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Poem Projected in Mill Valley. From First Fridays and Smartgardens to Slam Poetry and incredible national awards, the Mill Valley community has long known that its Public Library is an absolute treasure. It got another reminder of that fact this week, as Library officials announced that its Poetry Illuminated Project, which projected poems around Mill Valley, garnered the 2020 Innovation of the Year Award from…

The alleged murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25 police officer has set off a firestorm around the country – and the world – about racist violence and brutality by increasingly militarized police. Officials from the Marin Theatre Company, which has regularly produced theater that has turned its lens…

Marin Public Health Officer Matt Willis said last week that Marin would be able to open for curbside pickup for retailers, including book stores, clothing stores, sporting goods, toy stores, florists, art/ceramics, housewares, jewelers and gift shops on May 18. The move came 10 days after Gov. Newsom announced that retailers could do so statewide.  Many retailers are…

PG&E is set to host an online webinar for anyone interested in learning more about its Community Wildfire Safety Program ask questions of and provide feedback to PG&E.  The Marin area webinar is set for Wednesday, June 10 from 5:30-7:00pm. MORE INFO HERE. At the webinar, PG&E officials will share how any needed Public Safety Power Shutoffs in 2020 are…

Measures are meant to help local restaurants add outdoor dining spaces to compensate for reduced indoor table volume once inside dining is allowed by County. The options will also be available to other types of businesses. Al fresco it is! More than 10 weeks since the first shelter in place order effectively shut down restaurants…

The artwork of the four Tam High artists honored by the MV Fall Arts Festival, clockwise from top left: Grace Cameron, Lauren Pyfer, Carmen Shavers and Daniel Helmer. Courtesy images. The Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival committee continued its annual tradition this week of honoring young local artists through its Emerging Artists Scholarship Fund, which was created…

Scenes from the 2019 Milley Awards gala. Photos by Jim Block. Organizers of the 2020 Milley Awards, Mill Valley’s annual celebration of the community’s vast amount of creative achievement and distinguished accomplishments in the arts, announced this week that “the difficult decision to cancel this year’s celebration scheduled for October 25. Consideration for the health and comfort of…

Sage Educators’ owners Jaime and William Heaps. Thirteen years ago, William and Jaime Heaps opened their Sage Educators tutoring and test prep business at 333 Miller Avenue, just one month after they’d moved here from the Washington, DC area. In doing so, they leased a seemingly massive, 2,100-square-foot office space, and crossed their fingers. “We definitely understood the…

City of Mill Valley first responders, Local Scouts and I Love a Parade Committee’s Larry “the Hat” Lautzker gathered outside City Hall to honor the fallen heroes of Memorial Day. Courtesy image. For the first time in recent memory, the landmark Mill Valley Memorial Day Parade, which regularly draws more than 6,000 spectators each year and…

Mailman Marcus. For the first several months of the school year, Sycamore Park resident Amy Torrano, a first grade teacher at Saint Vincent de Paul School in San Francisco’s Marina district, was bringing in “mystery readers” to her class – mostly her students’ parents. When schools closed and the shelter in place order went into effect, Torrano…