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Top dogs
The winners for the fifth annual Pooch Parade have been anounced. Be sure to check this Friday's paper for a cover story recap of the popular event complete with pictures sure... |
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on Aug 19, 2009 at 9:10 am by NOT a cakewalk, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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Drivers throwing lit cigarettes out of cars - what to do?
Just wanting a reality check here: what does one do when the driver in front of you rolls down the window and flings a lit cigarette out, in stop-and-go traffic? It's happened... |
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on Aug 18, 2009 at 1:49 pm by What?, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood |
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Thoughts About BART Workers Striking
What do you think BART workers striking during this down economy? Is the timing right, with high unemployment, to fire them all? |
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on Aug 18, 2009 at 12:01 am by Me Too, a resident of the Canyon Creek neighborhood |
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Sidewalk Handicapped Cuts
Does anyone know why some of the corners on Touriga were not cut ? I cannot see the reason why 8 corners were not cut, especially the ones at the corner of Touriga and Tawne... |
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on Aug 17, 2009 at 4:31 pm by Tango, a resident of the Vineyard Avenue neighborhood |
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Weekly Mole reveals forum users identities
Someone at the Pleasanton Weekly has been revealing the identity of both registered, as well as non registered forum users.
I find this to be of really poor taste and a rea... |
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on Aug 17, 2009 at 9:48 am by 2ME4U, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood |
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Services to be held tomorrow for Museum On Main education director Mark Lester
Memorial services will be held at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow for Mark Lester, who was education director at the Museum on Main.
Read the full story here Web Link.... |
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on Aug 17, 2009 at 9:42 am by CS, a resident of the Country Fair neighborhood |
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Archives of convenience.. rewriting history.
Search the PW archives for: 'trailer in driveway' and you get...
Pleasanton Weekly - Town Square Topic
That's just as stupid as the trailer rule. Why wish for a stupid r... |
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on Aug 17, 2009 at 9:42 am by 2ME4U, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood |
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Local jogger sees mountain lion in Mohr-Martin neighborhood
Police are warning residents using rural pathways in the Pleasanton area to be on the lookout for mountain lions after a jogger reported running into one Tuesday morning.
Rea... |
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on Aug 14, 2009 at 10:46 pm by Gennady, a resident of San Ramon |
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Business in Pleasanton cited for selling alcohol to minors...
I just came across this article about some local business, but am shocked to see that a large grocery store chain is among them! The article says that restaurants and bars wer... |
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on Aug 14, 2009 at 5:20 pm by PToWN94566, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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Of lives lost, and faith in humanity shattered
A handful of years have passed but the memory is still fresh in my mind. It was a cool October (if memory serves me) night and I was out for a drive, to clear my head having... |
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on Aug 14, 2009 at 11:46 am by Cholo, a resident of Livermore |
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was your home re-assessed?
Does anyone know if the process is automatic and the property tax is adjusted to match the new assessment? |
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on Aug 14, 2009 at 11:42 am by Swami, a resident of the Pleasanton Valley neighborhood |
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Anyone have a room for rent?
I am a Manson follower Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme and I was released this week from Fort Worth prison. I need a place to crash for a while. I would like a work exchange situatio... |
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on Aug 14, 2009 at 11:41 am by Squeaky, a resident of another community |
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Healthy Families to BOOT 670,000 Children
Unless you have lost a job that has not been replaced and are struggling on one or NO income, this would be of no interest to you no doubt, or would it be of interest?
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on Aug 13, 2009 at 9:28 pm by Linda, a resident of the Del Prado neighborhood |
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Dog Kennels while you Vacation
Recently we added a new member to our family, the sweetest tri colored beagle. Now we want to take a vacation and we are worried about where to keep her as we don't have famil... |
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on Aug 13, 2009 at 4:27 pm by Suzann, a resident of the Ironwood neighborhood |
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City traffic crews rewiring traffic signals at Hopyard/West Las Positas
The city's traffic engineering division started construction today on the signals at Hopyard Road and West Las Positas Boulevard. It will continue through Friday.
Read the fu... |
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on Aug 13, 2009 at 2:03 pm by Chris, a member of the Amador Valley High School community |
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Meteor Shower Tonight
The Perseid meteor shower should be near the peak tonight. Does anyone know a good place from which to watch them? |
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on Aug 13, 2009 at 1:45 pm by Cholo, a resident of Livermore |
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New sidewalk/curb cuts in Vintage Hills
Has anyone noticed the sidewalk work being done in Vintage Hills this week? I think it's terrific that the sidewalks will now be accessible to all with the cuts/ramps that ar... |
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on Aug 13, 2009 at 2:04 am by Tango, a resident of the Vintage Hills Elementary School neighborhood |
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Red regulation
Noontime at Santa Rita Road and Valley Avenue is the diet version of the intersection, as compared to commuters clogging the streets in the evening commute. Yet, with an avera... |
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on Aug 12, 2009 at 10:23 pm by Ken, a resident of the Pleasanton Valley neighborhood |
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Rush Limbaugh and those who invoking the Nazi analogy to attack President Barack Obama’s effort to reform health care
Health care debate turns vile with Nazi analogy
Right-wing loudmouths distort history, diminish true evil of the Holocaust
COMMENTARY MSNBC
By Arthur Caplan, Ph.D
msnbc.co... |
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on Aug 12, 2009 at 5:29 pm by Cholo, a resident of Livermore |
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The Conservative Christian Case for Supporting Obama
The Conservative Christian Case for Supporting Obama
Posted on Oct 28, 2008 by Rob J in Case for Obama Stream, Politics
I am an evangelical Christian with a record of vo... |
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on Aug 12, 2009 at 11:32 am by Liz, a resident of the Foothill Farms neighborhood |
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New direction of Town Square Forum
Just did a quick scan of the Town Square Forum headlines and only 2 of the top 25 were related to Pleasanton. I don't remember it being this way in prior visits. I do appre... |
Huh? |
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on Aug 12, 2009 at 10:18 am by 2ME4U, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood |
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The Pleasanton Weekly Troll
The Pleasanton Weekly Troll
Around Town, posted by DSM-IV, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, 35 minutes ago
There is a person in our fai... |
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on Aug 12, 2009 at 10:17 am by Cholo, a resident of Livermore |
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Just who is (Really?)
Someone needs to gat a life (Really?)
(Really?) someone needs to get a real life!
Someone (Really?) needs to get a life!
(Really?) Posts:
“If you are actually a ... |
Question? |
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on Aug 11, 2009 at 9:16 pm by Cholo, a resident of Livermore |
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Downtown carnival tonight to help boost school fundraiser
Organizers for the I Love Pleasanton Schools fundraising campaign are counting on a carnival downtown tonight to help close the $2.5-million gap before next Friday's deadline.... |
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on Aug 11, 2009 at 6:03 pm by Teacher, a resident of the Mohr Park neighborhood |
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The People Are Saying No To Obamacare
President Obama is a clever and ambitious man. And he has surrounded himself with a clever and ambitious staff.
This bright crew understood from the outset that time would ... |
Think about THIS |
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on Aug 11, 2009 at 4:06 pm by Get over it!, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood |