November 14, 2008 RSS feed / Community

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Curling rocks the house in Simi

By Carol Pond carol@theacorn.com
On Saturday nights at the Iceoplex in Simi Valley, after the hockey players have hung up their skates, players of a different sport take to the ice in jeans and sneakers, wielding brooms and 40-pound stones. More...

New shops at The Oaks

Retailers opening in the expansion include: Active Ride Shop (skate, snowboard and surf apparel and accessories) Aerie by American Eagle (fashionable undies, sleepwear, sweats, More...

Challenger wins spot on water board

By Stephanie Bertholdo bertholdo@theacorn.com

Environmental Scientist Scott Quady will replace 16year incumbent Jeff Borenstein as director for the Calleguas Municipal Water District board of directors, Division 2. More...

Program provides holiday gifts for local seniors in need

Home Instead Senior Care is teaming up with nonprofit agencies and area retailers to sponsor the fifth annual Be a Santa to a Senior, a program that collects, wraps and delivers gifts to lonely and needy seniors in Ventura County who might not More...

Chicken and applesauce

Recipe of the week

This week, Nov. 12 to 18, Vons has boneless, skinless chicken breasts for $1.97 per pound and Granny Smith apples for $1.50 per pound. City chicken 2 lbs. More...

Welcome home, Mike

NO PLACE LIKE HOME—Friends, family, neighbors and well-wishers greet Mike Kloster as he returns home after his hospitalization from injuries sustained in the Sept. 12 Metrolink crash. More...

Toastmasters one year old

The Moorpark Toastmasters will celebrate its oneyear anniversary at 7 p.m. Wed., Nov. 19 at its new weekly meeting location at the Moorpark Chamber of Commerce, corner of High Street and Moorpark Road. More...

Interim Council member sought

The Moorpark City Council is seeking applications from persons interested in an interim appointment to the council to serve approximately four to six months until an election is held to fill the vacancy. More...

Oaks mall expansion readies to open

By Nancy Needham needham@theacorn.com

Holiday shoppers will want to load up their wallets and put on their comfortable walking shoes because the two-level, open-air expansion at The Oaks mall will be awaiting them on Sat., Nov. 15. More...

Campaign tactic raises question

By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com

Janice Parvin said a letter sent out by the California Apartment Association Political Action Committee on Oct. More...

Moorpark High School student scores a perfect SAT test

By Angela Randazzo Special to the Acorn

Getting 2,400 on the SAT gives Colin Calle bragging rights as the smartest kid in school. The senior at Moorpark High School doesn't say a word; he lets his perfect score speak for itself. More...

An outpouring of art in Moorpark

CORNUCOPIA OF CREATIVITY— Art lovers view some of the entries in the Moorpark Council PTA Reflections Program gallery exhibit on display last Thursday at Mesa Verde Middle School. More...

Donate an afghan for troops

The Women's Auxiliary of Moorpark American Legion Post 502 is collecting afghans to give to patients in the local veterans hospitals and to homeless veterans. More...

Instructor uses yoga to help children thrive

By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com

Preschoolers stretched their imaginations muscles during a yoga class tailored just for them, at the Moorpark College Child Development Center last week. More...