Marinscope As of Sept. 1, Marin’s population centers -- San Rafael and Novato -- lead the county in the number of reported COVID-19 cases since the pandemic started. A total of 5,381people in San Rafael and 3,400 people in Novato have contracted the illness. The third highest … [Read more...] about San Rafael, Novato were centers of COVID during the pandemic — here are the numbers, town by town.
Council sets Oct. 12 to make a call on District 5
Sherman R. Frederick Novato Advance The Novato City Council, which likes to take pride in it’s “no drama” approach of late to Council meetings, found itself squabbling at the last meeting. The issue at hand: How to fill the vacancy left by Hamilton area Councilmember Amy Peele, who … [Read more...] about Council sets Oct. 12 to make a call on District 5
MultiCultural Commission’s annual report
Marinscope After technical difficulties prevented the Novato Multi-Cultural Commission from making its annual report at the last Novato City Council meeting, Chair Nicole Gardner returned to the virtual Novato City Council Meeting on Sept 28 to make the report. And it went off without a … [Read more...] about MultiCultural Commission’s annual report
Fairfax road projects OK’d
Marinscope The Fairfax Town Council held a 10-minute special meeting on Sept. 22 to approve a contract for the interim public works director and to authorize the town manager to “negotiate and execute up to five separate public works contracts for public work capital repairs, each in an amount … [Read more...] about Fairfax road projects OK’d
Marin redistricting kicks into a higher gear
The County of Marin continues to collect public input on the redistricting process and has scheduled two sessions on the topic during Board of Supervisors meetings in October. The boundaries between Marin County’s five supervisorial districts are under review to assure relatively equal population … [Read more...] about Marin redistricting kicks into a higher gear
Sherman R. Frederick Commentary: Best of luck, Slim
Sherman R. Frederick/Publisher Now comes the news that if you no longer fit into the jeans you wore when you were 21-years-old, you are a top candidate for type-2 diabetes. But here’s the good news: If you can lose 10 to 15% of your body weight, you can “achieve remission” from type-2 … [Read more...] about Sherman R. Frederick Commentary: Best of luck, Slim
And then there was only one undefeated team — San Marin Mustangs.
San Marin It was a matchup of the Marin varsity football elite -- the undefeated San Marin High School Mustangs (4-0) and the newly named Archie Williams Peregrine Falcons (4-0), formerly the Drake Pirates. When the dust settled, the Mustangs stomped on the Falcons/Pirates for a 48-20 win and … [Read more...] about And then there was only one undefeated team — San Marin Mustangs.
Marin student vaccinations mandates
Gov. Gavin Newsom will require eligible public and private school children to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Unvaccinated children will not be allowed to go to school. “We’re leaning forward,” Newsom said. “We want to end this pandemic. We are all exhausted by it.” “Vaccines … [Read more...] about Marin student vaccinations mandates
Novato redistricting
Novato Advance/Marinscope After converting from electing City Council members at large to electing them by districts, the city will now go through a redistricting exercise using new census numbers. It could result in changes with some voters moving into new districts. The city is going … [Read more...] about Novato redistricting
Sherman Frederick Column: Are we really on the verge of a civil war?
I’m a fan of Ken Burns’ work. His PBS series on baseball and national parks were a joy to watch. So, my ears perked up when he recently compared current times with the American Civil War. Burns said the current times we live in are “really serious,” adding that there have been “three great … [Read more...] about Sherman Frederick Column: Are we really on the verge of a civil war?