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Speak Italian! Cook and Eat Italian! Courses offered by the Italian Educational Intitute Menlo College Italian Language courses begin January 11 at Menlo College in Atherton NEW – Traveling in Italy minicourse – survival Italian and travel advice Italian cook-and-eat courses begin January 20 at Donato Enoteca in RC
ISTITUTO EDUCAZIONE ITALIANA Photo courtesy of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Winter wonderland This picture, taken last winter, provides a view of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District’s nature center on the shores of Alpine Pond in the Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve under a rare blanket of snow. For information on free docent-led hikes in the preserves, check TheAlmanacOnline.com.
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■ Town’s silence on paying $230,000 settlement of harassment claim was an oversight, officials say. Page 6 ■ Atherton City Council picks Kathy McKeithen as mayor. Page 7
■ San Mateo County Supervisor Rich Gordon invites local officials to a “summit” at Canada College on state government reform efforts. Page 10
Menlo Park ■ Menlo Park blog captures local life, people, vignettes. Page 5 ■ Are cameras aimed at catching red-light runners working? Page 8
Woodside ■ Woodside attorney Theodore Zayner appointed to Superior Court in Santa Clara County. Page 5
Also Inside Births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . Holiday Fund . . . . . . . . Police Calls . . . . . . . . . .
Please visit www.italybythebay.org or call: 650.868.5995 for details
People ■ V. Raymond Swope of Menlo Park is named to the San Mateo County Superior Court. Page 7
Obituaries ■ Bob Augsburger, first executive director of POST, dies at 83. Page 9 ■ Music teacher, performer Stanley Buetens dies at 78. Page 7
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Almanac staff photographer Michelle Le captured the range of activities and emotions in our communities during 2009. See Page 12.
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