Deirdre McCrohan
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No dogs on McKegney Field, Tiburon parks commission recommends
Tiburon’s newly renovated McKegney Green playing field could sport a permanent fence and be off-limits to dogs under a new package of...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Tiburon declares emergency after back-to-back storms
The Tiburon Town Council has formally declared a local state of emergency in the wake of back-to-back storms that triggered several...
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Mill Valley Refuse prepares to pitch move to dual-stream recycling
Despite a tepid reaction by participating Belvedere, Tiburon and Strawberry residents to the three-month tryout of dual-stream recycling...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Storm pummels Tiburon Peninsula, triggers landslides, flooding
A powerful storm wreaked havoc on the Tiburon Peninsula last week, bringing g usting winds and dumping upward of 6 inches of rain in the...
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The Belvedere-Tiburon Library, brought to you by … ?
The Belvedere-Tiburon Library could wind up with something in common with San Francisco’s Oracle Park, Chase Center and the city’s...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Group of Belvedere residents appeals decision to allow live music at Sam’s Anchor Cafe
A group of Belvedere residents has formally appealed the Tiburon Planning Commission decision to allow live, amplified music on the...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Tiburon council OKs higher roof for Caprice restaurant over neighbors’ protest
Despite objections from their next-door neighbor, the new owners of The Caprice will be able to add 37 square feet to the building and...
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New rules help Tiburon improve to its first A grade in annual tobacco report
Formally banning the sale of tobacco products and extending its smoking and vaping ban has earned Tiburon high marks from the American...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Phil Ehrlich
After moving from Sausalito to Belvedere in 1963, Phil Ehrlich helped found the Belvedere Community Foundation, doing most of the legal...
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Jean Ann Ford
Jean Ann Ford, who co-founded the global Benefit Cosmetics line with her identical twin sister, Jane, died of cancer Jan. 17 at her...
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Pioneering TV journalist Sylvia Chase won Emmy and Peabody
Emmy and Peabody award-winning journalist Sylvia Chase, among the first women to serve as a broadcast news anchor in the Bay Area and an...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Sylvia Chase
Emmy and Peabody award-winning journalist Sylvia Chase, among the first women to serve as a broadcast news anchor in the Bay Area and an...
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Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society launches fundraiser to replace roof at railroad museum
Docents who greet and educate visitors at the Tiburon Railroad & Ferry Depot Museum have an additional responsibility these days: They’re...
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Yellow Bus Challenge officials fear slow increase in Tiburon traffic
The officials who oversee Tiburon’s Yellow Bus Challenge are worried traffic on Tiburon Boulevard appears to once again be slowing down...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Tiburon Peninsula Club must meet existing rules before town will consider tennis center
Town officials want the Tiburon Peninsula Club to resolve existing noise and lighting issues before they consider allowing the club to...
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Kulik takes over as mayor, Fredericks is vice mayor in Tiburon
Town Councilmember David Kulik is Tiburon’s new mayor after being elected by his colleagues in an hourlong Dec. 5 session, which also...
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Court: Easton Point hikers are trespassing in Tiburon Ridge trails dispute
Hikers on the privately owned 110-acre Easton Point property atop the southern Tiburon Ridge are trespassing, according to Marin County...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Marchers, Tiburon town officials take stand against anti-Semitism
About 100 people turned out Dec. 2 for a march against anti-Semitism after recent incidents in which anti-Semitic graffiti was found...
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Joseph Lavigne of Belvedere was successful Chevron engineer, active in community
Joseph Bryson Lavigne of Corinthian Island, a retired Chevron engineer who by his own account held more than 40 patents and was an active...
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Tiburon artist focuses on ‘Transitions’ in new library exhibit
Many years ago, Kim Armstrong spent three months traveling around France when she went to the post office to mail a 40-pound box back...
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