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Farewell
Mira Costa High School’s orchestra director Christopher Schwabe was honored on June 16 as he retires after seven years with the district. The orchestra program began in 2002 with merely a dozen students when Schwabe was coaxed out of retirement and asked to become the director. He expanded the program tenfold and directed the Mira [...]
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Green first
Manhattan Beach became the first city in the South Bay to adopt a sustainable building ordinance Tuesday night.
Under the new ordinance, municipal buildings or publicly funded projects of 5,000 square feet or more must attain the U.S. Green Building Council’s “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design” or LEED Gold certification or better. All new [...]
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Peck Avenue Meeting
Next Monday, the city will hold a community meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. to discuss the Peck Avenue Improvement Project, which is expected to begin in late June. The project will enhance Peck Avenue from Manhattan Beach Boulevard to Artesia Boulevard, where the pavement has deteriorated and tree roots have displaced the [...]
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From Left: American Martyrs students Greg Regan, Matthew Reilly, Jake McCabe, and Aarin Henning competed at the 58th Annual California State Science Fair on May 19.
Regan and McCabe received an honorable mention for their project in the Plant Biology division. Reilly was awarded 4th place in the toxicology division. Henning participated in the microbiology division [...]
