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Top news stories from 1999

Top stories --December 30, 1999

Chileno man's 'diploma mill' ordered shut

Forest Knolls pair claims county fudged on road deal

Former Light reporter named Miami Herald exec

Tomales war vet seeks forgiveness in Viet Nam

Bolinas & Stinson soccer teams off to state tourney

Top stories --December 23, 1999

CHP shoots Bolinas man's dad

Valley collects cash to cover shopper's loss

County says eucalptus cutting will likely need permits

Forest Knolls camp owner Frances Gregg dies

Top stories --December 16, 1999

Park Service to drop lease at Rancho Baulines

Neighbors complain about rowdyism at Red Barn aka Depot

Supes dismiss "whistleblower's" complaint

Bolinas eucalyptus-cutting may need county approval

Sacred Heart volunteers inspired to build shrine

Top stories --December 9, 1999

Future of Bolinas eucalyptus not clearcut

West Marin School pupil suspended for gun threat

New Stinson Library to open Sunday

EAH digs test wells at housing site

Annual Audubon bird count starts next week

Top stories --December 2, 1999

Marin judge refuses to block Jet Ski ban

Filmmaker Lucas finally details expansion plans

Big house still too big, Nicasio and Marin planners say

Another fix for White's Hill

Top stories --November 24, 1999

Moon Hill pot doc gets a year in jail, but can smoke when's out

GGNRA officials will keep stables open for now

Affordable housing project gets some breathing room

Supervisor commits to housing project

Top stories --November 18, 1999

Miwok bones poke up alongside Highway 1

Point Reyes Station endorses housing project one more time

Valley dam ready for fish run

Horse trekkers bound for Peru

Top stories --November 11, 1999

Last chance for affordable-housing project

Monks want to build Dillon Beach monastery

Point Reyes Station doctor aids Burmese refugees

Wild turkeys flock to Woodacre's Flanders Ranch

Top stories --November 4, 1999

Sloan & Bohman win in the Valley; Amoroso and Kayfetz in Bolinas

EAH makes more changes to affordable-housing plan

Inverness Park cameraman an expert at filming the NFL

Mongolian vet trains at Valley animal hospital

Top stories --October 28, 1999

Lagunitas School race skips past rancor

Three activists aim for seat on Bolinas Utility

Supes ban Jet Skis countywide

EAH to take one last whack at affordable housing project for Point Reyes

Future of ranching in National Seashore uncertain

The Light's endorsements for Nov. 2

Top stories --October 21, 1999

Fugitive Abrams turns himself in

High costs and regulations blamed for dairy closings

County agrees to Shoreline settlement, but still no transfer station

Marconi Cove and Nicholas Turkey Ranch are the latest big, commercial properties to sell

