Top news stories from 2002
Top stories -- December 26, 2002
Ex-postmaster Gallagher of Pt. Reyes dies
Trial postponed for Valley victim
Bolinas garbage-pickup pact falls apart
David Morales & Marisol Salgado of Pt. Reyes buy deli
Valley kids learn to give
Woodacre man dies in fall
Top stories -- December 19, 2002
Tail of powerful typhoon hits West Marin
Tomales Bay cleanup report debated
Environmental group in trouble
Hazel Kerch, ex-owner of Rancho Nicasio dies
Valley vandals still not found
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyGeorge ‘Custer’ Bush
Top stories -- December 12, 2002
Straus organic dairy gets planners' approval
A plan to slow motorcyclists
Lucas plan to tunnel under road gets OK
Army drops lagoon plan
Supes to eye Bo camper ban
Lois Barnes, 90, dies; Lived in Pt. Reyes
Nola Lewis dies of breast cancer
Madeline Merschrod dies
Top stories -- December 5, 2002
Environmentalist-rancher Ellen Straus dies
NBC courtroom artist Stewart of Bolinas dies
Inverness weekender Libby Brock dies at 80
Tropical sea turtle visits Tomales Bay
State OKs Malt buy; finances clarified
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyMarin’s septic sultans v. the public
Top stories -- November 27, 2002
MALT trying to buy development rights
Drake pupils find tons of trash in creek
Tomales Bay Association keeps on bucking
BPUD still negotiating garbage-pickup contract
Coastal staff sets up panel to appeal Marshall home
Libby Brock, 80, of Inverness dies
Heart attack fells Max Cerini, 65
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyCareening through West Marin
Top stories -- November 21, 2002
County's 'bulky-waste' pickup a debacle
Tomales Bay Association in 'meltdown'
County ignores protest from dysfunctional group
Nicasio lot in flap may sell
Pt. Reyes 10 year old suffers kidney failure
Inverness ham radio buff Purcell, 89, dies
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyThe reaction to 50 naked demonstrators
Top stories -- November 14, 2002
A day-long 'hurricane' Point Reyes
Victim of gun accident now in stable condition
Bolinas residents question septic proposal
Valley planning board survives challenge
Church condemns old trees in Tomales
West Marin women strip for peace
Camaraderie among West Marin women in au naturel protest against war
Nicasio's Dan Farley, 47, dies of stroke on trip
Sparsely, Sage and TimelySeptic-law-reform battle looms as science confronts politics
Top stories -- November 7, 2002
Two challengers win in Bolinas-Stinson race
West Marin town-by-town election results
Pt. Reyes hunter shoots self in face accidentally
Bolinas Lagoon plan rejected
Spartina invades Tomales Bay
Woodacre anti-war protester and friend die
Point Reyes resident 'Jayme' Ward dies at 77
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyA friend and a pen from 20 years ago
Top stories -- October 31, 2002
Point Reyes woman was spokewoman for senator
North Marin settles environmental lawsuit
Racist soccer player attacks Braves' star
Nicasio resident faces embezzlement charges
McIsaac Ranch dubbed fish-friendly
Inverness' Carpenter, 75, ex-publishing exec dies
Top stories -- October 24, 2002
Stinson worker dies in Mount Tam crash
Bolinas-Stinson debate on class size
Making a swamp out of Giacomini Ranch
Marshall septics to get money
More spawning area coming to Woodacre
Organic farm wins praise; BPUD helps torment it
Azorean immigrant Hermina Couto, 81, dies
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyThe evolution of a news story
Top stories -- October 17, 2002
Family survives plunge over cliff
West Marin economy depends on Latinos
Baghdad, Autumn 2002: City of doom
The Station House Café’s new menu
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyThe clout of West Marin’s small towns
Top stories -- October 10, 2002
Startled motorist loses control, kills bicyclist
A near disaster as PG&E lines collapse
Lawson's Landing tells its renovation plans
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyA gunship diplomacy of fools
Top stories -- October 3, 2002
A harsh septic-system replacement law
Fight brewing over bulkheads in Lagoon
Flap over stove smoke in Valley
Plans begin for making Giacomini Ranch a marsh
Supes name director as NMWD OK's pipe bond
West Marin returning to cheese-making past
Tomales Bay Cheese label moved but lives
Top stories -- September 26, 2002
Pot plantation found in National Seashore
Pt. Reyes affordable homes lose funding
Public hearing for septic set
Limits proposed on woodstoves
Prominent rancher Bob Gallagher dies
Bolinas Cowboy Meyer dies
Sparsely, Sage and Timely New York, newspapers, new ideas
Top stories -- September 19, 2002
Third Biker dies in five weeks in West Marin
MMWD seeks artificial turf on ballfields
Supes recruit NMWD director
County eyes Nicasio composting site
Coastal cleanup days at Tomales Bay
Bolinas-Stinson candidates night
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyCommunity v. daily newspapering
Top stories -- September 12, 2002
Pond at Big Rock 'key' to stopping wildfire
Cops hear of ire toward Valleyite
Civic activist Dan Foster of Pt. Reyes dies at 90
Comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable
Upset by beating of rapist, judge lightens sentence
Bolinas Lagoon advisors rap Army Corps reports
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyOne West Marin perspective on Sept. 11, oil, and the Moslem world
Top stories -- September 5, 2002
Lucasfilm proposes to build tunnel
Tomales settler kin dies at 93
Peacock raises horses, family, and spirits
Hammond brings English touch to Continental Inn
Trainer Davis loves job and people
John Hyde, 38, of Stinson Dies
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyWhat’s in a name?
