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over Blue & Gold’s commuter service, but Angel Island Ferry owner Capt. Maggie McDonogh says Golden Gate’s boats would obstruct hers.
seminary
Golden Gate Bridge district officials re- commuters thronged Tiburon Town Hall riders pleaded for Tiburon officials to step
ported that the agency is “no longer under Feb. 1, angry that a last-minute letter from in and help mediate the dispute.
the threat of litigation” after a successful Angel Island Ferry to the Golden Gate Shortly before The Ark went to press
Feb. 6 meeting with Angel Island-Tiburon Bridge, Highway and Transportation Dis- ———
Ferry Co. over safety issues surrounding trict delayed the district’s Jan. 27 final vote See Ferry, page 22 Applicant says it will move
forward with revised project
Unlicensed auction company twice set up in Tiburon more inside By EMILY LAVIN
By MATTHEW HOSE At least one buyer at the Westfield Auctions, also Cops: Tiburon elavin@thearknewspaper.com
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mhose@thearknewspaper.com Tiburon events logged a com- known as Windsor Auction man punched The Branson School has backed out of
——— plaint about the auctions with the House, is operated by Ronen teenaged girl plans to relocate to the former seminary
A traveling auction company Marin District Attorney’s Office’s Varsha, one of five defendants The 61-year-old Tiburon man site in Strawberry, an “unfortunate” deci-
that set up shop in Tiburon at Consumer Protection Unit, but named in a 2010 civil lawsuit has been arrested after alleg- sion prompted by much of the Strawberry
least twice in 2016 was operat- that complaint was withdrawn claiming that an auction com- edly punching the girl during
a fight with her father in the community’s unwavering opposition to the
ing without a permit and is run when the person got their money pany called Kingston Auctions Strawberry Village parking lot. move, a school official said.
by a man previously indicted on back, according to Deputy Dis- ——— In a Jan. 31 letter, Greg Swart, the chair of
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accusations of auction fraud. trict Attorney Jeremy Fonseca. See Auctions, page 24 ——— Branson’s board of directors, informed the
school community Branson was abandon-
Yacht club ing the controversial redevelopment project
Belvedere goes from worst to first in tobacco-control rankings must pay to proposed for the former site of the Golden
By MATTHEW HOSE vedere beefed up its smoking reflects the attitude in Belvedere bury utilities Gate Baptist Theological Seminary.
mhose@thearknewspaper.com rules last year to become one of much more than an F does,” said Page 11 Reached by phone that day, Swart said it
——— 21 California cities to receive the Mayor James Campbell. “There ——— has become increasingly obvious the com-
When it comes to smoking American Lung Association’s were some things that we didn’t munity wasn’t willing to back Branson’s
ordinances, Belvedere was the top overall grade of A in the 15th have before that we’re covered on
Tennis courts vision for a Strawberry campus, including
most improved student in 2017. annual State of Tobacco Control now.” may soon need its desire to grow its student body and build
After receiving failing grades report for 2017. ——— reservations ———
for six consecutive years, Bel- “I’m very proud. I think that See Tobacco, page 23 Page 6 See Branson, page 31
Belvedere 11 | Strawberry 13 | Education 15 | Police Logs 20 | In Memoriam 24 | Classifieds 27 Weekend Weather | R Friday 56° 46° | B Saturday 59° 45° | B Sunday 61° 45°
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