January 14, 2019 - This week's stories

• Now stream movies free with your library card
• Traffic calming measures coming to the Marmona Drive area
• City Council to hear Ravenswood Avenue Railroad Crossing study session
• Caltrans plans overnight closures of Willow Road and U.S. 101
• Application open for the Menlo Park Grant for the Arts

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January 15 to January 21
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Now stream movies free with your library card

You can now stream more than 30,000 movies with your Menlo Park library card, thanks to our new partnership with Kanopy. Kanopy lets you watch from almost any device – iOS, Android, AppleTV, Roku, Chromecast and Amazon Fire – at home or on the go. You can download 10 movies a month with zero late fees or hold queues and you get three days to watch each film. Kanopy's collection includes independent films from the...Click to continue

Traffic calming measures coming to the Marmona Drive area

Work on new speed humps and additional traffic calming measures starts this week in the Marmona Drive area of the Willows neighborhood. On September 11, 2018, following the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (NTMP) Level II process, the City Council approved the installation of traffic calming measures on Baywood Avenue, Clover Lane, Blackburn Avenue, McKendry Drive and Marmona Drive for a six-month trial period. The goal of this trial period is to address reported excessive speeding (above the posted limit) and...Click to continue

City Council to hear Ravenswood Avenue Railroad Crossing study session

The City Council will hold a study session on the Ravenswood Avenue Railroad Crossing project at its meeting Tuesday, January 15, 2019, at 6 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. Included in the staff report and presentation is a summary of the comments received on the draft Project Study Report and the draft scope of work for additional studies. Resident feedback is encouraged to help the City Council provide...Click to continue

Caltrans plans overnight closures of Willow Road and U.S. 101

Caltrans has scheduled five overnight closures of Willow Road and U.S. Highway 101, as part of the Willow Road/U.S. 101 Interchange project. The closures will allow crews to install 135-foot concrete girders for the new overpass. During the following closures, affected lanes of Willow Road will be closed 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. All closures are dependent on the weather. Rainy weather may cause work to be rescheduled. Changeable message signs along the freeway and adjacent routes will keep motorists...Click to continue

Application open for the Menlo Park Grant for the Arts

The City is now accepting applications for the 2019-20 Menlo Park Grant for the Arts (MPGA). The grant is for organizations looking to perform in a professional-grade theater in effort to support the Menlo Park artistic community. We are pleased to announce that 10 organizations will be awarded $500-$3,000 toward subsidizing the rental cost of the Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center (PAC) for performances from July 2019 to June 2020. The Performing Arts Center seats 492 and contains professional-quality...Click to continue

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