Deirdre McCrohan
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Landlord says it has no takers for Tiburon Playhouse, will redevelop movie theater building
Apparently dashing hopes of residents seeking to preserve Tiburon’s downtown movie theater, landlord ACV Argo said it has made several...
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Centenarian, WWII veteran Forrest Morphew was kids’ book author, spent 3 decades on sanitary board
Forrest René Morphew, a former longtime Tiburon resident who served on the Richardson Bay Sanitary District board of directors for 35...
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Tiburon approves garbage-rate hike despite residents’ complaints
Garbage rates are going up in Tiburon Oct. 1 despite objections from a chorus of residents who said the waste-management company’s...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Tiburon Peninsula businesses take different approaches to expanded operations
A host of Marin businesses allowed to re-open or expand operations beginning Sept. 15 when the county moved from California’s purple...
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Cecilia Way yard boasts 648-pound gourd — and growing
Some home gardeners have a gift for growing stunning dahlias; others can coax ripe tomatoes from the foggiest Tiburon microclimate....
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Tiburon council backs creation of diversity, inclusion committee
The Tiburon Town Council has given its preliminary support to forming a new citizens’ advisory committee that would be tasked with...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Tiburon Playhouse becomes ‘casualty of pandemic’
The Tiburon Playhouse, a fixture of downtown social life for more than 60 years and host of the Tiburon International Film Festival, has...
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Tiburon Peninsula businesses hesitate as more allowed to reopen
News last week that the state had put the brakes on Marin’s plans to more widely reopen its economy was largely met with a collective...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Sam’s Anchor Cafe celebrates a century on the bay
Prohibition had just been enacted in the U.S. when Sam Vella began slinging drinks on Tiburon’s shoreline. His bar — a wooden plank over...
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Last-minute challengers enter Reed school board race
There’s a race after all in the Reed Union School District board election. In a deadline surprise, Tiburon residents Chuck Hornbrook, who...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Exterior work to begin soon on Belvedere-Tiburon Library addition
Belvedere-Tiburon Library officials say the framing of the 8,617-square-foot addition to the existing building is now 90-percent...
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Jeanie Brown, owner of former Jeanie’s Java cafe at The Boardwalk, dies of coronavirus
Norma Jean “Jeanie” McCoy Brown, a longtime Tiburon resident who owned the former Jeanie’s Java coffee shop at The Boardwalk Shopping...
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Longtime Belvedere Barbara Patten teacher was beloved by students
Barbara Seibert Patten, a longtime former Belvedere resident who taught English at Del Mar Middle School and the former Reedland Woods...
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Tiburon's Paula Little sponsored town’s hanging flower baskets
Paula Benjamin Little, who underwrote the annual cost of the large hanging flower baskets seen on Tiburon Boulevard in downtown Tiburon,...
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Challenger jumps in to guarantee race for Belvedere council seats
A challenger has emerged for one of three seats on the Belvedere City Council, making it a four-way race that includes three newcomers...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Tiburon parks panel expresses frustration over lack of input on herbicide policy
Members of the Tiburon Parks, Open Space and Trails Commission expressed frustration last week that the Town Council has denied them the...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·No Tiburon, Belvedere council challengers as election filing draws near
The race for seats on the Belvedere and Tiburon city councils remained uncontested as of The Ark’s press deadline, with just a week...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Tiburon physician Robert Jaffe was a pioneer, mentor in women’s health
Dr. Robert Benton Jaffe of Tiburon, a pioneer in clinical reproductive endocrinology and infertility who spent much of his career at the...
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Officials denounce ‘All Lives Matter’ scrawl on Tiburon's Main Street
Town officials have denounced a weekend incident in which someone scrawled “All Lives Matter” and “Don’t Tread on Me” — slogans...
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Tiburon Peninsula companies get millions in bailout program
More than 300 Tiburon and Belvedere businesses and nonprofits combined to receive up to $52.3 million to cover rent, utilities and the...
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