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Mezza Luna’s New Awning****************************

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…The Tragedy of “The Daisy” …….

Story by John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) Hi June, You probably have heard of “The Daisy,” the sailboat that sank off the Golden Gate? One of the bodies washed up at Fitzgerald Reserve, and we’ve been nervous that the other … Continue reading

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Where Does the Sand North of Half Moon Bay Go? John Vonderlin Has An Idea…

Where the Sand North of Half Moon Bay Goes Story & Photos by John Vonderlin email John ([email protected]) Hi June, At one point in an email you wondered where the sand from beaches in your area had gone. Here’s a … Continue reading

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Luminaries Celebrate Opening at New Oceano Hotel & Spa

By June Morrall The crowds were thick and upbeat in the lobby of the new Oceano Hotel & Spa at Princeton-by-the-Sea. On a drizzly Coastside evening, they were there to witness the long-awaited ribbon cutting ceremony, performed by jovial county … Continue reading

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Biggies:

Where do you think “Biggies” was?

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Why was Miramar Included in my Princeton-by-the-Sea book?

Some people wonder why I folded Miramar Beach into my “Princeton-by-the-Seaâ€? book, published by Arcadia in December 2007. The same critics complain that they feel Miramar was kind of stuck into a book about Princeton. They don’t see what the … Continue reading

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1960s: Montara Fire Chief, Friend Hurt in Airport Crash

From the Half Moon Bay Review Story from the 1960s Montara Fire Chief Joe Miles and Wilburn L. Hunt of El Granada were in critical condition at a San Mateo hospital this week following an airplane accident at Half Moon … Continue reading

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RIP: Fisherman Henry Bettencourt (January 1985)

Henry Bettencourt Henry Bettencourt, 82, a commercial fisherman for 60 years who fished out of Princeton on his boat, Evon, since 1940, died Tuesday (Jan 1985) in St. Catherine Hospital in Moss Beach. A native of San Leandro, he had … Continue reading

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Did you buy a copy of my new book: Princeton-by-the-Sea?

There are so many fun places to buy “Princeton-by-the-Sea.” You can visit the bookstores, each one very different from the other and including: Bay Book, Coastside Books, Inkspell and Moon News. All in different parts of Half Moon Bay so … Continue reading

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Coastside Kids Program…Get ’em out there fishing…

(Photo courtesy Fran “Brother Buzz” Young.)

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