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New 'sharrows' coming to downtown Menlo Park
Menlo Park plans to add shared lane markings -- "sharrows" -- to portions of Menlo Avenue and University Drive in upcoming weeks.
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on Aug 29, 2012 at 7:08 pm by Observing Bicyclists, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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Menlo Park council: Ohtaki, Keith, Cline
Incumbent Heyward Robinson and educator Chuck Bernstein reflect on their unsuccessful bids for Menlo Park City Council. The final outcome appears to be Peter Ohtaki, Kirsten K... |
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on Nov 8, 2010 at 2:39 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
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Just who is behaving badly?
The Almanac and reporter Sandy Brundage have published an article with the provocative title
Menlo Park councilman behaving badly
Andy Cohen crosses ethical line?
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on Nov 3, 2010 at 12:31 am by NotaLawyer, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Pension initiative
A group aiming to place a "pension reform" initiative on the November ballot is in its last week of signature-gathering.
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on May 4, 2010 at 4:06 pm by POGO, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
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Gentry Slams M-A High School
Sloane Citron, one of the head honchos over at Gentry Magazine often writes about his family experiences. In the November issue he takes on the idea of diversiy in schools and... |
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on Nov 8, 2007 at 8:39 am by Joanna, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Split council votes to seek consultant for community engagement process in Belle Haven
The Menlo Park City Council has decided to start looking for a consultant to handle a $90,000 contract to develop a community engagement process for Belle Haven.
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on Oct 1, 2012 at 1:45 pm by Dawn, a resident of the Menlo Park: Belle Haven neighborhood |
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Editorial: Peninsula needs to reconsider high-speed rail
Despite voting in favor of Proposition 1A in 2008, few Peninsula communities have been more staunchly opposed to the high-speed rail project than Menlo Park and Atherton. And ... |
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on Jul 22, 2012 at 3:46 pm by start over, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
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Big raises for reassigned city supervisors
The city of Menlo Park has restructured its management operations — a move that city officials say will save money, though it will also result in significant pas increas... |
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on Jan 23, 2010 at 8:37 pm by scott brown, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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MP Seeking To Bridge Budget Gap Via Police Ticketing Frenzy?
OK, I guess the "Big Brother" red-light-photo money-makers aren't bringing in enough funds to bridge the city's budget gap, so Plan B is evidently to send out swarms of MP's f... |
That Red-Light Flashing Now Means Ka-Ching! |
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on May 29, 2009 at 1:54 pm by Does of reality, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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City to spend most of utility user tax revenue on new employee retirement benefits
Today the city issued several staff reports recommending that the UUT tax rate be kept at the maximum rate and that the majority of the funds go to new benefits for city emplo... |
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on Feb 14, 2007 at 1:17 pm by ElectionWatcher, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood |
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Bicyclist dies after being hit by car in Atherton
A 62-year-old bicyclist was struck by a car and killed while crossing a major thoroughfare in Atherton this morning (Thursday), a police spokesman said.
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on Oct 1, 2012 at 11:59 am by Poster, a resident of another community |
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Facebook's long-term stay tied to benefit deal
Facebook may at times feel as if everyone in Menlo Park expects a helping hand from the social networking giant.
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on Feb 23, 2012 at 10:21 pm by money, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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Eshoo holds long-distance town hall
Nearly 7,000 people listened to a telephone town hall hosted by U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Menlo Park, on Tuesday night (Oct. 25), according to the congresswoman's office. Consti... |
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on Nov 2, 2011 at 3:06 pm by Constituent, a resident of the Atherton: West Atherton neighborhood |
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Red light cameras go live June 10 in Menlo Park
If the early data is any indicator, Menlo Park's new red-light photo enforcement program could add a lot of money to the city's coffers once the system starts ticketing driver... |
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on Mar 17, 2011 at 4:17 pm by shortyellow, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
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School district needs to win over city on Hillview
Are school district officials going to have a hard time getting Menlo Park's support for the Hillview Middle School project? If the city challenges to the project's EIR, it co... |
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on Feb 23, 2011 at 12:14 am by Happy GAIS Parent, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood |
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Rich Cline re-elected mayor of Menlo Park
The man who put down the gavel last week has now picked it back up. In a unanimous 5-0 vote, and counter to tradition, the Menlo Park City Council on Dec. 14 elected Rich Clin... |
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on Dec 21, 2010 at 12:05 am by anonymous, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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77 Menlo Park Employees make over $100,000!
Daily Post! Daily Post! Read all about it!
Today's Daily Post lists salaries for Menlo Park employees.
City Manager Glen Rojas tops off the list with a whopping and disg... |
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on Aug 17, 2010 at 12:41 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
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Bohannon doesn't agree to share profit with city
Land developer David Bohannon has reiterated his company's refusal to engage in a profit-sharing plan with the city of Menlo Park, in the event that the Menlo Gateway office/h... |
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on May 25, 2010 at 12:24 pm by logic dictates, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Menlo council sends pension initiative to ballot
Menlo Park voters will see a ballot initiative in the November election on pension reform, now that the City Council has voted to send the initiative to the ballot.
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on May 24, 2010 at 9:13 am by Bug Off Right Wingers, a resident of another community |
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High-speed rail: Is this what you voted for?
New business plan for high-speed rail project raises new questions and leaves old ones unanswered, rail watchers say.
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on Dec 24, 2009 at 5:07 pm by Jay Tulock, a resident of another community |
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Woman dragged out of council meeting by police
A roomful of spectators looked on as police officers dragged a longtime Menlo Park resident out of the council chambers at a City Council meeting Tuesday night.
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on May 8, 2009 at 10:26 pm by noblesse, a resident of the Menlo Park: Belle Haven neighborhood |
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Guest opinion: Council needs to trust the process
Menlo Park City Council members have repeatedly promised to respect the El Camino/Downtown Visioning community process, however it comes out. Or have they? There was a test ca... |
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on May 3, 2009 at 12:00 am by truth, a resident of the Menlo Park: Belle Haven neighborhood |
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Global Warming- What's a person to do?
While our leaders are deciding what government can do to stem global warming, there are things we, the people, can do. The big question is, what are we willing to sacrifice so... |
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on May 14, 2007 at 11:33 am by Old Mom, a resident of the Menlo Park: Felton Gables neighborhood |
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Menlo Park forges ahead with plan changes
The desire to make the El Camino Real/downtown specific plan process as comprehensive as possible boxed the Menlo Park City Council into a corner on Dec. 13.
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on Dec 23, 2011 at 1:35 pm by fox is in the coop, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood |
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Menlo Park: Private clubs fight over public pools
While the Menlo Park City Council could approve a new aquatics contract on Tuesday night, March 1, the dissension over pool access between SOLO, a nonprofit competitive youth ... |
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on Mar 8, 2011 at 12:02 pm by Crescent Park Dad, a resident of another community |