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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... |
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on Sep 29, 2007 at 10:54 am by Richard, a resident of another community |
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Woodside Village Church Christmas Celebrations
Woodside Village Church Presents “Plum Pudding Party and Christmas Carols”
Back by popular demand, Woodside Village Church at 3154 Woodside Road, invites the Community of Woo... |
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on Nov 21, 2006 at 9:36 am by Linda Patrick, a resident of the Woodside: Woodside Glens 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... |
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on Aug 31, 2007 at 10:59 am by Katherine Chouteau, a resident of another community |
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Menlo Park couple give $150 million to Stanford
Stanford University's Graduate School of Business has received a $150 million gift -- one of the largest in the university's history -- to create an institute to alleviate pov... |
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on Dec 13, 2011 at 12:35 pm by Alfred Nonymous, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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Online tips that are helpful to cyclists
This letter by John Fox of Menlo Park was published in the Jan. 24, 2006, issue of the Almanac.
Editor:
As one of the Menlo Park bicycle commissioners, I want to t... |
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on Jan 26, 2007 at 8:32 am by Robin, a resident of another community |
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Immigrants Day at History Museum on Saturday
As part of San Mateo County's Sesquicentennial celebration, Immigrants Day will be celebrated on Saturday, Nov. 4, from noon to 4:00 P.M. at the San Mateo County History Museu... |
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on Oct 30, 2006 at 10:25 am by Renee Meil, a resident of the Portola Valley: Ladera neighborhood |
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Campaign Party for Virginia Chang Kiraly, Republican Nominee for CA State Assembly
Campaign Party for Assembly Candidate Virginia Chang Kiraly, District 21
Hosted by Francine Gani and Ann Bowers Noyce
A campaign party for Virginia Chang Kiraly of Menlo... |
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on Oct 11, 2006 at 9:23 pm by Lisa Cohen, a resident of the Menlo Park: University Heights neighborhood |
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Cyclist's accident: Puzzled by police reporting
The following letter by Mike Laine was published in the Almanac's Jan. 24 print edition:
Editor:
I read the Jan.17 article about MaryAnn Levenson, the cyclist who was hi... |
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on Jan 23, 2007 at 12:19 pm by Renee Batti, news editor of The Almanac |
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Be on the alert for fat -- the kind that blocks sewer lines
With the holidays upon us, regional water quality experts want Bay Area residents to be on the alert for fat. Not the kind that expands the waistline, but the kind that can bl... |
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on Dec 13, 2006 at 11:39 am by MPworkingMom, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
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Private plane lands on I-280, strikes car
That there were no injuries in a Sunday evening incident in which a pilot landed his small plane on I-280 is probably more an indication of the pilot's skill rather than luck... |
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on Jul 13, 2011 at 6:25 pm by Menlo Voter, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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SMC Supervisors placed Sheriff Deputies 3% Raise on Consent Agenda
San Mateo County supervisors approved an agreement with the 352-member Deputy Sheriff's Association without discussion at their April 12 meeting. The agreement was listed on a... |
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on Sep 13, 2011 at 9:09 am by Michael G. Stogner, a resident of another community |
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Wow! Dow Closes Above 12,000
Market peak means party time. Menlo Park resident Doug McGee, a Senior
Vice President at Wachovia Securities in Palo Alto, hosted his 12th
champagne and cake party to cel... |
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on Oct 20, 2006 at 12:52 pm by Doug McGee, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood |
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"The Government Is The Only Thing We All Belong To"
This video was played at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte last night.
Web Link
If you believe you belong to the Governme... |
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on Nov 7, 2012 at 10:58 am by The Coming GOP Civil War, a resident of another community |
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Check Out the Corn Maze in Dixon, CA
I just read an article in the Chronicle about a corn maze in Dixon. Here is a link to the online version
Web Link... |
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on Oct 26, 2007 at 4:33 pm by Joanna, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Here are Frank’s Picks from Kepler's
This month's picks by Frank Sanchez, head book-buyer at Kepler's Books, include a collection of American protest literature, a book from a pop culture reviewer and several bi... |
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on Jan 17, 2007 at 10:03 pm by PageTurner, a resident of another community |
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Atherton DUI driver sentenced to five years in state prison
A guilty plea and an apology weren't enough to keep a 63-year-old Atherton woman out of prison. A judge sentenced Margaret Brill to five years for a drunken rampage through do... |
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on Sep 21, 2012 at 3:16 pm by Help is on the way, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 07/15/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. On Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan
3. The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon
4. The Insufficiency... |
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on Jul 16, 2007 at 12:41 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Tunes for Kids at Atherton Library
Musician MaryLee Sunsieri will lead an interactive "Best of the Best" performance on at 4 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 8, at the Atherton branch library, 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane.
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on Jan 4, 2007 at 6:40 pm by Andrea Gemmet, Almanac staff writer |
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Thanksgiving Vignette
There is a wonderful museum on the campus of Stanford University and in front of it there is an outdoor sculpture garden filled with Rodin's work. It is the biggest collecti... |
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on Dec 20, 2006 at 3:26 pm by Bemused, a resident of another community |
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Infants in the bike lane
Today at 12:10 PM when driving down Santa Cruz Avenue, I passed three women within a single block walking alone and pushing infants in strollers and carriages in the bicycle l... |
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on Dec 25, 2012 at 9:44 am by Not a Tank, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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Obama to return to Woodside
President Barack Obama is returning to Woodside on Sunday, Sept. 25, for a 4 p.m. gathering to meet and presumably break bread with campaign contributors, according to an anno... |
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on Sep 27, 2011 at 4:08 pm by Emotional or Irate?, a resident of the Atherton: Lloyden Park neighborhood |
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Editorial: It is time to test chloramine
Amid the recent turmoil over dangerous chemicals in our food and toys, it's amazing to observe the federal government's somewhat lackadaisical reaction to concerns over chlora... |
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on Oct 13, 2007 at 9:27 am by Gregory, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Learn about birds at Bayfront Park on Saturday, Nov. 4
Sat. Nov 4th. If you're walking the dog, taking the kids out, or just enjoying a stroll at Bayfront Park on Sat. morning, stop by for a look at some of the birds that call Bay... |
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on Nov 3, 2006 at 11:14 am by Bird Watcher, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
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Building a bridge, word by word
Margy Kahn's first full-length play, "Familiar Strangers," is being premiered by Pear Avenue Theatre on March 2. Photo by Michelle Le/The Almanac
Read the full story he... |
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on Feb 29, 2012 at 7:06 pm by enlightened, a resident of another community |
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Green energy home wins Menlo Park award
Tavinder and Vivek Wadhwa have won Menlo Park's 2011 Environmental Quality Award, for their passive energy home, the city announced.
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on Mar 3, 2012 at 12:24 am by Confused, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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