Deirdre McCrohan
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Belvedere-Tiburon Library celebrates inaugural Green Week
Anne-Marie Bonneau says she broke up with plastic in 2011. Her now-grown daughter, Mary Katherine, thinks it was her idea, Bonneau said,...
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Lawsuit from Strawberry resident says Marin housing element dilutes local controls
A longtime Strawberry resident who says Marin’s eight-year housing roadmap has “gutted” the 24 community plans that shape development in...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Neighbors are alarmed to find 82-unit Paradise Drive concept online
Schematics discovered online that show an 82-unit development concept above Paradise Cay have set off alarm bells for neighbors already...
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Candidate filing period for Tiburon Town Council seat opens next week
Tiburon residents can declare their candidacy for an interim seat on the Town Council starting May 8. The candidate filing period runs...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Neighbors make 11th-hour push to drop Paradise Drive site for housing
About 50 Tiburon residents attended an April 29 open house to weigh in on the town’s draft 20-year growth plan and its accompanying...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Tiburon resident is honored for efforts to preserve open space
The Marin Conservation League has recognized Tiburon resident Jerry Riessen and the organization he heads, Tiburon Open Space, with its...
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Tiburon looks to ban natural-gas hookups to fight climate change
Tiburon intends to join dozens of cities nationwide that are banning natural-gas hookups in favor of electric appliances to reduce...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·State again rejects Tiburon’s eight-year plan for housing
Tiburon’s eight-year roadmap to accommodate new housing has been rejected by the state for a second time, throwing a potential curve in...
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Belvedere may ditch construction fines for steep up-front fees
Belvedere is poised to jettison the way it penalizes property owners for dragging out construction projects, with officials seeking to...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Water rates would surge nearly 60% under proposal for annual increases
Tiburon Peninsula and other county residents would see their water rates jump nearly 60% over the next four years under increases being...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Longtime Tiburon resident John Greenspan was leader in oral HIV research
John Simon Greenspan, a longtime Tiburon resident and world-renowned researcher who made several groundbreaking discoveries in the field...
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Strawberry leaders say county has undermined residents on housing
Neighborhood leaders in Strawberry say Marin supervisors have “gutted” the 23 community plans that shape housing and development across...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Environmental report finds ‘unavoidable’ impacts from town growth
Air quality, water supplies, waste-treatment facilities and traffic would be impacted to a “significant unavoidable” degree if the goals,...
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Tiburon's long-term diversity plan seeks to address structural inequities
Tiburon’s ambitious new long-term diversity, equity and inclusion strategy identifies nearly four dozen programs to address...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Sewer district is expected to roll out steep price hikes
Sewer rates in Belvedere and southern Tiburon could skyrocket by more than 60% over the next five years. The Sanitary District No. 5 of...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Storms soak the peninsula, down trees, knock out power
Editor’s note — This article won fifth place for breaking news in the California News Publishers Association’s 2023 California Journalism...
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Ex-Belvedere mayor Cam Baker was a winemaker, gun-control activist
Former Belvedere Mayor David Cameron “Cam” Baker, a lawyer and political activist turned winemaker, died at his family’s other home in...
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Residents say library needs to act on solar energy system
A group of Tiburon residents is protesting the Belvedere-Tiburon Library’s 2021 decision to put off the purchase of solar panels amid the...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Tiburon posts draft 20-year growth plan, impact report
The draft plan for Tiburon’s 20-year blueprint for townwide growth, along with its associated environmental report, have now been...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Belvedere orders study on coyote hideouts and activity
Belvedere will work with wildlife experts to identify coyote shelter and denning sites throughout the city as part of its developing...
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