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Mar 26, 2010 | 0 
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Someday it would be interesting if social scientists would spend some of that grant money on finding out how some good things get started, as well as discovering sources of pestilence and plague.
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Mar 22, 2010 | 0 | 7 |
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Financial services you don’t need to bank on
Mar 22, 2010 | 0 | 7 |
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When little Jimmy Crispin walked away from his home the other day, it was an earth-shaking calamity. Jimmy is 3, you see, and Cheryl Crispin, his mom, is really a good mother, but we all know how q...
Mar 18, 2010 | 0 | 5 |
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The housing market in East County continues to sputter, showing a downward trend in February in both prices and sales. Click here to read the full report.
Mar 12, 2010 | 0 | 8 |
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Stopping in at the Read Me Now bookstore was really a spur-of-the-moment decision for Marvin Pincus. He actually hadn’t thought about it until he looked from the sidewalk into the store and saw two...
Mar 10, 2010 | 0 | 8 |
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As a resident for whom Walnut Park on Carnegie Lane in Brentwood serves as an extended front yard, Marlene Ewell is accustomed to seeing kids on bikes, people walking their dogs, parents and tots i...
Mar 08, 2010 | 1 | 8 |
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Five Brentwood schools will move on to the Odyssey of the Mind state competition, held at Heritage High School on Saturday, March 27.
Odyssey of the Mind is an international scholastic competition ...
Mar 05, 2010 | 0 | 7 |
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Dud sat perched on the little board at the top of the run, sliding his super-long, super-wide skis slowly back and forth on the snow. He looked down at the people waiting at the bottom. The bottom,...
Mar 01, 2010 | 0 | 9 |
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Once upon a time there was a tall shiny flagpole that stood over the Old River Elementary School in the Knightsen Elementary School District.
He was a happy flagpole. Each morning Mr. Witte, the pr...
Feb 24, 2010 | 0 | 8 |
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One of the problems Marvin Pincus discovered about running the Fly Tying Love Center here in the valley is that there appeared to be more fly tying than love counseling going on.
This particular mo...
Feb 23, 2010 | 0 | 8 |
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Liberty Union High School District’s special-education students showed spirit and enthusiasm at their recent Winter Showcase held at the Community Education Center.
Students from the Gateway Progra...
Feb 19, 2010 | 0 | 9 |
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“I can’t stand winter,” said Herb Collins, who had dropped in at the Mule Barn’s philosophy counter for a quick cup. “There’s nothing to do.”
“Get out and enjoy it,” suggested Doc. “Go skiing. Go i...
Feb 16, 2010 | 0 | 8 |
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Liberty and Heritage high schools were maelstroms of activity as recent open houses, career nights and department showcases drew crowds of students and parents to the two campuses.
Parents met with...
Feb 16, 2010 | 0 | 6 |
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For the week ending Feb. 12
ADMINISTRATION
Civic Center Update
Due to the delays caused by the rain, the geopier installation is still ongoing. In an effort to make up time, crews will be working...
Feb 12, 2010 | 0 | 8 |
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There was Steve, our resident cowboy, sitting at the round table in the Mule Barn truck stop, doodling on paper. Other members of the world dilemma think tank gravitated to Steve’s table.
Steve app...
Feb 10, 2010 | 0 | 8 |
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Knights of Columbus Council 7467 of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Brentwood, in conjunction with councils nationwide, recently held its annual Tootsie Roll drive. Proceeds from the dr...
Feb 08, 2010 | 0 | 7 |
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When Steve and Dud got up to go get a paper, it left just Doc and Bert sitting at the philosophy counter of the Mule Barn truck stop. Bert turned his head and smirked a little, being careful not to...
Feb 05, 2010 | 2 | 12 |
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The following letter was submitted to the Press by the Eastern Shore Sanctuary and Education Center:
As the country’s largest coalition of animal sanctuaries involved in the direct care of unwant...
Feb 05, 2010 | 0 | 5 |
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One local resident has thrown himself heart and gizzard into the question of whether chicken-keeping regulations in Brentwood should be relaxed. As noted below, the City Council is expected to dec...
Feb 03, 2010 | 0 | 7 |
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The Wheelchair Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides wheelchairs to those in need, joined the worldwide effort to aid the people of earthquake-ravaged Haiti, delivering 6,000 pounds of...