Top stories -- August 29, 2002
Olive flies cause worries here
Waste management loses Bobo contract
Lagunitas carefully honors 9/11 dead
Labor Day events planned in West Marin
Sparsely, Sage and Timely Of mice and men
Top stories -- August 22, 2002
Mysterious story of lost man gets weirder
Caltrans project snags own truck
Salmon numbers grow in Pine Gulch Creek
Roadside litter worse since landfill closed
Boat captains stung by undercover agent
Comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable: The American Taliban from Marin
Top stories -- August 15, 2002
Highway 1 repaving still causing mishaps
Motorcycle crashes kill one
A glut of king salmon keeps prices down
Lagunitas school district agrees on staffing plan
Man lost at 'Arched,' not 'Arch,' Rock missing
Sparsely, Sage and Timely Buying pot legally 33 years after Woodstock
Top stories -- August 8, 2002
Pollution found in Valley and bay waters
Boat capsizes in Stinson during rescue
A night search for hiker washed into sea at Arch Rock
Grapes not hope lost after fire at Corda ranch
Smoke travels 425 miles to choke valley towns
Janell Kiechle, 57 of Pt. Reyes Station dies
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyIn praise of ferryboats
Top stories -- August 1, 2002
Herring guidelines set for upcoming El Niño
Pt. Reyes study predicts more birds here
Ranchers may get okay for additional land uses
Civic leader leaves coast better than she found it
Inverness Park's Freed leaves loving legacy
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyTeaching the wrong lessons
Top stories -- July 25, 2002
Bolinas Lagoon plan change causes uproar
Thieves target cars in two Valley towns
Pt. Reyes youths charged in confrontation with cops
Volunteers move coho from puddles to currents
Birder Rich Stallcup receives national award
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyAs the world wobbles
Top stories -- July 18, 2002
Pit Bull attack in Millerton
N. Marin honors Amaroli; OKs water conservation
County won't buy land in Valley for Open Space
County fast-tracking creekside zoning limits
The ordure ordeal for Pt. Reyes Visitors
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyA Tomales rancher’s immigration from the Azores remembered
Top stories -- July 11, 2002
Grandi owner sentenced to jail
Nicasio landowner gets county OK to build big
Point Reyes Vineyards honored
Shakespeare staff must join troop at Toilets
Grand Jury approves of special districts here
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyA good man is dying
Top stories -- July 3, 2002
Light honored for public service
Despite their saliva elk herd clears land
Britney Spears hopes for hit using Bo artist's work
Park plans Wilkins Ranch renovation as institution
Halleck Creek celebrates 25 years with renovation
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyBlindsided by a reader
Top stories -- June 27, 2002
Embezzlement case jails 2 Nicasio men
Lagunitas schools parent to pay teacher salary
Fourth of July events set for West Marin towns
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyFangs a lot
Top stories -- June 20, 2002
Three pro-fish, anti-homebuilding groups sue
Picketing at the Bolinas Cemetery
IPUD approves rate increases
Sparsely, Sage and Timely Night sounds
Top stories -- June 13, 2002
Postal thieves hit Muir Beach mailboxes
Woodstove smoke worries county supes
Runners fall in Dipsea Race
Pt. Reyes' Charles Klaas dies; worked for Time, IJ
Inverness weekender Alberta Toschi dies at 90
Engineer Jack Willeges of Bolinas dies at 88
Sparsely, Sage and Timely Why West Marin residents should care about the rape of prisoners
Top stories -- June 6, 2002
Shark attacks surfer off Stinson Beach
Experts: Attack typical of great whites (mostly)
Bo's answer may blow in the wind
Protecting creeks in Valley
Sparsely, Sage and Timely Nae man can tether time or tide
Top stories -- May 30, 2002
Ranchers leave cow in bay overnight
Warden says in Tomales: Rape not a major problem in San Quentin
Tomales High students praise extra-curriculars
Western Weekend boasts rich history
Western Weekend Fair Schedule
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyBooks, tires, and spring cleaning
Top stories -- May 23, 2002
Bo Lagoon project cost soars to $100m
North Marin fears Gov. Davis' budget
Mesa Refuge sheds to be relocated, maybe to park
Inverness Park fire chars home
County planners let Bo farmer use lagoon parcel
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyOne flu west
Top stories -- May 16, 2002
State panel gives green light to EAH
Mt. Barnabe man trying to kill lion
Pt. Reyes gym gets big grant
Tomales High students see trauma of DUI wreck
Inverness weekender Elizabeth Miller dies at 93
Former Stinson resident Roberta Shockey dies
Top stories -- May 9, 2002
Residents to park: Let exotic deer live
Pt. Reyes family learns value of CPR
Stinson Beach park okayed
Western Queen contest begins
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyTrashing the Grandi Building
Top stories -- May 2, 2002
Fallow and axis deer; Park asks: guns, contraceptives, or what?
