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Time to register kindergartners in local districtsKindergarten registration for children who will be 5 years old on or before Sept. 1 will soon be underway in local school...
Original post made on Jan. 28, 2018There are no comments yet. 4550 Views
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Is this how we want our tax dollars spent?Having already spent or caused to be spent $80k of taxpayers’ money on their so-called Fire Services Fiscal Review and...
Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Mar. 19, 2018There are no comments yet. 1544 Views
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Avoiding a Paradise lostGood Morning Atherton Town Council, Atherton Town Manager, Atherton Police Department Chief, Menlo Park Fire Protection District...
Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Dec. 17, 2018There are no comments yet. 1615 Views
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M-A stages 'The Man Who Came to Dinner'"The Man Who Came to Dinner," a Broadway comedy about a radio personality who recuperates in a small town in Ohio after a...
Original post made on May. 23, 2019There are no comments yet. 2050 Views
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Two former SHP Gators help USA beat Chile in Women's World CupCarli Lloyd and Julie Ertz each finished off headers into the back of the net off corner kicks and the U.S. women's soccer...
Original post made on Jun. 21, 2019There are no comments yet. 2532 Views
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They may be slow, but they're not easy to find: Keeping up with the elusive Western pond turtleA new program by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District aims to help Western pond turtles, California's only native...
Original post made on Jul. 15, 2019There are no comments yet. 4281 Views
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Man wanted for killing of Menlo Park woman extradited to U.S. after fleeing to MexicoJaime Cardenas, a former East Palo Alto resident and suspect in the 2011 shooting death of Menlo Park resident Catherine...
Original post made on Jul. 24, 2019There are no comments yet. 6236 Views
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Two home burglaries in Atherton since FridayBurglars used blunt objects to break into two Atherton homes directly across the street from each other in the last few days,...
Original post made on Sep. 18, 2019There are no comments yet. 4650 Views
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Students gain skills to make change at Menlo School's 'action summit'Over a hundred students from 12 different Bay Area schools, including Menlo-Atherton High, Castilleja in Palo Alto, and Eastside...
Original post made on Nov. 18, 2019There are no comments yet. 6340 Views
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Violent robbery leaves Stanford student unconscious, cashlessA group of men robbed three Stanford University students on Sunday, knocking one of the students unconscious before fleeing...
Original post made on Feb. 16, 2020There are no comments yet. 3768 Views
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Students to return to Portola Valley schoolsThe Portola Valley School District will begin reopening its schools next week. Read the full story here https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2020/10/09/students-to-return-to-portola-...
Original post made on Oct. 13, 2020There are no comments yet. 5291 Views
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Watch the Ravenswood school board candidates discuss top issuesThrough videos, get to know this year's candidates for the Ravenswood City School District Board of Trustees and find out...
Original post made on Oct. 15, 2020There are no comments yet. 3307 Views
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Three compete for two Menlo Park school board seatsHow to safely reopen schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic is among the challenges facing the three candidates running for two...
Original post made on Oct. 17, 2020There are no comments yet. 8351 Views
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Eagle-eyed bird-watchers keep 121-year-old tradition despite pandemicEvery year since 1900, birders have braved the winter weather to engage in what's considered to be the longest-running citizen...
Original post made on Dec. 27, 2020There are no comments yet. 3514 Views
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2020: A difficult year that showcased Menlo Park's resilienceIn many ways, 2020 was a year made infamous by its relentless awfulness. It threw at us a global pandemic and widespread...
Original post made on Jan. 2, 2021There are no comments yet. 7270 Views
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New East Palo Alto council member calls for more diverse leadership in Sequoia districtEast Palo Alto Council member Antonio Lopez is asking the Sequoia Union High School District to hire more diverse leaders...
Original post made on Jan. 7, 2021There are no comments yet. 7811 Views
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'Before Fiddler' celebrates the richness of klezmer music and the world of author Sholem AleichemTheatreWorks Silicon Valley favorite Hershey Felder presents an all-new show, written for the screen, portraying author Sholem...
Original post made on Feb. 7, 2021There are no comments yet. 3229 Views
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Obituaries: Mary Hom, Karl Handwerk, Gail Blach, Katherine StrehlThis week in obituaries, read about the lives of Mary Kim Hom, 65, Karl Handwerk, 83, Gail Blach, 84, and Katherine A. Strehl,...
Original post made on Feb. 8, 2021There are no comments yet. 3506 Views
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The Pear Theatre offers a rich feast of words from Dylan ThomasThe Pear Theatre has outdone itself with a production of Dylan Thomas's "Under Milk Wood," a play that resounds with the...
Original post made on Apr. 3, 2021There are no comments yet. 3293 Views
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Golden Acorn Awards highlight pandemic contributionsMenlo Park's leaders celebrated on Thursday a year like no other by recognizing the pandemic response contributions of local...
Original post made on May. 24, 2021There are no comments yet. 5596 Views
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