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ON DEADLINE blog: Will side effect of school board retreat be shorter (but better) meetings?
One "news" item out of last week's Palo Alto Board of Education retreat was that future board meetings may well be substantially shorter, more focused and better at getting th... |
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on Jul 2, 2012 at 10:12 am by Cut-To-the-Chase, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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On Deadline: Summer camp can be unforgettable, even if you want to
The Weekly's cover story on summer camps last Friday (July 22) evoked some powerful camp memories of my own, dating back to the mid-1950s -- a measure of the power of the expe... |
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on Jul 28, 2011 at 8:25 am by Jeri Arbuckle, a resident of the Esther Clark Park neighborhood |
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On Deadline: 'Sim City' computer game not enough? Try 'Sim Bay Area'
There's a computer game called "Sim City" -- that's with an M, not an N, although the latter might make it even more interesting for some.
Anyone who has spent time with t... |
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on Apr 8, 2011 at 6:18 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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On Deadline: Cooley Landing at last is about to become a jewel of a park
(Photo -- left to right: Elizabeth Jackson, Shannon Alford, Ruben Abrica, Ashlie Simpson.)
By summer 2012 a new bayfront park will begin to emerge in the Midpeninsula: Cool... |
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on Mar 26, 2011 at 12:25 pm by beautiful park, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Robert Kelley recalls early days of TheatreWorks and a remarkable journalist
The special recognition TheatreWorks received Monday night -- being called a “treasured cultural icon” at a Palo Alto City Council meeting and winning seven theatre critics aw... |
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on May 8, 2010 at 5:13 pm by stephen levy, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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On Deadline: A last trip to the city dump -- layoffs, some nostalgia, seagulls
Thursday at 5 p.m. the Palo Alto city dump closed forever to residents for garbage and trash loads. City dump isn't its real name. It's officially the Palo Alto Sanitary Landf... |
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on Jul 29, 2011 at 9:55 am by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus |
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On Deadline: Glimmers of hope, but no $$ yet, for 'Free at Last'
Glimmers of hope -- but no real $$ yet -- are on the horizon for Free at Last, the recovery-and-rehabilition organization based in East Palo Alto but serving a broader area of... |
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on May 5, 2011 at 12:37 pm by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus |
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Lessons Mary Fortney taught me about living one's life
Lessons Mary Fortney taught me years ago came to mind on learning of her recent death, following a period of health problems and increasing frailty.
She was for many years... |
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on Feb 14, 2011 at 4:40 pm by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus |
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