Chileno ranchers, RCD restoring Walker Creek
Valley charter plan postponed
BPUD still weighing rival garbage offers
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyWhat a poll of visitors found about parks
Top stories -- April 25, 2002
Prominent rancher Waldo Giacomini dies
Lagunitas trustees lay off seven teachers
Audubon Canyon Ranch adds perch
Bolinas group pitches bike path
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyPuzzling incidents with wildlife
Top stories -- April 18, 2002
Four hit when tree topples; Hurricane-force gusts slam into coast
Valley planners flummoxed by their land
Two floors burn at Nicasio home
Nicasio civic activist Emil Papina dies at 86
Sparsely, Sage and TimelySiding with non-belligerent Israelis
Top stories -- April 11, 2002
Bolinas voters reject parcel tax for Mesa Park
By-the-wind-sailors cover Stinson's four beaches
With little agreement on Israel; Jewish Congregation of the Valley turns 10
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyHitting the road in search of spring
Top stories -- April 4, 2002
Porno maker sues Lucas for $140 million
Alleged rapist in Valley bailed
After 5 yrs of vandalism, Cops charge duo with wrecking golf carts
Grazing helps native plants, scientists say
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyStatistical impressions of Marin, the Bay Area, the state, & the world
Top stories -- March 28, 2002
Public defender calls Bobo ‘outlaw’ town
Hit-run motorist gets 1 year in jail
Bus service in W. Marin to begin on two routes
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyIn praise of older women
Top stories -- March 21, 2002
Supes approve Pt. Reyes affordable housing
Lagoon project costs on rise
GGNRA wants more input on dog rules
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyThe view from Toby’s hill
Top stories -- March 14, 2002
EAH plan to go before supes
Lagunitas Art Barn destroyed by blaze
Seashore awarded as ‘green’ innovator
Sparsely, Sage and Timely Crossfired
Top stories -- March 7, 2002
Windstorm clobbers Stinson Beach
Woodacre man accused of rape
NMWD not cowed by Bay Association
Bolinas votes down bike-path proposal
Sparsely, Sage and Timely The cat and the hat
Top stories -- February 28, 2002
Open Space panel compromises dog policy
Fishermen bring in herring, not bucks
Tuesday’s primary election
Top stories -- February 21, 2002
Feeding coyotes now more expensive
Vandals hitting Pt. Reyes and Inverness Park
County plans to restore part of Woodacre Creek
Sparsely, Sage and Timely‘Never say never’ – James B. Possum
Top stories -- February 14, 2002
County planners OK Pt. Reyes housing
Valley school gives green light to charter
Fox rescued in Marshall; sliced by 6-pack plastic
Source of oil slicks found
Sparsely, Sage and TimelyThere’ll be no Beta Possum
Top stories -- February 7, 2002
The homeless crisis afflicts West Marin
Supes order Mesa Refuge to remove writers’ sheds
Feds say Sinson suspect Hyde is no Dr. Jekyll
Suspect’s neighbor has own court fight with him
Great white shark tries to steal man’s fish
Sparsely, Sage and Timely Society’s discomfort with sex
Top stories -- January 31, 2002
Supes unanimously OK housing EIR
Old skeleton of baby found at Muir Beach
Marshall rancher outlines plans to build creamery
Sparsely, Sage and Timely Fighting on two three fronts
Top stories -- January 24, 2002
Arborists finding sick redwoods; feel ignored
Farallones sancturary may be expanded
Lucasfilm unhappy with erotic-parody ruling
Loose cattle cause crash
Sparsely, Sage and Timely Tail-backs & a double-wing formation
Top stories -- January 17, 2002
Valley charter plan could invite lawsuit
Planning commissioners endorse Pt. Reyes homes
Park counting exotic deer to decide their future
Sparsely, Sage and Timely Keeping West Marin’s towns real
Top stories -- January 10, 2002
Planners to vote on Pt. Reyes home EIR
Garbage-pickup company gets 5.1% raise
Native American Lawsuit forces Seashore offline
Sparsely, Sage and Timely Why I love North Marin Water District
Top stories -- January 3, 2002
This week’s storm provides reminder
2002’s 1st baby in West Marin
Sprint appeals antenna nixing
Great whites make epic winter voyages
Sparsely, Sage and Timely How one family barely survived the Storm of 1982
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