oct 3, 2007 at 6:26 pm by Andrea Gemmet, Almanac staff writer
AROUND TOWN
Kepler's Best Sellers 9/30/07
Hardcover Fiction 1. Making Money, Terry Pratchett 2. The Music Lover’s Poetry Anthology, Maureen Draper 3. Run, Ann Patchett 4. Wit & Wisdom of Discworld, Terry P...
 
Susan Lider
 
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on Oct 1, 2007 at 10:39 am by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Letter: Surprised by tone of Phillips Brooks story
This letter was published in the Sept. 26, 2007, issue of the Almanac. I am somewhat surprised by the tenor of the article about the purchase of land by Phillips Brooks Scho...
 
Editor, The Almanac Online
 
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on Sep 30, 2007 at 9:58 am by Editor, The Almanac Online, a resident of the Menlo Park: University Heights neighborhood
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Saint Raymond BBQ Review
Saint Raymond's recent back to school BBQ event provided an opportunity for families to gather and gear up for the coming academic school year. An estimated 500 people attende...
 
Nimpa Nunn
 
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on Sep 27, 2007 at 4:44 pm by Nimpa Nunn, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
 

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