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Belvedere officials ponder ways to increase engagement after scant survey response
A Belvedere survey seeking resident feedback on priorities for 2024 only received some 40 responses, leading officials to question the...
By NAOMI FRIEDLAND ·Belvedere plans $2-mil fix of crumbling seawall
Belvedere plans to invest $2.08 million to fortify a long-troubled section of Beach Road threatened by erosion, a short-term solution to...
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Land trust will ask towns for $1.1 mil for Martha purchase
The nonprofit seeking to buy the 110-acre Martha property will ask for up to $1.1 million in combined additional funding from Tiburon and...
By NAOMI FRIEDLAND ·Developer adds more units, parking at proposed Strawberry senior complex
A developer proposing a new senior-housing complex on a vacant Strawberry lot above Tiburon Boulevard has added seven more units to the...
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Tiburon fire agency gets green light to upgrade Paradise Drive station
The Tiburon Fire Protection District has won the go-ahead to demolish its aging Paradise Drive station and replace it with a new building...
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Fire district will seek town approval for new Paradise Drive station
The Tiburon Fire Protection District will ask the town for permission to demolish its existing Paradise Drive firehouse and replace it...
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Belvedere is poised to end tax incentives for historic properties
Belvedere plans to permanently stop handing out tax breaks to historic properties under a state program that’s reducing the taxed value...
By NAOMI FRIEDLAND ·Measure C: Belvedere fire initiative cruising to victory
A Belvedere ballot measure that will allow the city to continue spending collected property taxes on fire and emergency medical services...
By NAOMI FRIEDLAND ·Measure A: Race is close for $517-million Tam district schools measure
A week after voters went to the polls, the fate of a $517-million bond measure that would fund facility upgrades at Tamalpais Union High...
By NAOMI FRIEDLAND ·Bel Aire Elementary set to present musical ‘Wizard of Oz’ next week
There’s no place like Bel Aire Elementary School for this year’s annual student musical, “The Wizard of Oz: Youth Edition,” where some...
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Volunteers needed to teach hikers about wildflower blooms on Ring Mountain
Springtime visitors to Ring Mountain can expect to see a colorful array of poppies, lupines, buttercups and even the rare Tiburon...
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Tiburon couple’s S.F. restaurant Dacha offers haven for queer community
When Tiburon residents Suki and Katya Skye opened Eastern European restaurant Dacha Kitchen & Bar in San Francisco last November, they...
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City’s newest cop brings background in social work, closes gap in police staffing
Belvedere has hired a Mill Valley cop with a background in education and social work to narrow a staffing gap in the city’s Police...
By NAOMI FRIEDLAND ·Belvedere parks panel identifies priority projects for lane repair and vegetation
Belvedere should continue to prioritize lane repairs over the next year alongside vegetation and tree management to reduce fire risk and...
By NAOMI FRIEDLAND ·Moulton-Peters says term focuses will include combating sea-level rise and furthering affordable housing
Southern Marin Supervisor Stephanie Moulton-Peters says she’ll prioritize combating sea-level rise, easing traffic congestion and...
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Crews clean up fuel in bay sanctuary after boat washes ashore
Cleanup crews removed about 200 gallons of diesel-tainted water from the bay Feb. 7 after a boat ran aground and began leaking fuel...
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Faithful foiled in OT
Local San Francisco 49ers faithful gathered in downtown Tiburon, including at the Tiburon Tavern, on Feb. 11 for Super Bowl LVIII watch...
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Belvedere puts $550,000 in extra cash toward failing infrastructure, outsourcing
Belvedere has stashed $450,000 in extra cash from last year’s budget into essential infrastructure projects, which could include two new...
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Tiburon Special Olympian honored for 35 years of service at Safeway
Tiburon resident Patrick Hulsbus, a Special Olympics medalist who once summited Mount Kilimanjaro, is a familiar face to just about...
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Measure C: Belvedere residents will vote on spending the city’s fire tax
Belvedere residents will vote March 5 on whether the city can continue to spend property taxes that fund about half of its contract for...
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