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WOODSIDE
Woodsiders hope for return of Nativity scene figurines
Figurines from a Christmas Nativity scene were stolen from a Woodside corner sometime between New Year's Eve and New Year's Day and community members are hoping someone knows ...
 
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on Jan 11, 2013 at 1:25 pm by rferran, a resident of the Woodside: Mountain Home Road neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Attorney scrutinizes Menlo hotel parking approval
The Menlo Park council voted 4-0 last week in favor of a proposed hotel on Glenwood Avenue, but that won't be the last time the public hears about the issue. Read the full st...
 
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on Apr 5, 2013 at 9:10 pm by Menlo Voter, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Woodside School gears up for kindergarten registration
Parents whose children are eligible to attend kindergarten or transitional kindergarten next fall at Woodside Elementary School are invited to attend a informational meeting o...
 
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on Feb 7, 2013 at 3:24 pm by Sir Topham Hatt, a resident of the Menlo Park: University Heights neighborhood
OTHER TOPICS
Those were the days
In the 1920s, Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve was the site of scout camps. Here in their uniforms are the unidentified girls of Tent 4, in a photo taken June 12, 1926. ==I Ph...
 
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on Nov 26, 2012 at 12:44 pm by Lorraine, a resident of the Portola Valley: Westridge neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Letter: 'Reasonable solution' could save school
On April 9, the Menlo Park City School District Board of Directors will decide whether or not to terminate its 20-plus-year lease of the O'Connor site to the German-American I...
 
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on Apr 6, 2013 at 12:45 pm by giselle, a resident of the Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks neighborhood
OTHER TOPICS
Is the Sequoia Healthcare District courting Half Moon Bay residents?
It has recently come to my attention that the Sequoia Healthcare District 2012 annual report was sent to 2,805 residents of Half Moon Bay. They are not taxpayers of the Distr...
 
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on Mar 4, 2013 at 3:57 pm by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
POST acquires 1,000 more acres of open space
The Peninsula Open Space Trust is richer in open space by nearly 1,000 acres after spending about $13.6 million for three tracts of land in San Mateo County on the western sid...
 
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on Jan 23, 2013 at 2:04 pm by Suzanne, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Police calls: Two Menlo Park liquor stores targeted
Crime reports from Atherton, Menlo Park and Woodside. Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 11:...
 
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on Nov 5, 2012 at 8:16 am by DC McGlynn, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
OTHER TOPICS
Real estate: The rebirth of the Eichler
Realtor Monique Lombardelli isn't content just to sell iconic, 1950s-era Joseph Eichler homes. She wants to build them, too -- capturing the midcentury-modern aesthetic by usi...
 
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on Feb 15, 2013 at 4:11 pm by Earle Jones, a resident of the Portola Valley: other neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Editorial: City has bargaining chips on Stanford project
The protracted debate over the Stanford/Arrillaga application to build up to 450,000 square feet of offices, housing and retail space on eight acres at 300-500 El Camino Real,...
 
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on Apr 30, 2013 at 1:24 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
When rain causes fire
Electrical fires are known for being impervious to water, a truth demonstrated in the rain over nearly two hours early Thursday morning (Nov. 29) at the corner of Princeton Ro...
 
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on Dec 6, 2012 at 8:36 am by Allied but not Arty, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park: Banning bags on its own terms
Reluctant to cede control to San Mateo County, the Menlo Park City Council wants to add a clause to the proposed ban on single-use plastic bags that would allow the city to de...
 
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on Jan 18, 2013 at 3:28 pm by Cherie, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Round two of Facebook negotiations begin
Negotiations with Facebook over its west campus development are imminent, but first Menlo Park has to decide what to ask for. The City Council takes up that question during it...
 
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on Oct 29, 2012 at 7:52 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood
ATHERTON
Painting valued at more than $100,000 reported missing from Atherton home
A painting valued at more than $100,000 by noted Filipino portraitist and landscape painter Fernando Amorsolo is missing from an Atherton home, according to a report from the...
 
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on Feb 20, 2013 at 10:08 pm by Radioclassics Fan, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Planning Commission gives BevMo a thumbs up
It seems like only yesterday that a faction of Menlo Park residents and alcohol merchants rose up against allowing a Beverages & More to open at 700 El Camino Real. Read the ...
 
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on Feb 9, 2013 at 11:19 am by Hmmm, a resident of another community
ATHERTON
Atherton: A Government or a Business? The Answer
The answer expressed by the five members of the Council is that Atherton is a business. In the remarks leading up to the 5-0 vote on the compensation/benefit resolution there ...
 
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on Dec 4, 2012 at 7:52 am by please stop, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood
ATHERTON
APOA respond to Mayor's claims
Web Link The Atherton police produced videos to respond to the Mayor's claims about outsourcing not being discussed.
 
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on Oct 17, 2012 at 7:56 am by Not funny, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood
ATHERTON
Tonight: Atherton tax renewal on agenda
The City Council will consider hiring a consultant to help out with a likely effort to renew Atherton's parcel tax, and examine other potential revenue sources for the town wh...
 
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on Mar 19, 2013 at 2:02 pm by ptw, a resident of the Portola Valley: other neighborhood
PORTOLA VALLEY
Tuesday: Portola Valley volunteers tackle affordable housing issue
A group of Portola Valley residents have volunteered to put themselves between a rock and a hard place. They will make recommendations on how the town can plan for and where i...
 
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on Mar 5, 2013 at 1:32 pm by bob, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Election 2012: Two county tax measures defeated; one may pass
San Mateo County voters defeated two San Mateo County tax measures on June 5. The vote on Measure T, a tax on rental-car companies, is close. Read the full story here http://...
 
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on Jun 12, 2012 at 3:31 pm by apex, a resident of the Woodside: Woodside Hills neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Menlo Park seeks input on two projects
Speak your mind on two upcoming Menlo Park projects: Irrigation system replacement on Santa Cruz Avenue, and tree-planting along El Camino Real. Read the full story here http...
 
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on Jan 15, 2013 at 1:28 pm by Downtowner, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
ATHERTON
Atherton taxpayer money used to lobby for more taxes?
Why do the troika of bullies, Elizabeth Lewis, Jerry Carlson, and Cary Wiest, think it is legal or ethical to use Atherton taxpayer money to "educate" Atherton taxpayers about...
 
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on Mar 11, 2013 at 8:54 am by Bill of Rights, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park: Changes in Stanford/Arrillaga project on El Camino please some, not others
While some say Stanford and developer John Arrillaga took a step in the right direction by adding housing and reducing medical office space for its proposed El Camino Real dev...
 
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on Apr 15, 2013 at 4:01 pm by Menlo Voter, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood
WOODSIDE
Woodside bans plastic bags at checkout counters
To encourage the use of reusable shopping bags, Woodside will follow the lead of county government and ban flimsy plastic bags at retail checkout counters starting on April 22...
 
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on Jan 25, 2013 at 12:51 pm by Jim, a resident of the Woodside: Woodside Heights neighborhood
ATHERTON
Woman arrested on grand theft, forgery charges
A Redwood City woman was arrested Saturday on grand theft and forgery charges after investigators discovered she had been stealing money from her employers and forging ite...
 
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on Feb 3, 2013 at 3:16 pm by POGO, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood
 

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