• Joan S. DentlerPatch Staff Verified Patch Staff Badge

  • Belmont, CA

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. 

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Want to Effect Change? You Have Until 5 P.M. Today

Today is the deadline to apply for an opening on a City of Belmont commission. There are seats open on Belmont's Planning, Parks and Recreation, and Finance commissions.

Want to Effect Change? You Have Until 5 P.M. Today
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Five Guys is Hiring

The new burger restaurant will open soon in the Belmont Village Center.

Five Guys is Hiring
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SF Supe Proposes Naming SFO After Harvey Milk

Supervisor David Campos said naming the airport after Milk would bring a message of hope to its 40 million-plus passengers each year.

SF Supe Proposes Naming SFO After Harvey Milk
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BRSSD Co-Superintendent Announces Retirement

Dr. Suzanne Roy, interim co-superintendent of the Belmont-Redwood Shores School District, will retire at the end of the school year.

BRSSD Co-Superintendent Announces Retirement
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NDNU to Host Graduate Information Sessions

Was going to grad school in 2013 a New Year's resolution? Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont offers programs that allow you to work AND go to school.

NDNU to Host Graduate Information Sessions