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Schools improvise during four-day loss of Internet connection
By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com
      Five Moorpark schools were affected by a wireless Internet outage that lasted four days late last month, making it necessary for administrators and teachers to revert to manual systems for some tasks.
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Residents can guard against identity theft
      It is another Monday morning and another victim eniers the Moorpark Police Station carrying their credit reports and bank statements. The victim approaches the counter to report that someone used their identity to purchase goods or obtain credit. Identity theft is a crime that has increase...
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Church topper satisfies citizens
      HEAVENLY TOWER- Six months ago at a City Council meeting, some residents objected to the measurements and look of the new steeple planned for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Collins Road and East Benwood Drive. The church spire would become the tallest structure...
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Holiday train arrives in Moorpark
      Metrolink's 10th annual holiday train is due to arrive at the Moorpark Metrolink Station at 7:30 p.m. Sun., Dec. 17. There will be liveaction musical performances for the whole family and new, unwrapped donated toys will be collected by the fire department for the area's neediest chi...
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'What do you want, little boy?'
      GOOD OLD SAINT NICK -Colby Cleveland, 4, of Moorpark, shares a private moment with Santa Claus at the Moorpark Hometown Holiday celebration in Arroyo Vista Park on Saturday.
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Strathearn Park 'toys around' with Christmas Memories program
      The Strathearn Historical Park and Museum is set to rekindle the child in everyone with old-time décor, tours and special programs. "Kids of all ages" are invited to a free program, "Toys and Games-a Trip Down Memory Lane," 2 p.m. Sat., Dec 9 at the park's Visitor Center...
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High Street welcomes its first art gallery
By Steve Ames Special to the Acorn
      High Studio, a fine art gallery in Moorpark where local artists can show their work, has attracted interest from residents of the county and beyond since its opening in October. The gallery's first show, called "International Affairs," features works by husbands and wives and will ...
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Mayor's idea to disband agency encounters opposition
By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com
      Moorpark Mayor Patrick Hunter, who is the chair of the Ventura Council of Government, wants to consolidate the agency into the Ventura County Transportation Commission, but the idea has encountered a significant stumbling block. The agency was created to facilitate regional planning an...
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FEMA gives firefighting funds
      The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency has authorized the use of federal funds to help California fight the Shekell fire that burned near Moorpark. The authorization makes funding available to pay 75 percent of the state's eligible firefigh...
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Moorpark Fireline Photo Wrap-up
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