Deirdre McCrohan
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Late Tiburon mayor, supe Denis Rice helped create Old Rail Trail, save Ring Mountain
Denis “Denny” Rice, a former Tiburon mayor who also served on the Marin Board of Supervisors and mounted an unsuccessful campaign for...
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Richardson Bay agency abandons plans for a mooring field
The Richardson Bay Regional Agency is dropping plans to create a temporary mooring field off the Sausalito shoreline, with officials...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Public gets draft of Tiburon's 8-year housing roadmap
The draft of Tiburon’s controversial eight-year housing plan is now public, tackling state inclusion goals and identifying potential...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Tiburon woman, a Ukraine expat, fights to help casualties of war
Though she has lived in the U.S. for 30 years, the heartstrings connecting Paradise Cay resident Nataliya Grekh Añon to her homeland are...
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Candidate filing period to open for 11 elected bodies
Tiburon Peninsula residents will have a chance to run for seats on 11 local and county elected boards this November, but to get on the...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·‘A silent partner inside your body’ — Belvedere woman struggles with long COVID
Belvedere resident Savannah Murphy’s personal ordeal with COVID-19 began Dec. 23, more than 20 months after the start of the pandemic...
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Cinelounge Tiburon kicks off ticket sales, memberships ahead of theater’s debut
Hollywood veteran Christian Meoli says his new Cinelounge Tiburon movie theater at the former Tiburon Playhouse location will open online...
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Ex-Tiburon town employee files $500K whistleblower claim over firing
Former Tiburon Building Official Clay Salzman has filed a $500,000 claim against the town, alleging he was fired in December in...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Marin reaches terms to buy, save 110-acre property on Tiburon Ridge
The Trust for Public Land and the county of Marin are planning to team up to purchase the Martha property on the Tiburon Ridge for $42.1...
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Effort to unionize Strawberry Starbucks fails in narrow vote
An effort co-led by a local teen to unionize the Strawberry Starbucks has narrowly failed, with the organizers saying the vote turned on...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Tiburon starts to brainstorm design standards for housing
Ensuring buildings don’t look like warehouses, prioritizing paseos branching off Tiburon Boulevard and de-emphasizing parking spaces for...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Juneteenth fest will kick off packed weekend set for June 17-19
Live jazz, short speeches and family-friendly activities are on tap for Tiburon’s second annual Juneteenth festival, which will be held...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Tiburon set to expand police, double spending on infrastructure
Tiburon plans to double spending toward infrastructure, expand the police force and formally reorganize Town Hall under a $22.92-million...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Residents help pinpoint radio interference plaguing neighborhood
A mysterious radio interference problem that rendered Tiburon’s emergency radio notification system useless in Belveron and disrupted the...
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Marin is exploring purchase of 110-acre Tiburon Ridge property
Marin County has opened the door to possibly purchasing the 110-acre Martha Co. property on the Tiburon Ridge to preserve the land as...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Tiburon council may ban plastic foodware
Tiburon is poised to ban the single-use plastic foodware that often accompanies take-out orders. The Town Council at its May 18 meeting...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Tiburon OKs rule changes to comply with housing law
The Tiburon Town Council last week codified a new state law — and layered on several rules of its own — for future housing specifically...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Survey: Residents show most support for high-density concepts downtown
Residents who responded to an online survey about potential housing sites generally voiced support for high-density concepts in downtown...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·June ballot will pose renewal of county parks tax
Marin voters will decide next month whether to renew a quarter-cent sales tax that generates about $14 million annually to maintain parks and open spaces, including on the Tiburon Peninsula. The tax, known as Measure A, was first approved by voters in 2012 but expired at the end of March. A nine-year renewal will appear on the ballot for the June 7 primary election. If approved by a two-thirds’ majority, the tax would be reimposed starting Oct. 1, with Marin County Parks seeing revenue...
By DEIRDRE McCROHAN ·Tiburon council favors dropping The Cove, focusing on downtown for housing
Tiburon officials have nixed The Cove Shopping Center from a list of potential housing sites and have directed consultants to increase...
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