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Over Asking: Lyndhurst Ct. Home Sells for $1.35M
Each week Patch will bring you Belmont's highest priced home sale. This week it was this home in the neighborhood above Twin Pines Park.

Joan has written for several local news organizations, including the Belmont City News and the Palo Alto Daily News, where she was advertorial editor and columnist for nine years. She is active in a variety of community service organizations: Peninsula Humane Society, Companions for the Soul, and Samaritan House. Joan is married to Eric, a wireless product specialist for Cisco; they have two sons in college, a loyal Labrador retriever and two curious cats.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1959, I was raised in Columbus, OH, and attended Ohio University in Athens, where I received a bachelor's degree in journalism. I've been living in the Bay Area for 20 years and am an avid runner, tennis player and SF Giants freak.
Each week Patch will bring you Belmont's highest priced home sale. This week it was this home in the neighborhood above Twin Pines Park.

Increased security at major league sporting events this weekend could slow things down a bit, so if you want to make it to AT&T Park in time for first pitch, arrive early.
PG&E reminds homeowners and contractors of the importance of calling 811 before digging to prevent nicking underground gas pipelines.
“When Nero advertised for a new luxury, a walk in the woods should have been offered.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson
The author, Amy Koo, asks residents in both Redwood Shores and Belmont to sign a petition supporting an additional classroom for kindergarteners at Redwood Shores Elementary School.
In the wake of the events in Boston on Monday, the Notre Dame de Namur University campus ministry invites the public to attend a gathering at the campus' Peace Pole for prayer and signing of cards to be sent to NDNU's sister school in Boston.
At one time, Carolands Chateau in Hillsborough was the largest residence west of the Mississippi; the Masterworks Chorale chamber choir will open the doors to magnificent mansion for one glorious afternoon.
There is some confusion among parents as to whether Ralston Middle School Principal Scott Carson resigned or was terminated.
There is some confusion among parents as to whether Ralston Middle School Principal Scott Carson resigned or was terminated.
Sure, city finance and planning commissions are important, but the real fun happens on the San Carlos Parks and Recreation Commission.
A variety of events coinciding with Earth Day will take place at Twin Pines Park on April 20.
Police arrested a Hollister man Wednesday afternoon after a routine traffic stop on Ralston Avenue.
Police arrested a Hollister man Wednesday afternoon after a routine traffic stop on Ralston Avenue.
The incident closed the intersection of 3rd Avenue and El Camino Real on Wednesday.
There's still time to catch a performance of this hilarious, Caribbean-themed adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" at NDNU Theatre.
San Carlos resident Debbie Denton traveled to Boston to watch her daughter Emily run the Boston Marathon. Emily was four-tenths of a mile from the finish line when she was told to stop running.
One of the two women is a Belmont resident; her name has not been released.
Some San Carlos residents will have their recycling/composting carts weighed this week to help develop a Home Diversion Calculator.
Police reports that don't require suspect information, such as lost property, or theft, can now be filed electronically.
The suspect used several aliases, including the name of her sister.