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Another excellent Covid 19 Letter from a local mayor- AthertonFrom Rick DeGolia, Mayor of Atherton: Subject: Suggestions regarding the Coronavirus or COVID-19 The health and safety...
Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Mar. 10, 2020There are no comments yet. 1235 Views
MENLO PARK
Cline comes out against Councilmembers serving more than two terms.In the Palo Alto Daily Post this morning, Menlo Park Councilmember Rich Cline spoke out against Councilmembers serving more...
Original post made by Newsy on Mar. 19, 2018Last comment by joola, on Mar 21, 2018 at 12:57 pm | 2 comments | 1231 Views
MENLO PARK
MP and Facebook police agreement makes the national newsDaily Mail today has big story re City of MP and Facebook's payment for police dept in in it's area. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7609399/Facebook-accused-privatizing-l...
Original post made by whatever on Oct. 24, 2019Last comment by onesies twosies, on Oct 25, 2019 at 4:33 pm | 5 comments | 1201 Views
MENLO PARK
A new vision for public safety services in Menlo ParkRecommendations: 1 - Separate criminal offenses from other public safety service functions, 2 - Establish a new Menlo...
Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Jun. 18, 2020Last comment by Roy Thiele-Sardiña, on Jun 18, 2020 at 9:23 pm | 5 comments | 1197 Views
AROUND TOWN
Sheriff Deputy Heinz Puschendof Requesting Recount of Measure WSan Mateo County Sheriff Deputy will be filing for the recount of Measure W ballots. Measure had consistently failed to...
Original post made by Michael G. Stogner on Nov. 27, 2018There are no comments yet. 1189 Views
ATHERTON
Atherton considers reducing ECR to two lanes"Due to the limited width of El Camino Real in Atherton, reconfiguration of the travel way will be necessary to provide...
Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Nov. 5, 2019Last comment by MPer, on Nov 6, 2019 at 12:30 pm | 2 comments | 1188 Views
MENLO PARK
Resident group sues city over planned Sharon Road sidewalksA group of residents called Save our Menlo Park Neighborhoods has filed a lawsuit over a recent City Council decision to...
Original post made on Apr. 9, 2021Last comment by Nikki Stitt Sokol, on Apr 9, 2021 at 9:29 pm | 1 comment | 1186 Views
MENLO PARK
Park Forest continues to oppose 1704 ECR ProjectThe following public comments were made to the Planning Commission this evening: November 5, 2018 The 1704 ECR Project ...
Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Nov. 5, 2018There are no comments yet. 1178 Views
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park needs to elect their mayorMenlo Park City Council is apparently going to change the way we elect council members in response to a threatened lawsuit. Instead...
Original post made by bruce adornato on Oct. 5, 2017There are no comments yet. 1177 Views
MENLO PARK
Menlo Gates on Ravenswood and AlmaKudos to the City of Menlo Park and to the Menlo Park Historical Association for creating the newly constructed MENLO GATES,...
Original post made by Observer II on Mar. 19, 2019Last comment by Beth, on Mar 19, 2019 at 4:29 pm | 1 comment | 1161 Views
AROUND TOWN
ALERT: Menlo Park Small Business Owners and Nonprofits, Apply for New California Grants Immediately Or Be Left Out!On December 4, 2020, Governor Newsom announced a new $500M grant program to help California Small Businesses and nonprofits...
Original post made by dana hendrickson on Jan. 1, 2021There are no comments yet. 1160 Views
MENLO PARK
Downtown Christmas Tree LightingI'm a big fan of the holiday lights installed downtown, seen both at Fremont Park and on El Camino Real, near Ravenswood...
Original post made by Observer II on Oct. 18, 2018There are no comments yet. 1153 Views
AROUND TOWN
Isn't there a mask and glove requirement for all food store employees and deliverers of groceries and mealsAll too often I observe grocery store employees, restaurant employees, Instacart and meal delivery folks who handle food...
Original post made by Whatever on May. 7, 2020There are no comments yet. 1152 Views
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Artist Open StudioMay 18-19, join 5 artists at Jan Schachter's studio, 10 -5, 190 Golden Hills Drive, off of Westridge Jane Peterman: Ceramic...
Original post made by Jan Schachter on Apr. 28, 2019There are no comments yet. 1149 Views
AROUND TOWN
SMC e-mail Deletion policy put on hold by Mike Callagy.The Policy of deletion of e-mails after 90 days was set to go into effect February 1, 2019. Somebody placed the announcement...
Original post made by Michael G. Stogner on Jan. 30, 2019There are no comments yet. 1139 Views
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Redevelopment galvanizes residents to protect neighborhood treesTejaswini Ravindra is nervous about traveling over the holidays. It's not so much the omicron variant or the trip itself...
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2022Last comment by Roxie Rorapaugh, on Jan 18, 2022 at 7:34 pm | 4 comments | 1120 Views
AROUND TOWN
How the Town of Atherton proposes to steal from the residents of the Fire DistrictThe Town Council has no shame! These are just some of their proposals for ways in which Fire District funds could be...
Original post made by Peter Carpenter on May. 10, 2019There are no comments yet. 1115 Views
MENLO PARK
Middle Avenue parking gets no love from Menlo Park councilThe Menlo Park City Council voted to remove street parking from Middle Avenue in 3-2 vote with Council member Drew Combs...
Original post made on Feb. 17, 2023Last comment by dana hendrickson, on Mar 9, 2023 at 7:19 pm | 13 comments | 1114 Views
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Menlo-Atherton High School Stay Strong Banner ProjectSophomore Class Advisors at Menlo-Atherton High School, Amelia Kratzer and Susie Wagstaff, created a Stay Strong Banner Project...
Original post made by Amelia Kratzer on Nov. 8, 2020There are no comments yet. 1114 Views
MENLO PARK
Tour de Menlo ride raises funds for scholarships, Almanac Holiday Fund2018 Tour de Menlo riders helped raise funds for scholarships More than 400 cyclists from all over the Bay Area took...
Original post made by Tom Gibboney on Aug. 21, 2018Last comment by really?, on Aug 21, 2018 at 9:02 pm | 2 comments | 1105 Views
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