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The Almanac (Menlo Park)

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The Almanac is a weekly California newspaper published to about 15,000 readers[1] across Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley and Woodside.[2]

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It's weekly edition goes out on Fridays and is accessible via newspaper boxes in its coverage area and is mailed out to members.[3]

The Almanac publishes community news, local news and investigative pieces along with entertainment and food journalism through the Six Fifty and Peninsula Foodist.

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History

The paper was founded in 1965 by Jean Heflin, Betty Fry and Hedy Boissevain;[4] it was originally titled The Country Almanac.[5] During the 1970s, Elaine Levine bought her partners' shares in The Almanac. In 1985, Levine bought the Menlo Park Recorder, thus expanding the circulation of The Almanac.[4]

Embarcadero Pub. Co. bought the Almanac in 1993.

Awards and recognition

In 1995 The Country Almanac of Menlo Park was awarded for general excellence by the California Newspapers Publishers Association.[6] The mayor of the City of Menlo Park honored Tom Gibboney, the paper's publisher and editor for 21 years, for multiple accomplishments on his retirement from the paper in 2014.[7]

In 2024, The Almanac won eight awards from the California News Publishers Association.[8]

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Editors

  • Since 2023: Angela Swartz[9]
  • 2020-2023: Andrea Gemmet[9]
  • 2018-2020: Renee Batti[4]
  • 1993-2014: Tom Gibboney[7]

Reporters

  • Education reporter since 2024: Jennifer Yoshikoshi[10]
  • Atherton and Menlo Park reporter since 2025: Arden Margulis[11]

References

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