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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 |
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Council supports plan for city to buy former Park Theatre
The Menlo Park City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday night to move ahead with a plan to buy the former Park Theatre on El Camino Real for $2.2 million in city funds and lease it to M... |
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on Oct 8, 2007 at 8:42 am by $watcher, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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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 |
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Two-alarm fire destroys home in Atherton
Firefighters controlled a two-alarm blaze at a ranch-style home in Atherton Sept. 25, but not before flames destroyed it.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Oct 3, 2007 at 8:16 am by Harold Schapelhouman, Fire Chief, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood |
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Judgment day Tuesday on tax dollars for Park Theatre
Lots of people have had their say about whether it's right for the Menlo Park City Council to use taxpayer dollars to restore the Park Theatre. On Oct. 2, council members pla... |
Editor |
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on Oct 1, 2007 at 6:06 pm by Joanna, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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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 |
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Guest opinion: Menlo Park visitor sees red over parking ticket
This an open letter to Menlo Park City Mayor Kelly Fergusson:
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, September 26, 2007... |
Editor |
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on Sep 29, 2007 at 10:54 am by Richard, a resident of another community |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 09/23/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. Making Money, Terry Pratchett
3. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, Michael Chabon
4. Harry Potter & ... |
Susan Lider |
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on Sep 25, 2007 at 3:17 pm by Reader, a resident of another community |
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Oct. 13 Ragtime Concert and Benefit
Saturday, Oct. 13, at 2:30 PM Menlo Park's Nan Bostick and Gilroy's Chris and Jack Bradshaw present a multimedia 2-to-6-handed ragtime piano romp at the First Baptist Church, ... |
Nan Bostick |
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on Sep 25, 2007 at 10:35 am by Nan Bostick, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 09/16/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. Spook Country, William Gibson
3. Songs Without Words, Ann Packer
4. The Septembers of Shiraz, Dal... |
Susan Lider |
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on Sep 17, 2007 at 10:54 am by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 09/09/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. Songs Without Words, Ann Packer
2. Flawless, Joshua Spanogle
3. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
4. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallow... |
Susan Lider |
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on Sep 10, 2007 at 11:18 am by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Unbridled art exhibit at SPUR
An artistic exploration of horses is on tap at the SPUR Projects gallery in Portola Valley. Featuring work from Nicole Charbonet, Jeff Dikio, Ashlee Ferlito and Susan Friedman... |
Andrea Gemmet |
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on Sep 6, 2007 at 2:31 pm by Andrea Gemmet, Almanac staff writer |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 09/02/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. The Septembers of Shiraz, Dalia Sofer
3. Spook Country, William Gibson
4. Away, Amy Bloom
5. H... |
Susan Lider |
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on Sep 3, 2007 at 12:39 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Family Service Announces Holidays on a High Note & Jazzy Preview Party
On Monday, October 15th, 2007 from 9:30 AM-2:00 PM, flowers will help struggling Peninsula families when the Foothill Auxiliary to Family Service Agency of San Mateo County ho... |
Katherine Chouteau |
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on Aug 31, 2007 at 10:59 am by Katherine Chouteau, a resident of another community |
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Author Lindsey Crittenden Kicks Off Holy Trinity's Fall Forum
Lindsey Crittenden, the author of "The Water Will Hold You: A Skeptic Learns to Pray," will be first speaker at the new Forum presented by Holy Trinity Episcopal Church each S... |
Linda Hubbard Gulker |
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on Aug 30, 2007 at 8:47 am by a skeptic myself, a resident of the Menlo Park: Belle Haven neighborhood |
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Duncan says dance studio back on table
Menlo Park resident Andy Duncan said Monday his plan to restore the Park Theatre and convert it into a dance studio is back on the table and he plans to hold a community meeti... |
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on Aug 28, 2007 at 2:20 pm by Observer, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 08/26/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, J. K. Rowling
3. Away, Amy Bloom, Random House
4. The Septemb... |
Susan Lider |
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on Aug 28, 2007 at 10:32 am by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Kids Defecating in Parks Okay?
Today I was at the park in Palo Alto on Kipling and watched as a mother potty trained her 3 year old by having him defecate in the middle of the playground, on the lawn, near ... |
Disgusted |
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on Aug 27, 2007 at 12:43 pm by Fastidious, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Dump truck plunges into deep ravine in Los Trancos Woods
Earning a paycheck by operating a piece of heavy construction equipment may have its rewards — living out a childhood fantasy, for example — but for one man headin... |
Editor |
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on Aug 22, 2007 at 2:26 pm by Pam, a resident of the Portola Valley: Los Trancos Woods/Vista Verde neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 08/20/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, J. K. Rowling
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
3. The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon
... |
Susan Lider |
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on Aug 20, 2007 at 11:42 am by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Woodside Village Band Concert on Sept. 1st
The Woodside Village Band will present its 20th annual Summer Concert
at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 330 Ravenswood Ave., on Saturday, September 1st, at 3 PM. The program ... |
Maggie |
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on Aug 17, 2007 at 1:11 pm by Maggie, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
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Financial Fitness by Zonta Club of Silicon Valley
The Zonta Club of Silicon Valley presented "Financial Fitness," a financial education program -- including Hands on Banking, investments, budgeting, and careers in finance -- ... |
Catherine Parlanti,Vice President |
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on Aug 16, 2007 at 7:17 pm by Catherine Parlanti,Vice President, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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"It's a beautiful building."
A recent conversation with a neighbor brought this to my attention: He was admiring the sketch of the proposed 1300 El Camino project. "It's a beautiful building."
Famili... |
Martin Engel |
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on Aug 15, 2007 at 12:57 pm by Martin Engel, a resident of the Menlo Park: Park Forest neighborhood |
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Happy days or unhappy? Stories from M-A High's class of 1956
Think you might not care about a bunch of "Old Bears" who graduated from Menlo-Atherton High School? Wouldn’t you like to know what it was like to be ‘49er QB John Brodie’s y... |
Susan Samuels Drake |
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on Aug 14, 2007 at 3:25 pm by Susan Samuels Drake, a member of the Menlo-Atherton High School community |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 08/13/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, J. K. Rowling
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
3. Spook Country, William Gibson
4. Divisadero,... |
Susan Lider |
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on Aug 13, 2007 at 1:54 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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