Planning commissioners now say Nicasio house is too huge

Top stories --October 14, 1999

EAH's shrinks affordable housing project

Almost half of Farm Bureau board quits

Park may open museum at old receiving station

West Marin winemaking starts to come of age

Top stories --October 7, 1999

Coastal doctor aids Turkish quake victims

Coma survivor returns weekly 10 years after Point Reyes wreck

Sewage plan for Lawson's Landing still needs finessing

Technology and tradition at Chileno Valley's Laguna School

Top stories --September 30, 1999

Bolinas fisherman and scientists debate idea of killing great white sharks

Environmental Action Committee blasts new rules on Jet Skis

Marin planners approve huge Nicasio villa

English literacy boosts life for Latinos

Top stories --September 23, 1999

Nicasio pot doc agrees to be sentenced

San Francisco chefs buy Olema Inn

County health officials put on administrative leave

County wants to remove seal-viewing turnouts around Bolinas Lagoon

Top stories --September 16, 1999

Deal struck in Bolinas Cemertery flap; homeowners consider a different road

Planning chief explains limits to Valley growth

Owners, neigbbors still at odds over Nicasio villa

Lagunitas kids lament loss of jungle gym

Top stories --September 9, 1999

Lagunitas woman jailed in death of cyclist on Moon Hill

Gambonini mercury mine nears end of costly clean-up

Developer eyes Marshall Tavern for 10-room inn

Top stories --September 2, 1999

Wildfire burns 125 acres in Nicasio

Sharks leave Stinson for swimmers

Fish and Game says Bolinas catch is contraband

A bevy of Labor Day parties for West Marin

Top stories -- August 26, 1999

Shark sighting closes Stinson Beach to swimmers

Tide more brown than red

Planning Commissioners hear grave concerns over Bolinas driveway

Station House Cafe celebrates 25th anniversary

Top stories -- August 19, 1999

5.0 earthquake jolts Bolinas into spotlight

Well-travelled whale comes to dead stop at lighthouse

Spiritual for-profit group buys building in Bolinas

Motorcyclist dies in latest West Marin biker wreck

Top stories -- August 12, 1999

Tomales votes on seceding from North Marin

Mesa Park and Bolinas Fire close in on land swap

Grandi Building braced for the millenium

Mentally ill struggle in rich Marin County

Top stories -- August 5, 1999

Prominent SF restaurateur to buy Nick's Cove

Flap erupts at Civic Center after septic official loses job

Mental Health patient raps county mental-health system

Top stories -- July 29, 1999

Supes go on spending spree across West Marin

Marshall's Cypress Grove Preserve to showcase its history and science

Jails becoming mental health facilities

Inverness Park poet finds verse in adversity

Top stories -- July 22, 1999

Coast Guard eyes bigger role on the coast

Bolinas townspeople air gripes about July 4

Forest Knolls man, 64, says Fairfax cop abused him

Truck sinks in manure pond; driver escapes by swimming

Top stories -- July 15, 1999

Gray whales camp out at Dillon Beach

Land trust gets $2.5 million from Marin Community Foundation

Jumbo musician wins claim from county

Olema woman aids ailing critters

Top stories -- July 8, 1999

Shoreline gets $600,000 from feds

High-speed wreck injures carload of teens

Cops in Bolinas dipserse rowdies

Supes Endorse Farm Act despite hostile audience

Top stories -- July 1, 1999

Bolinas Cemetery Board sues neighbors

458 landowners to get hit on property taxes

Red Barn gets a new name and owner

Lagunitas trustees to pave lot after okaying tight budget

The Light wins three state awards

Top stories -- June 24, 1999

After Presidio deal, Lucas still eyes Nicasio expansion

Woolsey pushes feds for more money for Shoreline

North Marin delays transfer of Tomales sewer system

Top stories -- June 17, 1999

Green crabs a blooming problem in West Marin

Woolsey submits farm bill a third time

Lagunitas trustees miss out on $27,000 in state money

Two believed dead as boat capsizes at mouth of Tomales Bay

Top stories -- June 10, 1999

Lions pick new buyer for Red Barn; old buyer 'shocked'

