Brown Bag Market: Marin Food Bank provides free food to "low-income" seniors 60+. Volunteers set the food out Farmers Market style so you can select the food and build your own bag.
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NovatoAVID May 23, 2013 at 07:27 am
Excellent---"for going the extra mile for others." Service Above Self is…Read More Rotary....Excellent!
Tina McMillan May 24, 2013 at 09:53 am
Ventress
Totally understand your frustration. I continue to email Jim and use the button at the…Read More bottom of the front page to send comments about problems with the new format to the tech team.
I suspect they don't care unless they are made to care. Brent really took Patch to heart and responded to every person as if they were all important. That is part of what made him such an exceptional editor.
So far Jim has contacted me twice, once to chastise my use of the word terrorist and then to correct my spelling of Pat Eklund's name. I added a "c".
I am not sure how to bridge the gap with the new guys but have not given up entirely due to the encouragement from Pete and Joe. They have renewed my belief that the news is for everyone and we mustn't allow trolls to take over.
Bill L. Johnsome Jr May 23, 2013 at 02:45 pm
Ventress ,
Common sense tells you if you block your e mail address you will receive nothing . The…Read More trolls have not taken over as they have just put people like you out of business with your phony stories . Why do we need to keep reading your crying when you say you are gone ? Please take your friends with you as the regular readers do not want your garbage
Shelley Klaner May 21, 2013 at 03:01 pm
Moylans has always been there for us. They rock! They also provided the brew for my biz opening…Read More party and they are an important part of Novato.
NovatoAVID May 19, 2013 at 08:40 am
Thankful for Moylan's Brewing, and their commitment to the community. Support locally owned business…Read More first in Novato.
Karen Dionne May 21, 2013 at 08:56 am
Where's the daily/weekly weather report? It used to be at the top of the front page? I really liked…Read More reviewing it with just a glance.
Peter May 20, 2013 at 10:16 am
This new site is great . I wonder if the Posters who wanted to run the old Patch site with all…Read More the phony garbage/ postings are sneaking a peak to see a new / better patch . They all complained and said they will quit if not changed back. Guess what folks We have always told you if you want change you need to get out of your computers face and take action . We did just that and look at our reward, A new site for regular people who have common sense .. Thank You Patch
Craig Belfor May 18, 2013 at 05:51 pm
Making us start over is the plan to wear us down. Free press is paid for by advertisers, and…Read More pressure is put out to stifle stories. That's what the tobacco industry did to 60 Minutes, and the Isreli government did to the Goldberg Report. The United Nations couldn't put out the story of mass genocide of the Palestinian people, and we'll be kicked off the blog soon because we don't advertise.
Tina McMillan May 18, 2013 at 04:36 pm
Craig
I thought I was being overly suspicious but the new site eliminated months of research and…Read More commentary and has replaced it with irrelevant banter and Ads.
It won't even let you edit thoughts into smaller blocks or comment directly to another post. It is the ultimate dumbing down of Patch.
If you have been following the Plan Bay Area debate here is a link to the response from the Supervisor's:
http://www.marincounty.org/Main/~/media/Files/MarinGov/Board%20Actions/20130514CDAPlanBayArea-LTR.pdf
There is also a presentation by the Marin Economic Forum on
Plan Bay Area: Is it good for the region? Is it good for Marin?
Calendar: Novato Community Alliance
Title: Marin Economic Forum on Plan Bay Area
Date: 30.05.2013 18:30 - 20:30
Location: Board of Supervisors' chambers at the Marin Civic Center in San Rafael
" A forum sponsored by the Marin Economic Forum on the Plan Bay Area will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. May 30th in the Board of Supervisors' chambers at the Marin Civic Center in San Rafael. Panelists will be Plan Bay Area proponents Marin Supervisor Steve Kinsey; Napa County Supervisor Mark Luce, president of ABAG; and critics Randal O'Toole of the Cato Institute, author of "Gridlock"; and Thomas Rubin, an Oakland-based transportation consultant and former chief financial officer of the Southern California Rapid Transit District. Moderator will be Marin Superior Court Judge Verna Adams. Admission is free."
Craig Belfor May 18, 2013 at 02:54 pm
We got sold down the river by the developers. Under the guise of a new improved format, they just…Read More erased our history. Now we have to start defending our town all over again, while they are already in gear. Some of the opponants of AH can't get on anymore. Brent would not have allowed this to happen. Maybe that's why he left so suddenly, and unexpectedly.
Eleanor Sluis May 24, 2013 at 09:58 am
Joe- sorry you feel that way, but it is due diligence when people are concerned about blighted…Read More neighborhoods and are trying to find solutions in fixing them. One reason that the Whole Foods Market and 125 units were built was that many people wanted to cover over what they saw as blight and some did not care what was built on that site. The same thinking was at the old hospital site by some stating that anything was better than what was there , considered as blight. The point is that in the process the developers were contacted and made changes in design and density of those properties and the surrounding properties seem to have maintained their values or increased. The designs and densities are debatable.
Last night at the meeting with the owners of the Shell station of the Novato Square property, they were interested in the fact that at the bus stop and at the Novato Square annoyances from autos and people are disturbing to property residents. The residents want to make sure that the new design for the Shell station will add to and not detract from the neighborhood. They are interested in finding solutions for maintaining the area, including property values, which go up in well-kept neighborhoods over time in Marin. Please join a group and help with finding solutions for maintaining and improving on Novato’s vision of a rural, suburban, friendly, safe, educated, tolerant, and family oriented hometown to 53,000 people and visitors.
Bill L. Johnsome Jr May 24, 2013 at 03:52 am
Eleanor,
The market and not your group will tell us where our property values are going. The…Read More square shopping center has an owner and if you think he Is going to listen to you and your friends,I have a river for sale. You and your so called group complain about everything this town does and nobody listens to you or your friends . Relax and enjoy life as you are a nice lady but the local groups you have joined have twisted your brain in the wrong direction. They wanted you as a member but when you ran for office did they vote for you ?
Eleanor Sluis May 23, 2013 at 05:18 pm
Peter- Correction- the meeting about property is at the Marin Board of Supervisors on May 30, at…Read More 6:30.
Peter May 24, 2013 at 02:43 pm
Tina
You tell everyone they are wrong but when someone tells you the same thing its game over.…Read More Your way or no way . You are correct in only one of your statements when you say you are not the boss. You have in some peoples mind changed patch with one word . You also said the Patch editor e mailed you twice about your statements . You are now saying peoples comments inspire you to get patch in the direction of your choice . I would say to you that you have crossed the line with lots of patch commenters
Tina McMillan May 24, 2013 at 12:16 pm
Wow
I find it funny that this one blog that I posted in desperation when the new Patch destroyed…Read More the old (my use of the word terrorist) gets more attention than any other blog.
Every new name intended to troll up this thread just makes me more determined to keep blogging. It is pretty obvious who the real people are and who the troll accounts belong to.
None of us are "boss" but commenting on the changes could be done without the provocations. Peter has continued to post, very much like Bud, it is hard to tell them apart.