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RECYCLED BARRELS PROMOTE WATER CONSERVATION

Through a collaboration with EO Products, Marin Municipal Water District is offering a do-it-yourself Recycled Rain Barrel Giveaway to customers. EO Products, a San Rafael-based essential oils producer focused on…


DOWNTOWN LIBRARY TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE

The Downtown Library in San Rafael will close on Sept. 2 for safety and infrastructure updates. A pop-up library, located at 1009 Fourth St. in San Rafael, will open on…


SUMMER INTERNS EXPLORE CAREER PATHS

The ninth annual Career Explorer Program has achieved a milestone year for local youth, organizers said. The Marin County Probation Departmentfunded program included 34 host internship sites and 75 internship…


ONE TAM COLLABORATION LOCATES RARE BEE SPECIES

The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, working with the National Park Service, California State Parks, Marin Water, and Marin County Parks as the One Tam partnership, announced the discovery of…


NOVATO STUDENTS WELCOME VETERANS HOME

Veterans moving into their new homes will get a personal welcome, thanks to students in the SummerHawks program for RISE Scholars at Hamilton School in Novato. A group of incoming…


VINNIE’S OFFICE GETS AN OUTDOOR MAKEOVER

St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin received a special gift from the Knights of Columbus No. 1292. The group worked at the St. Vincent development team office at 745…



SAN QUENTIN STORYTELLING WORKSHOP BRINGS HOPE

Back to the Start at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center announced the successful graduation of its second cohort from its writing program, an initiative designed to empower incarcerated participants through the…


BY THE BAY THRIFT LOCATIONS SHIFT SENIOR DAY

By the Bay Health announced its Senior Discount Day at Hodgepodge Thrift Store will now be held every Tuesday. As a community nonprofit organization, By the Bay Health provides care…


TEENS’ HONEY PROCEEDS SUPPORT C4DP

Isabelle Davis and Emily Hitchcock, seniors at Redwood High School, began selling honey from a small beehive in Tiburon out of a shared passion for women’s rights and activism. Davis…