Former supe Giacomini boosts Nicasio subdivision

Mesa Park will get Bolinas' sewage

Top stories -- June 3, 1999

President makes mysterious plea for cleaning up Point Reyes

Bolinas vandals kill trout

Western Weekend: fun with farm animals

Top stories -- May 27, 1999

Park Service culls 18 elk from Limantour herd

Lagunitas school eyes massive budget cut, small raises

The crime of shopping while black

Chileno Valley writer in Albania

My Story During the War in Kosovo '98-'99

Top stories -- May 20, 1999

Congresswoman to introduce heavily revised farm bill

Residents fear access to be Tomales Bay may get restricted

Tocaloma and Jewell may get short reprieve

Little Lincoln School has it all, except 3rd and 6th grade

Top stories -- May 13, 1999

Voters give big boost to low-cost housing in Point Reyes Station

EAC files a pointless lawsuit; jet skis already banned

Old-timey Woodacre signs get blasted on the Internet

Top stories -- May 6, 1999

A chance to vote on affordable housing

West Marin doctor aids Kosovar refugees

Tocaloma woman shoots self, then must wait for painkiller

Machinery kills Point Reyes Station ranch worker

Top stories -- April 29, 1999

EAH housing plan set for community vote

Low Valley birthrate devastates family preschool

Radio KWMR set to air Sunday

St. Cecilia's Church celebrates its own resurrection

Top stories -- April 22, 1999

Inverness contractor to buy Point Reyes Station's Red Barn

Tomales Bay panel debates pollution report

Inverness innkeepers say they will appeal court ruling

Helicopter rescues pair of climbers above nude beach

Top stories -- April 15, 1999

Citizen's panel wants more Marin reps to oversee national parks

Jumbo keyboardist sues county over arrest in bar melee

Nicasio pot doc now wants to change plea

Top stories -- April 8, 1999

High winds topple trees on coast

Stinson luminary and Tunisian envoy Proctor Jones dies

It's a parrot, it must be spring

Top stories -- April 1, 1999

State joins Tomales Bay oyster debate

Affordable-housing plan for Point Reyes Station gathers momentum

Kids strengthen ties between West Marin and Mexico

Nicasio alums call up old times

Top stories -- March 25, 1999

Park aims to ban fishing at Point Reyes sites

Huge Nicasio home draws fire from resident

Woodacre octogenarians celebrate a love for the ages

Nicasio kids earn spot on Nickolodeon

Top stories -- March 18, 1999

With rival Shakespeare troupes, all the world's a stage in Stinson

Bartender arrested in Bolinas fracas

Moon Hill pot grower asks to see videotape of his arrest

Dairymen can get $5,000 to offset plunging milk prices

Top stories -- March 11, 1999

Calculating how affordable housing would work

Boaters and ranchers fear raft of new regulations

UC Berkeley biologist says Tomales Bay not deteriorating

Oyster growers aim to Tomales Bay hybrid

Top stories -- March 4, 1999

Bolinas Garage operator faces huge fine

Affordable housing gets another round

Tiny Nicasio School enjoys big success

Nicasio School dates back 130 years

Top stories -- February 25, 1999

Nicasio pot grower cops plea, agrees to jail time

Cops wrap up investigation of Christmas arrest

Park Service mulls new regulation of Tomales Bay

Lagunitas School District needs $360,000 in quick cash

Top stories -- February 18, 1999

Suspicious fire damages old Tomales High

Bolinas Cemetery flap goes to Attorney General

Herring spawn rises sixfold

Three free parking spots left in Dillon Beach

Top stories -- February 11, 1999

Woman killed as rain dumps nine inches on West Marin

Water truck rams full school bus in Marshall

Woodacre book boosts Stoicism, the new radical chic

Lukewarm reception for San Francisco Baykeeper

Top stories -- February 4, 1999

Moon Hill foot doctor arrested again for growing pot

Slow-going for Point Reyes Station housing complex

Owners of Inverness Store puts grocery up for sale

Top stories -- January 21, 1999

Housing survey finds a surprising number of poor households

Marshall artist dies in blaze

'Disappearing' bridge for Lagunitas' Inkwells

Tiny one-room Union School thrives in rural West Marin

Top stories -- January 21, 1999

Public takes sheriff to task over Christmas Day arrest

Equestrians rear up at new ploy to close stables

State rejects last-ditch appeal of San Geronimo Valley septic systems

Top stories -- January 14, 1999

Weapons charge dropped in Christmas arrest

Patience pays off for Tomales Bay herring fleet

Kinsey warns about growth in San Geronimo Valley

Check for polluted groundwater in Tomales

Top stories -- January 7, 1999

Point Reyes Station housing faces tight timeline in 1999

Low prices, low quota mar herring season

Nicasio filmmaker may move part of empire to San Francisco

Owners of polo field near Red Hill now applying for permit

 

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