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MENLO PARK
Haunted House
A Haunted House!!! Get ready for a scare of a good time. Trinity Episcopal Church on 330 Ravenswood is having a haunted house. This October 31st from 8pm to 12pm. Admission...
 
Alex Hardt
 
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on Oct 20, 2006 at 3:45 pm by Alex Hardt, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Goodwill Donation Site Moves
The Goodwill donation site, located for many years at the Safeway on El Camino Real, has moved to the rear entrance of the Goodwill Store at 711 Santa Cruz Avenue in Menlo Par...
 
Rory Brown
 
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on Dec 14, 2006 at 3:40 pm by Rory Brown, Almanac staff writer
MENLO PARK
Did Menlo Park fire district chief put TV show ahead of accident response?
There is little or no disagreement from Menlo Park Fire Protection District Chief Harold Schapelhouman on the facts in an e-mail from the firefighters union president. The e-m...
 
Editor
 
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on Feb 13, 2012 at 8:20 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Green energy home wins award
Tavinder and Vivek Wadhwa have won Menlo Park's 2011 Environmental Quality Award, for their passive energy home, the city announced. Read the full story here Web Link...
 
Editor
 
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on Dec 31, 1969 at 4:00 pm by Editor, The Almanac Online
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park letting ABAG dictate -- California Declares War on Suburbia
This article (copied below) which just appeared in the WSJ targets exactly what is happening here in Menlo Park. Our council rather than pursuing goals, such as maintaining o...
 
Morris Brown
 
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on May 21, 2012 at 1:31 pm by Dues and don\'ts, a resident of the Atherton: West of Alameda neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Faces of change for Menlo Park
With the passage of the specific plan and the arrival of Facebook, the next city council faces an era of change in Menlo Park. Five residents think they're the right people to...
 
Editor
 
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on Oct 24, 2012 at 9:19 pm by Menlo Park Resident, a resident of the Menlo Park: Belle Haven neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Fire district disputes Facebook EIR
Lessons learned from the draft environmental impact report for Facebook's upcoming campus development: (1) 9,400 employees can make a lot of traffic. (2) A lot of traffic make...
 
Editor
 
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on Dec 20, 2011 at 5:23 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park utility tax -- how much is enough?
With about 11,000 people voting in Menlo Park, the Utility User's Tax passed by just 45 votes or less than one half of one percent. Now the new city council has the OPTION ...
 
Neighbor
 
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on Dec 9, 2006 at 9:00 am by new guy, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Thoughts on Burgess Pool?
Burgess Pool users: How do you like swimming at Burgess Pool? Do you like the programs offered? Do you think the rates are fair? Are you satisfied with the way the new pool ha...
 
Sean Howell
 
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on Sep 21, 2009 at 10:56 am by Ima Yawner, a resident of the Menlo Park: South of Seminary/Vintage Oaks neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Who’s responsible for Allied Arts disaster?
My husband and I recently returned from a six-month trip to find that the Woodside-Atherton Auxiliary to the Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford had, once again, shot itse...
 
Mrs. S.
 
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on Oct 2, 2008 at 9:44 pm by JANELLE A. ARMSTRONG, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Time to kill off the Downtown visioning process
A letter urging Council to rethink the visioning process was suggested. This downtown visioning process needs much more than just a "rethink". The City needs to cut its los...
 
Morris Brown
 
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on Jun 8, 2010 at 1:03 pm by Was it \"Political\" - NO, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood
MENLO PARK
City to oppose pension-initiative lawsuit
Menlo Park's city attorney will file an opposing argument to the legal challenge by two public employee unions of the citizen-driven pension reform initiative, and will ask th...
 
Editor
 
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on Aug 2, 2010 at 12:52 pm by Blue Collar Public Worker, a resident of another community
MENLO PARK
Sprinklers on MP council agenda in January
Menlo Park's City Council will take a three-week hiatus before its next meeting on Jan. 12. At that meeting, the council is tentatively scheduled to take up a revised ordinanc...
 
Editor
 
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on Jan 8, 2010 at 4:53 pm by Sean Howell, Almanac staff writer
MENLO PARK
Editorial: Petition on El Camino project worth signing
Menlo Park residents who are fed up with the traffic gridlock on El Camino Real should strongly consider signing the petition at SaveMenlo.org that asks Stanford University Pr...
 
Editor
 
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on Jan 11, 2013 at 10:01 am by public benefit needed, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood
MENLO PARK
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. Read the full st...
 
Editor
 
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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
MENLO PARK
Poisonous mushrooms kill dogs
All dog owners know that if a dog realizes something can fit inside its mouth, it's only a matter of seconds before the item goes down the gullet. If that item is a mushroom, ...
 
Editor
 
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on Mar 16, 2012 at 12:39 pm by Debbie, a resident of the Menlo Park: University Heights neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Surprise move: funds for library's book group axed
The final chapter of the Menlo Park Library's 15-year-old book discussion group doesn't make for a happy ending. In fact, it's proven to be quite the tear-jerker. Read the fu...
 
Editor
 
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on Aug 28, 2010 at 12:01 am by Trilda, a resident of another community
MENLO PARK
The real reason behind red light cameras
Editor: The decision by the Menlo Park City Council to install red-light cameras is motivated by greed, not public safety. I was recently falsely accused by the San Dieg...
 
Claude Leglise
 
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on Dec 13, 2006 at 3:02 pm by new guy, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Kelly Ferguson e-mail: Public invited to "One Menlo Park" event, brainstorming session
Following is a press release e-mailed by Menlo Park Councilwoman Kelly Fergusson: With the city-issued press release (below), the City of Menlo Park invites the community t...
 
Good neighbor
 
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on Dec 2, 2006 at 10:40 am by Good neighbor, a member of the Hillview Middle School community
MENLO PARK
Should Kelly Fergusson have gone to DC
Anyone reading the California Fair Political Practice Act would have to conclud that Council Woman Kelly Fergusson violated it. Fergusson is the Clean Energy Business Developm...
 
henry
 
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on Mar 19, 2011 at 10:36 am by listener, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Boesch resigns (unbeknownst to Almanac)
You gotta love the way our hometown newspaper, in its apparent effort to be the next Gentry, manages to cover every society bash in town but somehow misses the real news. Som...
 
Local news?
 
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on Jan 13, 2007 at 3:57 pm by Nushound, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Flu Shot Clinics Come to Menlo Park
Sutter Visiting Nurses Association (VNA) & Hospice will be in Menlo Park, starting Tuesday, October 17, to provide flu shots to the public. On average, 5-20% of the pop...
 
Shelly Gordon
 
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on Oct 13, 2006 at 10:03 am by Shelly Gordon, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Parks and Recreation Commission Votes Against Park Theater Renovation
Tonight, the Parks and Recreation Commission unanimously passed a resolution opposing the city’s plans to purchase the Park Theater and lease it back to a private dance studio...
 
Resident
 
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on Nov 5, 2007 at 4:33 pm by Rory Brown, Almanac staff writer
MENLO PARK
ClimateGate ---
The following message from respected scientists should be noted here in our local paper. It is time to reassess climate change and its possible outcomes. We must now stop tak...
 
old timer
 
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on Nov 1, 2012 at 10:21 am by Dorothy, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood
MENLO PARK
Keith should resign as Mayor
With all that is going on in Menlo Park, downtown plan, Facebook, High Speed Rail, Menlo Park needs a Mayor who will be devoting her time to City affairs, not running for supe...
 
a view
 
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on Feb 26, 2012 at 9:49 am by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood
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