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AROUND TOWN
Suspicious of need for red light cameras
The following letter was published in the Almanac's Jan. 10 print edition: Editor: I want to echo the sentiments of Claude Leglise, (Letters Dec. 13) who was quite eloque...
 
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on Aug 27, 2008 at 12:11 pm by City Hall Scammers, a resident of the Menlo Park: Felton Gables neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Menlo-Atherton presents the hit musical GREASE!
Menlo-Atherton High School's International Thespian Society presents the hit musical Grease! Come enjoy the fast pace and pulsating tunes of this 50s musical with stars senior...
 
Drama Booster
 
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on Apr 2, 2007 at 3:29 pm by Tom & Rita Tachis, a resident of another community
AROUND TOWN
Hang up and ride
Just saw it again: a young kid, maybe 10 or 11, riding his bike on a busy arterial street, helmet on head, and yacking on his hand-held cell phone. Parents around here seem to...
 
The Peripatetic Observer
 
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on May 7, 2007 at 12:46 pm by MPworkingMom, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Don Horsley Breaks Campaign promise to Double Dip into the County Coffers
Retired sheriff Don Horsley, who opted to forego his county supervisor salary while collecting a $200,000 pension after being elected to the board two years ago, began collect...
 
Susan Smith
 
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on Jan 5, 2013 at 9:36 am by Michael G Stogner, a resident of another community
AROUND TOWN
Remembering Mike Thompson of KCEA
Mike Thompson, the longtime on-air host of big band and swing music on the KCEA (89.1 FM) radio station in Atherton, died unexpectedly Sunday, according to the station's gener...
 
Editor
 
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on Apr 27, 2008 at 1:47 pm by Phil L., a resident of another community
AROUND TOWN
Portola Valley man dies, unnoticed, in busy Sharon Heights parking lot
A tender memorial has cropped up in an unusual place -- a parking space at the Sharon Heights Shopping Center. Peter Wadri Worogga, a 29-year-old Portola Valley man, was fo...
 
Editor
 
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on Jun 12, 2007 at 8:03 pm by Pegi Levin, a resident of another community
AROUND TOWN
Peninsula Open Space Trust names board chair
This is a Jan. 17, 2006, press release from the Peninsula Open Space Trust: (Menlo Park, Calif.) – Karie Thomson has been named the new chair of the Board of Director...
 
Open space guy
 
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on Jan 17, 2007 at 5:30 pm by Open space guy, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Art in Action Opens 2006-7 Library Shows
Art in Action opens a 6-month long art show series featuring artwork from local students grades K-8.Students create their own masterpieces based on their growing understanding...
 
Art in Action
 
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on Nov 6, 2006 at 12:03 pm by Art in Action, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Best place to see fireworks
Any secret tips on where to view fireworks in the area?
 
happyfourth
 
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on Jul 17, 2007 at 12:29 am by Editor, a resident of the Menlo Park: University Heights neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Thanks for the great site
This is a great site. Thanks for putting it together!
 
A neighbor
 
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on Oct 10, 2006 at 2:46 pm by A neighbor, a resident of another community
AROUND TOWN
Menlo Park traffic jam expected to last weeks
Lately it's taking almost an hour to drive from one end of Menlo Park to the other along a two-mile stretch of El Camino Real during commute hours. Drivers sit staring at gree...
 
Editor
 
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on Oct 12, 2012 at 5:22 pm by Adina, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
La Entrada Middle School Toy Drive
The Community Service Club students at La Entrada School will be collecting new, unwrapped toys for children in the community who, due to various cirmcumstances, may not other...
 
Jill Youngberg
 
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on Nov 16, 2006 at 4:17 pm by Jill Youngberg, a member of the La Entrada School community
AROUND TOWN
Meet the Almanac at Day of the Horse
Woodside's Day of the Horse festivities are set for Saturday, Oct. 14, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Woodside Town Hall. The free event is open to all ages. Those with horse...
 
Andrea Gemmet
 
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on Oct 13, 2006 at 10:31 am by Andrea Gemmet, Almanac staff writer
AROUND TOWN
Portola Valley driver charged with felony DUI
Carter Madsen Boyce, 19, of Portola Valley has been charged with felony drunken driving in a July 30 incident in which he was at the wheel of a 2007 BMW when it crashed into ...
 
Editor
 
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on Aug 17, 2011 at 10:57 pm by albo, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Soul Line Dancing by Juanita Croft
I was intriqued by the article about the soul line dancing in today's (5/29) paper and want to know where and when Juanita teaches. Can anyone help?
 
virginia kenyon
 
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on Jun 21, 2007 at 2:03 pm by Norma, a resident of the Menlo Park: Belle Haven neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Tom Foolery at the Theatre in San Pedro Square
If you want to step into the light side of seemy, Tom Foolery, playing at the Theatre in San Pedro Square in downtown San Jose, is just the place. This eclectic menu of vignet...
 
JB
 
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on Oct 23, 2006 at 11:22 pm by Richard Hine, managing editor of The Almanac
AROUND TOWN
Double Standard on Misoginist Attacks
Rush Limbaugh was correctly chastized for his misogynistic comments regarding Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown law sudent, who recently testified before Congress about the high cost...
 
Double Standard
 
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on Apr 24, 2012 at 11:19 am by Haywood, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Pub Night gone wild in Menlo Park
Seniors complain of long waits, line hopping, juniors at BBC January 16, 2007 By David Gauvey Herbert The BBC is an old Menlo Park bank turned nightclub, but the mob scene...
 
Stanford student
 
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on Jan 22, 2007 at 3:54 pm by Local Yocal, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Poems from the homeless
It was a surprise and inspiration to learn that Lorin Vernon Krogh, who now lives in an apartment at the new Opportunity Center in Palo Alto after living on the streets for ye...
 
Marion Softky
 
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on Dec 19, 2006 at 1:16 pm by Mr. Man, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Challenge Day Program at M-A High
An exciting event is coming up at Menlo-Atherton High School on October 30 & 31st, called Challenge Days. This is the third year that MAHS is offering the program to all i...
 
Margie Lawrence
 
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on Oct 16, 2006 at 1:54 pm by Margie Lawrence, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
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...
 
Editor
 
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on Oct 8, 2007 at 8:42 am by $watcher, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Sanchez Adobe
There is a wonderful site of California History in our own backyard. The Sanchex Adobe built between 1842 and 1846 was restored in 1953 to its orignal adobe bricks, furnishin...
 
JB
 
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on Nov 2, 2006 at 1:27 pm by JB, a resident of another community
AROUND TOWN
Our newest San Mateo County Supervisor
The nameless, faceless bureaucrats who haunt the San Mateo County Government Center are looking over their shoulders and running scared. Michael Stogner is the hands on fa...
 
earl bothwell
 
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on Apr 27, 2010 at 6:40 pm by Dynamite!, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
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
AROUND TOWN
Watch Midpeninsula election-night results on cable TV and Internet
Media Center offers 3 ways to watch the local races On November 7, several city council seats on the mid-peninsula are contested, as well as school board and county posts. ...
 
Streaming Video
 
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on Nov 2, 2006 at 9:11 pm by Streaming Video, a member of the Hillview Middle School community
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