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| Photos Sora O'Doherty |
| Orinda's 40th annual Fourth of July fest |
| By Sora O'Doherty |
| The 40th official celebration of Independence Day will be kicked off in Orinda with a burrito breakfast-a change from the usual pancake breakfast--from 7:30 to 10 a.m. at Library Plaza. At 7:55 a.m. there will ...read |
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| Maryann Hardwicke of Canyon holds her "spaghetti" nest that didn't route phone or Internet service for 12 days. The rest of the community suffered, too. "It was terrible," she said.
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| Canyon's phone service restored as Moraga gets hit |
| By Chris Lavin |
| After more than a week without landlines, AT&T has restored service to more than 100 residents of Canyon. Thieves had cut and stolen about 500 feet of telephone cable along Canyon Road near Moraga, presumably ...read |
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| Bryan Carmel with the legendary Hal The Hot Dog Guy
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| Lafayette native launches professional baseball team |
| By Jon Kingdon |
| There's a quote by American author Wendelin Van Draanen that says, "You never forget your first love." For Lafayette native Bryan Carmel and his classmate at College Prep High School, Chicago native and ...read |
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| Midnight blue agapanthus shine in the July landscape.
Photo Cynthia Brian |
| Digging Deep with Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian |
| By Cynthia Brian |
"Just living isn't enough," said the butterfly. "One must also have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower." Hans Christian Andersen
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Private Roads
Dear Editor,
The June 19 letter "Private Road
Subsidy" contains factual errors,
beginning with the allegation that
private road residents "purchased their
homes at discounted prices (since homes
and lots on private roads are cheaper
than similar ones on public roads)". A
perusal of prices and a tally of the
Assessor rolls, indicates just the
opposite - higher typical purchase
prices and a 29% higher assessed average
valuation for homes on private roads.
For example, some of Orinda's more
expensive homes, such as in Wilder, are
on private roads. Orinda's 5,509
residences on public roads represent
approximately 73% ($6.282 billion, or
$1,140,315 per home) of Orinda's $8.587
billion 2022/23 residential tax base,
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| Young singers dazzle at Lamorinda Idol performance in Lafayette |
| By Elaine Borden Chandler |
| On Friday evening, 31 Lamorinda students waited with anticipation in Lafayette Plaza while around them their friends and families settled down on picnic blankets. Little children chased after one another ...read |
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| Basketball team gives to the Food Bank |
| Submitted by Brad Hilsabeck |
| The Acalanes basketball program recently conducted a fundraiser for the Lafayette Boys Basketball Association. Rather than raising money just for themselves, the boys wanted to supportˇa worthy cause - The ...read |
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| Hummus - the great dip you can't get enough of |
| By Susie Iventosch |
| Since we published the Festive Lemon Hummus recipe a few months ago, I've been experimenting with new variations of hummus, using different veggies and different beans. One of my new favorites is this olive ...read |
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| An Interview with bestselling Author Joyce Maynard |
| By Lou Fancher |
| In an interview held the week before an appearance June 25 as the Distinguished Speaker in the Lafayette library's popular series of author presentations, New York Times bestselling writer Joyce Maynard's ...read |
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA