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Jake Bernstein, a member of Boy Scout Troop 76 in Los Altos, selected an Eagle Scout project that would help the disadvantaged.He led a contingent of volunteers last month in the creation of a garden, complete with solar-powered water fountain, at the Maple Street...

Boy Scout Troop 31 members John Willey III, Reed Hawkins, CJ Allen and Marcus White received their Eagle Scout ranks at a July 18 ceremony at Union Presbyterian Church.• Willey graduated from St. Francis High School. For his Eagle project, he oversaw the construction...

The National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) will bestow its St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Award for ongoing leadership and philanthropic contributions to Chuck and Nan Geschke, longtime Los Altos residents.The Geshckes are among five Seton Award winners honored at this year’s event. The presentation is...

Nancie and Jerry Crowley, 50 yearsNancie and Jerry Crowley, residents of Los Altos Hills since 1972, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family and friends July 14.The Crowleys marked the occasion with a luncheon and cruise aboard the Bahia Belle on Mission Bay in...

Leah Bellshaw and Jeffrey Love were married Memorial Day weekend on Elihu Island Farm in Stonington, Conn.The bride is the daughter of Dr. Ava Lee and David Bellshaw of Los Altos Hills. She graduated from UC Berkeley with High Honors and from Yale Law...

Kendra Barkoff and Jonathan Lamy have announced their engagement to be married Jan. 12. The ceremony and festivities are scheduled at the Fairmont Mayakoba in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.The bride-to-be is the daughter of Rodger and Sharon Barkoff of Los Altos Hills. She graduated...

Los Altos residents Pat and Pete McSweeney celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary June 23.High school sweethearts – Pat claims to have met Pete previously playing in a kindergarten sand box – the couple married in 1962 in New Rochelle, N.Y. They moved to California,...

Mountain View residents Doris and Joe Fuchs celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in June. The couple met as neighbors in the 1930s in Palo Alto and married June 14, 1942.Doris worked in the Los Altos school district in the 1950s. Joe served in the...