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Stanford execs face questions on Condi Rice, El Camino, trails - The Almanac Online border=

Stanford execs face questions on Condi Rice, El Camino, trails - The Almanac Online

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He mentioned retail, housing, and medical offices as possibilities. Mr. Etchemendy said the land would not be used for academic purposes. Q. Should Stanford open its land to hikers? Pointing to the goodwill the university has generated by opening …

Rotary awards $72000 in scholarships - The Almanac Online border=

Rotary awards $72000 in scholarships - The Almanac Online

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Seventeen seniors from local high schools received $67000 in scholarships from the Rotary Club of Menlo Park last week in ceremonies at the club's regular meeting. All the students have been accepted into four-year colleges, including Berkeley, …
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Green Academy in works at Woodside High - The Almanac Online

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"This is like the Greenies Task Force on steroids," he added, referring to the campus club that promotes activities such as gardening, biking to school and using green products. Staff interest, skills and experience are also crucial to creating …

Portola Valley to try again with noise ordinance - The Almanac Online border=

Portola Valley to try again with noise ordinance - The Almanac Online

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Attempts to adopt the ordinance in April and May failed because the Town Council added something substantial enough — allowing commercial gardening on Saturdays, for example — to warrant a new draft, thereby restarting the two-step process of …

Habitat for Humanity begins work on foreclosed home in Belle Haven - The Almanac Online border=

Habitat for Humanity begins work on foreclosed home in Belle Haven - The Almanac Online

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Within the next two months, the housing nonprofit expects to choose a low-income family to sell the home to. "This is very new for us," said spokeswoman Jennifer Doettling. Habitat normally builds homes from the ground up, but in this case it's going …
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New executive chef at Marche restaurant - The Almanac Online border=

New executive chef at Marche restaurant - The Almanac Online

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He returned to Marche after graduation. Starting as banquet chef in 2005, he moved up the ranks to become chef de cuisine in 2008, and was promoted to executive chef this April. When not working, he enjoys gardening and golf. He takes part in benefits …

Should library funds help build town hall? - The Almanac Online border=

Should library funds help build town hall? - The Almanac Online

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Atherton's library has a healthy bankroll of reserve funds that could be used to expand the library. Is there a mutual benefit here? Depending upon whom you ask, the answer is a hopeful "maybe" or an adamant "no!" Atherton Councilman Charles Marsala …

Second-graders get bookcases, books - The Almanac Online border=

Second-graders get bookcases, books - The Almanac Online

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This report is from Pete Verral, who does community outreach for the Los Altos-based Hoopoe Books Share Literacy Program. To help avert the loss over the summer of academic gains achieved during the school year, second-grade students at Costano …
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Portola Valley tweaks noise ordinance again - The Almanac Online border=

Portola Valley tweaks noise ordinance again - The Almanac Online

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Include wood chippers and chain saws under the definition of gardening power-tools, and include them in regulations that govern the use of leaf blowers and weed whackers. • Include the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. in the list of holidays during …

Healthy travel - The Almanac Online border=

Healthy travel - The Almanac Online

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She's an adjunct clinical assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Disease and Geographic Medicine at the Stanford School of Medicine; and practices travel medicine and emergency medicine at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. …