Portola Valley News

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Northern Maine Community College officials say a $5 million gift from a Presque Isle native who now lives in California will have a "transformative impact" on the college.The gift from Mary Barton Akeley Smith of Portola Valley, Calif., announced Wednesday at the Presque Isle campus, will provide most of the $6 million needed to renovate two campus ... (more)

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Police have stepped up patrols near a Portola Valley middle school after a mountain lion was spotted near the campus' back fence Wednesday morning.

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Tim Hanretty has resigned as superintendent of the Portola Valley School District while an investigation is conducted into suspected "financial irregularities" in the accounts of the Woodside School District when he served as that district's finance officer.

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As perhaps one of the largest and best-known public high schools in the area, M-A High School educates a vastly diverse crowd of students and thus offers a variety of courses and teachers to offer the best learning experience for the greatest amount of people possible.

Tim Hanretty has resigned from his position as superintendent of the Portola Valley School District while an ongoing investigation continues into suspected "financial irregularities" in the accounts of another school district he previously worked for, according to a letter from district school board President Scott Parker.

The Portola Valley Town Council stuck its neck out last week by agreeing to lend money to a group of residents before determining whether they will formally agree to set aside future funds to repay the town.

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The South San Francisco Cultural Arts Commission has dedicated a new public sculpture, "Evohelix" by Roger White Stoller, installed on Centennial Way near Spruce Avenue.

The gender ratio on Portola Valley's five-member architecture review board has changed to three men and two women from a male-heavy ratio that has prevailed for much of the panel's history.

The bell has rung, Round 16 is over, and the advantage seems to be with the applicants, Dr.

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Residents of the Stanford Weekend Acres community - an unincorporated region of the county near Portola Valley and Menlo Park - spoke out against the proposal by local property owner Ramin Shahidi to subdivide his parcel of land in the neighborhood and build two new homes.

San Diego has more rooftop solar power than any other California city, with nearly 37 megawatts installed on more than 4,500 homes, commercial and government buildings, according to a report released Tuesday by Environment California, a statewide environmental advocacy group.

Alex McIntyre, the city manager in Lake Oswego, Oregon, and a former town administrator in Portola Valley, will replace Glen Rojas as city manager of Menlo Park, the city announced Jan.

The gender ratio on Portola Valley's five-member architecture review board has changed to three men and two women from a male-heavy ratio that has prevailed for much of the panel's history.

The bell has rung, Round 16 is over, and the advantage seems to be with the applicants, Dr.