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Food review: Old Town Bistro

PacificSun.com @ July 5, 2010 # Comments Off

Perhaps with his sights set on frittering the menu away from its breakfast niche, Sroa painted the front entrance an eye-catching gold, stocked a full bar in the back, extended its hours and reopened as Old Town Bistro–a tasty addition to the burgeoning Novato restaurant scene.
by Jason Walsh

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Hero and Zero

PacificSun.com @ July 5, 2010 # Comments Off

Julia Fischer of Fairfax and her feline Frisco recently reunited after more than a month apart.
by Nikki Silverstein

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Sweet success for Three Twins Ice Cream

Jessica Bernstein-Wax @ July 4, 2010 # Comments Off

Neal Gottlieb worked 166 days in a row when he opened his first ice cream shop in San Rafael’s Terra Linda neighborhood in 2005.

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In Mill Valley, McCann takes helm at City Hall

Will Jason @ July 4, 2010 # Comments Off

The timing couldn’t have been better for Jim McCann, Mill Valley’s new city manager. He took over just a week after city staff and the City Council performed the difficult task of wringing $400,000 from the new $25 million budget, which took effect July 1.

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Marin residents show they love a parade on the Fourth

Richard Halstead and Brent Ainsworth @ July 4, 2010 # Comments Off

Marin residents celebrating the Fourth of July demonstrated that parades, one of the most basic and oldest means of human amusement, remain popular in this jaded, digital age.

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Car scorched when Mylar balloon zaps power line in Bel Marin Keys

Brent Ainsworth @ July 4, 2010 # Comments Off

A Mylar balloon floated into a power line Sunday in Bel Marin Keys, snapping the line and destroying a parked car that was burned by the live wire, fire officials said.

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Deploy and enjoy: Mill Valley brothers capitalize on grandfather’s invention by marketing wearable sails for skateboarding

Dan Nied @ July 4, 2010 # Comments Off

VENTURA – At the Patagonia offices in Southern California, Billy Smith bounces from one department to the other like a pinball.

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Money for Novato freeway soundwall to come, but not for at least 4 years

Brent Ainsworth @ July 4, 2010 # Comments Off

A group of homeowners who live just yards away from Highway 101 near downtown Novato have been rewarded for their doggedness in pursuit of a soundwall to block noisy traffic.

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Historic midnight management change at Marin General Hospital

Richard Halstead @ July 4, 2010 # Comments Off

Originally published July 26-27 as a print and E-edition exclusive, our two-day, four-part coverage by IJ reporter Richard Halstead begins here. To subscribe to the print edition or E-edition, go to marinij.com/subscribe.

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Organic farmers probed by state over free labor

Rob Rogers @ July 3, 2010 # Comments Off

Under normal circumstances, San Anselmo vegetable grower Jerome Draper doesn’t have – or need – a lot of help.

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