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Stabbing victim's death sends shock waves through communityThose who knew Kathy Hughes Anderson are reeling in shock following the news that the former Atherton town arborist and 62-year-old Menlo Park resident was found stabbed to death in her Valparaiso Avenue home on Wednesday, Dec. 12.
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M-A Bears claim state championshipMenlo-Atherton High defeated Lincoln of San Diego 21-7 for the CIF 3-AA state football championship Saturday at Sequoia High for the first state football championship in school history. What a way to go out for the Menlo-Atherton seniors.
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Holiday Fund: Offering a helping hand to English learnersProject Read-Menlo Park was founded in 1985, and since 2012 alone has supported nearly 750 learners from 56 different countries. It is one of 10 nonprofits that benefit from The Almanac's 2018 Holiday Fund.
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Woodside school honors award-winning studentThe Woodside Elementary School District celebrated eighth-grader Georgia Hutchinson and her award-winning scientific achievement at an assembly earlier this week.
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M-A High student wins Congressional App ChallengeAnna Quinlan, a senior at Menlo-Atherton High School, won the 2018 18th Congressional District's App Challenge for an insulin pump app she created, Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Menlo Park, has announced.
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Menlo Park company and co-founder win prestigious environmental prizeEntrepreneur Miranda Wang and BioCellection, the Menlo Park-based company she co-founded, have been named the winners of the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award for 2018.
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