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A Win WiNN for Newport Beach

Newport Beach has a new win-WiNN situation with a new organization called Women in Newport Beach Networking (WiNN). Mayor Diane Dixon along with several community volunteers including Civil Service Board Chair Debra Allen, and former Arts Commission Chair Kathy Harrison developed...
Posted On 11 Feb 2016
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Coming Soon to CdM: a ‘Fibrary’

Webster’s Dictionary defines a “mash-up” as a “mixture or fusion of disparate elements.” There are celebrity face mash-ups (think Brad Pitt meets George Clooney, Barack Obama meets Hilary Clinton…not so much) and famous movie dance scene mash-ups on youtube. Now we have...
Posted On 03 Apr 2015
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Anything is ‘Virtually’ Possible at Newport Beach Public Library Media Lab

The Media Lab at the Newport Beach Public Library just unveiled its new look for 2015 – a colorful pixilated mural designed to entice everyone from media novices to the ultra tech savvy to come in and use the facility. The Media Lab, made possible by a gift from the Newport...
Posted On 24 Jan 2015
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Got Alerts? Got Bike Safety?

Got Alerts? Did you know that the City of Newport Beach has a comprehensive Emergency Management Program including several “alert” systems for residents and visitors in the event of an emergency? AlertOC, Orange County’s public mass notification system, works in partnership with...
Posted On 12 Dec 2014
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A Toll of Many Cities

The San Diego Freeway (405) is one of the most congested roads in Orange County, serving more than 300,000 vehicle trips on certain sections each day. That volume is estimated to grow by more than 10 percent in the next 25 years. Drivers of the 405 Freeway between Newport Beach...
Posted On 07 Nov 2014
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Art Makes History

On Saturday, November 1, art will make history in Newport Beach as the City celebrates what would have been the 100th birthday of Rex Brandt, considered one of the most important figures in California art in the mid-20th century. Early in the day, a plaque will be dedicated at...
Posted On 25 Oct 2014
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Making a Difference

Election season hit big this past week in Newport Beach. Campaign signs proliferated at an amazing pace with the medians of major thoroughfares and quiet neighborhood streets alike literally (or, to coin a phrase, “litter”ly) plastered with voter appeals. Postal boxes overflowed...
Posted On 10 Oct 2014
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Corona Del Mar Library: A “Storied” Tale

By Robyn Grant | NB Indy The story of the Corona del Mar Library started in the mid-1940s. The expanding Corona del Mar population required a library closer than Balboa Library, the original location of the main City library. The Library was first housed in a Corona del Mar...
Posted On 12 Sep 2014
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The Appearance of ‘Disappearing Path’

By Robyn Grant | NB Indy Inspiration Point on the bluff in Corona del Mar between Narcissus and Orchid Streets offers some of the most beautiful and sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean along the coast of Southern California. In 1987, in recognition of the site’s majesty and...
Posted On 30 Aug 2014
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