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Terra Marin Micro-Schools launch Aug. 28 in Mill Valley, San Francisco and Woodside. Courtesy images. Like any new arrival in a community, Wendy Xa, who opened Terra Marin School and the Terra Mandarin Preschool in late 2018 in the former Ring Mountain Day School space on Lomita Drive in Mill Valley, spent plenty of time in the schools’ fledgling months listening to the…

Poet and/the Bench owners Jeffrey Levin and Bonnie Powers, at top right, are showcasing Cute Coffee, a brand run by Bianka Alloyn and Sabreen Naimah, at top center, in their shop at 11 Throckmorton Avenue. Courtesy images. Poet and/the Bench, the four-year-old lifestyle store and jewelry atelier space from Jeffrey Levin and Bonnie Powers, continues its efforts to elevate emerging…

Mill Valley Music owner Gary Scheuenstuhl outside his shop at 320 Miller Ave. Like just about every business owner on the planet, Mill Valley Music shop owner Gary Scheuenstuhl’s past six months have been about adaptation to conditions beyond his control.  For Scheuenstuhl and record shop owners all over the country, the August 29th arrival of Record Store Day – the…

This post is being updated constantly to reflect the latest decisions by businesses under the shelter in place order. [Last Update 10.16.20]. Below you’ll find a working list of who’s open, who’s closed, who’s changing aspects of their business to best serve customers given the need for social distancing. ​NOTE: THIS IS AN EXTREMELY FLUID…

Even those who previously entered the contest but didn’t win can do so again for the chance to grab this last $100 gift card! Jared Fensin of Mill Valley Patti Flynn Boston of Mill Valley Janneke Munoz of San Rafael Stephanie Ryder Nina Watson What do the aforementioned people have in common? Well, they’ve each…

Scenes from the work around town by Clean Mill Valley volunteers, along with the logo of its Adopt-a-Spot program, which allows anyone to adopt a section of a street in their neighborhood, an area of a favorite Step, Lane or Path, or an unsightly corner at a bus stop. So much of the tangible and…

It’s so nice, let’s do it twice.  With the Miller Ave. street closure continuing to draw rave reviews from all over the Bay Area, City officials have approved a second weekend-long street closure in downtown Mill Valley, this time on part of the Throckmorton Ave. block from Bernard St. to near Vintage Wine & Spirits.…

Note rescheduled date due to the ongoing heatwave and possibility of rotating outages. PG&E’s Alto substation, which provides power to Mill Valley and surrounding areas. With the COVID-19 crisis continuing to wreak havoc on our lives and our local economy, we’d be remiss if we didn’t keep our eyes on fire season, which has already…

Due to the continued inability to host large gatherings as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, organizers of the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival canceled the event in June for the first time in its 64-year history.  Organizers have said that while they are disappointed, they remain undeterred and full of resolve about the power of the…

Nearly every waking moment since the Bay Area-wide shelter in place order went into effect in mid-March has been rife with stress for Mill Valley business owners.  But few moments can compare to the harried period of applications filed to the Small Business Administration‘s Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Impact Disaster Loan program, when owners worked with local bankers…