Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Lafayette Neighborhood Organizes to Oust Massage Parlors
Twenty eight people gathered at Michelle Douglass' Lafayette house February 8 for their annual neighborhood meeting. But this year, something unusual was on their agenda: finding a way to close two Mt. Diablo Boulevard massage parlors. "What is going on in the two ...By Sophie Braccini
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Saving Grace: A Mother's Enduring Gift of Love
This is a Valentine's story about lasting love. No chocolates, flowers or jewelry is involved; unless you count the medical tags Wayne Grace wears tucked inside his shirt.
Grace is a ...Cathy Dausman
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Moraga Team Takes Second Place at Iron Filmmaker
Like chefs that battle it out in kitchen stadium with a secret ingredient and a limited amount of time, creative future Spielbergs have just twenty-four hours to create a three minute film based on a theme at the Iron Filmmaker contest that's one event at the ...By Cathy Tyson
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
"Monsieur Lazhar" Named 2012 Best Picture at CAIFF
A Canadian film about a teacher who transforms his pain in order to help his students transcend theirs has been on the lips of audience members and minds of reviewers since the opening of Lamorinda's 14th Annual California Independent Film Festival (CAIFF).
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012
THE APP RAP
Two Great College Finance Apps
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Cub Scouts Visit the Bridge Project
Moraga's Cub Scout Pack 54, Den 2, took to the docks to learn about a giant engineering project in Oakland-the retrofit of the Bay Bridge. The retrofit includes the creation of the world's longest self-anchored suspension span (SAS). The scouts learned the main cable ...Submitted by Heather O'Donnell
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Options Weighed for Future of Lafayette Girl Scout Camp
Even non-profit organizations have to take a hard look at revenues and expenses to keep their doors open. For the Girl Scouts of Northern California (GSNorCal) donations are down, expenses are up and cookie sales don't quite make ends meet.
 By Cathy Tyson
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012
The World is Big at the International Film Showcase
The World is Big, also known as The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner (the complete translation of its Bulgarian title, ?????? ? ????? ? ???????? ????? ?????????) is a 2008 movie by Stefan Komandarev, from Ilija Trojanow's novel of the same name. With ...By Sophie Braccini
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Lamorinda Teenagers Host International Internet Radio Show
Taking internet radio by storm, the teen radio show Express Yourself featuring Lamorinda teenagers recently hit the airwaves with the first show debuting on November 22 to over 132 countries.
Rosylyn Aragones Stenzel
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012
2012-2013 Kindergarten Registration
Lamorinda's wonderful elementary schools ...
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Local Schools Transition Kindergarten Entry-Age
Kindergarten teacher Bess Inzeo describes the move to raise the entry-age for kindergarten in California's public schools to five years old by September 1st as "the gift of time."
By Andrea A. Firth
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Ten Challenges for your New Year
The sun has risen on a brand new year - you've been given a clean slate, and a chance to make good on your best intentions. Here come the resolutions - fast, furious and often futile. Diet. Exercise. Clean clutter. Read more. Learn a new skill. Really... haven't ...Cathy Dausman
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Library Critter Tree
What does Moraga have in common with the White House, Smithsonian and the Brandywine Museum in Pennsylvania? A Critter Tree - that is a Christmas tree decorated entirely with critters, made from scratch from natural materials growing in our yards, nearby trails and ...Submitted by Marcia Fisherkeller
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Giving Opportunities this Holiday Season
Provide Troops with Free Calls Home
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Lynn's Top Five Four Extraordinary Women Offer you Great Year-End Advice!
It's always exciting when I am able to participate in the last Lamorinda Weekly issue of the year and I really didn't want to waste this year's opportunity! So, I reached out to four super sharp Lamorinda professional women and asked them for one shining nugget --- ...By Lynn Ballou, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER (tm)
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