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MAKE IT HOME WARMS UP WELLNESS CENTER

Giving Marin grant recipient Make It Home had the opportunity to support and collaborate with the Larkspur Corte Madera School District to enhance a wellness center. “Hawk Haven,” located at…


BOOK EXCHANGE READIES FOR SCHOOL YEAR

The all-volunteer staff of the Book Exchange of Marin held an open house to introduce its redesigned and refurbished facility at 852 Del Ganado Road in San Rafael on Aug….


MARTINEZ LENDS EXPERTISE TO CAPITAL FUND

Marin Sonoma Impact Ventures, a regional venture capital fund for Marin and Sonoma start-ups, announced that Redwood Credit Union President and CEO Brett Martinez, a longstanding North Bay business and…


SOUTHERN MARIN FIRE LAUDED BY GLOBAL ORG

The International Association of Fire Chiefs named the Southern Marin Fire Protection District as one of the top 15 fire service leaders across North America and the world. The IAFC…


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…