• 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. 

Posting Activity

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Letter to Council: Proposed Recology Rate Increase

The author poses some questions to Belmont City Council about proposed rate increases by the city's trash/recycling vendor. A public hearing will be held Nov. 26.

Letter to Council: Proposed Recology Rate Increase
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Belmont Election Guide 2013

The candidates, tax measure, and voting information and that will be affecting Belmont and Redwood Shores.

Belmont Election Guide 2013