CdM This Weekend: Five Great Things For Your To-Do List
1. Two words: College football. The 2010 season is underway, and we plan to spend Saturday morning watching the Mizzou-Illinois Arch Rivalry game at Sharkeez near the Newport Pier. Where will you watch?
2. Or, you can meet the Newport Beach mayor and give him a piece of your mind (or ask questions) at the [...]
Harbor View School Officials Need Student Emergency Forms
Nearly a third of Harbor View Elementary School students haven’t turned in emergency forms, which means they won’t be placed in a classroom.
About 300 student forms have been turned in, but about 90 have not. The school office will be open until 4 p.m. today for the forms to be submitted. Otherwise, on the first [...]
Corona del Mar Group Surveying Residents About Zoning Code Changes
The Corona del Mar Residents Association has created a survey seeking members’ opinions and knowledge about recommended changes in the city’s Zoning Code, and how those could affect the Flower Streets.
The survey, which can be found here, must be turned in by Sept. 7. The results will be tabulated by an independent research company.
The [...]
Porsche Door Sheared Off, Driver Gets Ticket
A man driving his 2011 Porsche Turbo Cabriolet opened his door today after parking in the 3300 block of East Coast Highway — just as a delivery truck drove past, tearing the door away from the car, witnesses and others said.
The incident occurred about 2:15 today when David Earl Hartman Sr. of Newport Beach opened [...]
Library Hosts Corona del Mar Artist’s Photography Exhibit
Newport Beach Central Library’s newest art exhibit is “Shoreline Vision” by Marian Jones, an artist and photographer who has lived in Corona del Mar for 26 years.
The exhibit, sponsored by the Newport Beach CIty Arts Commission, shows a series of photographs that focus “on forms and designs found in nature, often revealed in close-up,” according [...]
Halloween Arrives Early in Corona del Mar’s Roger’s Gardens
Hundreds of Halloween aficionados waited in line for an invitation-only chance to shop the grand opening of the 2010 Roger’s Gardens Halloween shop on Wednesday.
“It’s all fun and games, until someone loses an eye — then it’s hilarious,” screeched “Mischievous Mort,” the ventriloquist’s dummy host of this year’s “Funn & Gaems” Halloween shop who greeted [...]
Worker Hits Hydrant Near San Miguel; Traffic Snarled
Newport Beach officials said a contractor working on the San Miguel Drive widening project hit a fire hydrant this afternoon, causing traffic backups in the area that lasted for hours.
City officials used the Newport Beach Facebook account to alert the public.
The road widening project began last week; read more here.
Parent Volunteers Sent Scrambling For TB Tests
Parents stopping by Harbor View Elementary School this week, turning in registration forms before the Sept. 7 start of classes, received memos reminding them of district policies regarding parent volunteers.
“We have been out of compliance,” the memo said, adding a frowning emoticon.
This year, school officials said, the rules will be strictly enforced, including the [...]
Board Agrees to Consider Larger CDMHS Theater
Plans to build a small “thrust theater” that caused a stir earlier this summer among some Corona del Mar High School parents have been replaced with plans to build a bigger Proscenium stage — along with a hefty price increase, according to the Newport-Mesa Unified School District officials and other sources.
Originally, CDMHS’s proposed new theater [...]
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