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President Obama has had a tough week
This week will mark the 37th time House Republicans have tried to repeal Obamacare. If Republicans really wanted to do away with Obamacare they should just endorse it as a con... |
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5 hours ago by C Parker, a resident of the Menlo Park: Menlo Oaks neighborhood |
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Sequoia Healthcare District defends its community mission as political foes aim to pull the plug on it
This article by Renee Batti in 2002 provides some insight into this decade long struggle. Web Link |
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5 hours ago by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
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San Mateo County announces boundary adjustment meetings
County residents interested in deciding how the new supervisorial district lines are drawn have five opportunities this summer to make their voices heard at meetings with the ... |
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on May 21, 2013 at 12:28 pm by Michael G Stogner, a resident of another community |
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Fire marshal leaving Menlo Park Fire Protection District
Geoff Aus, long-time Menlo Park Fire Protection District fire marshal, is changing employers, but not job titles – he has accepted a position as fire marshal for the Lawr... |
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on May 19, 2013 at 1:05 am by Editor, The Almanac Online |
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Obituary: Imogene Woodruff, 94,
longtime dance instructor
Imogene Woodruff, who taught ballroom dance and cotillion classes to generations of Midpeninsula residents, died on March 14, one day short of her 95th birthday. She had been ... |
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on May 17, 2013 at 6:05 pm by Nostalgic Dancer, a resident of the Woodside: Woodside Glens neighborhood |
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Lawsuit filed over collision with horses on I-280
A lawsuit has been filed by Menlo Park physician Dr. Jean W. Gillon over an incident in the early morning darkness of Dec. 29, 2012, in which a Mercedes Benz she was driving c... |
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on May 16, 2013 at 6:46 pm by Hmmm, a resident of another community |
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Saturday: Friends of Edgewood Park celebrate
The Friends of Edgewood Park will celebrate their 20th anniversary from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the Bill and Jean Lane Education Center at Edgewood Park, 6 Old Stage... |
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on May 10, 2013 at 1:46 pm by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
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Saturday: Raising mental health awareness
The Mental Health Awareness Project, founded by Lisa Pamphilon of Menlo Park, will hold an inaugural event on Saturday, May 11, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Menlo Park City C... |
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on May 10, 2013 at 12:21 pm by Sheri, a resident of another community |
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Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free
This is an idiom which I probably picked up during my Navy days in the fifties. Aside from it's male chauvinist interpretation, it has applicability to many things in life. ... |
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on May 9, 2013 at 2:36 pm by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
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Update: Mountain lion kills three goats
A mountain lion killed three dwarf goats in a fenced enclosure on Tripp Court in Woodside on Nov. 14, but the chances of the goats' owner finding and killing the lion have dim... |
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on May 8, 2013 at 8:23 pm by C, a resident of another community |
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Six people injured in shooting
Six people were shot and injured in East Palo Alto on Sunday afternoon near a McDonald's restaurant on University Avenue, according to a fire official.
Read the full story ... |
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on May 6, 2013 at 10:01 pm by POGO, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
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HSR Creating Battles Between Union and Non-union Contractors
Interesting article about the battle between union and non-union contractors and High Speed Rail. It's clear the HSR Authority wants to push work to the unions at the detrime... |
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on May 2, 2013 at 10:24 am by Michael G Stogner, a resident of another community |
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Service Tuesday for man killed by train
A service for Stephen Lehane, the Menlo Park resident killed by a train last week, is scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, at the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church.
Read t... |
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on Apr 30, 2013 at 2:01 pm by Mew, a resident of another community |
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Escaped suspect captured in Mountain View
A domestic violence suspect who escaped from a patrol car in North Fair Oaks on Thursday night was captured Saturday evening in Mountain View, according to the San Mateo C... |
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on Apr 30, 2013 at 11:13 am by Michael G Stogner, a resident of another community |
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Does Rich Gordon endorse the Sequoia Healthcare District?
In a recent presentation to the San Carlos Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee this morning, a PowerPoint presentation created by District PR consulting firm, MTK... |
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on Apr 23, 2013 at 7:32 pm by Menlo Voter, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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2013 San Mateo County Community Health Needs Assessment
I received the following from Lee Michelson, Ceo of the Sequoia Healthcare District:
Here is a copy of the email that went out on Tuesday, just in case, I know of few of you ... |
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on Apr 19, 2013 at 2:08 pm by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
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Grand jury dings San Mateo County for failing to rein in sooaring pension costs
San Mateo County doesn't have enough money to cover promised retirement costs that could total $2 billion, not the $1 billion estimated by the agency managing employees' pensi... |
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on Apr 19, 2013 at 10:47 am by Bob, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Grand jury slams county on pension fund
In its second report in two years on this topic, the San Mateo County civil grand jury lambastes county officials over a pension plan for county employees that it says is und... |
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on Apr 18, 2013 at 4:30 pm by Poster, a resident of another community |
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Should Government websites be searchable?
In my struggle to make the Sequoia Healthcare District more user friendly, I suggested to CEO Lee Michelson that "Searchable pdf format would be smaller and more useful."
His... |
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on Apr 17, 2013 at 12:00 pm by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
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Sequoia Healthcare District Volunteers at St. Anthony de Padua Dining Room
"The District has been supporting us through its wonderful Community Services program since 2009." Web Link
Note; prior to 2009, St. Anthony's only... |
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on Apr 16, 2013 at 12:57 pm by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
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At the top: Lt. Gen. Joseph F. Fil Jr.
In a time of war but not of national sacrifice, of an official news blackout on photos of the flag-draped coffins of war dead, and of an all-volunteer military, those of us en... |
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on Apr 13, 2013 at 2:21 pm by Keith B, a resident of the Portola Valley: Woodside Highlands neighborhood |
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Sequoia Healthcare District alters health insurance subsidies for Directors and employees
There is something suspicious about the Sequoia Healthcare District's flip flop on policy regarding health insurance benefits.
At their April 3, 2013 board meeting http://... |
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on Apr 13, 2013 at 9:44 am by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
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Early morning runners be alert
This morning, around 5:30-6:00 am, my mom was running on Ringwood between Bay and Middlefield. She always runs with a flashlight and against traffic. Someone driving a gray ca... |
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on Apr 11, 2013 at 3:47 pm by Sandy Brundage, Almanac Staff Writer, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Sequoia Healthcare District continues to collect property tax
___In the 1996 Measure "H" election Web Link in which the Sequoia Hospital District obtained voter approval for the sale of Sequoia Hospital, elec... |
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on Apr 11, 2013 at 2:14 pm by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
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No drone for San Mateo County Sheriff's Office
Plans are off for the purchase of a small drone aircraft that would have allowed Sheriff's Office deputies to peer down from the sky, night or day, during search-and-rescue o... |
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on Apr 11, 2013 at 1:13 pm by ACLU stinks, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
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