The Southern Marin Fire District has launched a new website for the Southern Marin Neighborhood Response Group (NRG) program. The NRG program helps connect individuals and neighborhoods to resources, education, and training that will help them to prepare them for and respond to emergencies and disasters. In the event of...
For those of us who didn’t follow the custom of changing smoke alarm batteries when resetting our clocks to Daylight Savings Time, it’s not too late. FHA Emergency Services chair Flo Hoylman passes along these suggestions from the Southern Marin Fire District: Today’s smoke alarms are not all designed the...
Jenny Stein, who was instrumental in setting up this online newsletter, has been proofreading copy from the beginning. Now it’s time to thank Jenny for her years of service, and to find her replacement. The commitment is about one to two hours per week, on Mondays and Tuesdays, to ensure stories...
Not far from the truth. And not an April Fools post, though I had hoped to end with a 3rd such post, given how much I enjoyed springing the first 2 on an unsuspecting readership. In case you missed them, here they are again: Plans Unveiled for Pier 39-Style Park...
As we close out 2017, we take a look back at some of our favorite posts. To read a post, click the link/story title. Over the first month of 2018 we’ll publish our picks of more 2017 posts worth taking a 2nd look at: Dock and Community News, Environmental, Emergency Preparedness...
Welcome to the new and improved Floating Times! Want to learn how to find stories? Read “HOW TO: Navigate this site” on the sidebar. This newsletter is a work in progress – so please check back to see what’s been added. We’d like your feedback. Tell us what you like and don’t...