Nikki Silverstein
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Hero & Zero: Reading Incentives & Squandered Books
By Nikki Silverstein
Hero: School’s out, but learning is still in at the Marin County Free Library. Three programs encourage kids of all ages to keep...
Hero & Zero: Star Observers & Tickets Galore
By Nikki Silverstein
Hero: Two observant Marinites saw something and said something when they spotted a suspicious fellow with a Ferrari on East Francisco Boulevard....
Hero & Zero: A Toothy Grin & A Disgrace
By Nikki Silverstein
Hero: Let’s give a toothy grin to the Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) board for voting to continue adding fluoride to our...
Hero & Zero: Donut Delivery & Insult to Injury
By Nikki Silverstein
Hero: Marin’s first responders received a special thank you last week on National Donut Day.  Volunteers with the San Rafael Corps of...
Hero & Zero: Big Smiles & No Pot
By Nikki Silverstein
Hero: A whopping 28 percent of Marin’s homeless are young men and women aged 18 to 25. Though they have many needs,...
Hero & Zero: Honesty & Felony
By Nikki Silverstein
Hero: Lana shopped at the Safeway in Strawberry Village and paid for her groceries with money tucked in her small purse. Hours...
Hero & Zero: An Animal-Loving Hero
By Nikki Silverstein
Hero: When Jake Straus was 14, his parents weren’t happy that he spent hours and hours in his room playing video games....
Hero & Zero: Giving a Gift & Eliminating Trust
By Nikki Silverstein
Hero: Give the gift of life by joining the Southern Marin Fire Protection District for a blood drive with Blood Centers of...
Hero & Zero: One Big Hero
By Nikki Silverstein
Hero: Spring is abloom and Annie Spiegelman, the Pacific Sun’s own Dirt Diva, and Anita Jones are busy at Marin Oaks High...
