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With just a month until Election Day, proponents and opponents of ballot measures and candidates running in Midpeninsula races have filed campaign finance reports, heres what local campaigns have brought in and spent in the race.

Longtime Atherton resident Greg Conlon, a CPA and member of the towns Rail Committee, is one of the four candidates running for three open seats on the City Council on Nov. 8.

Housing and infrastructure improvements are top of mind for the three candidates who have announced plans to run for Atherton City Council this fall.

In this weeks community briefs, a blood drive, the Sequoia district partners with local colleges to create pathways for its students and more.

The town surveyed local institutions about their leaf blower use. The Menlo Circus Club indicated it uses both gas and electric blowers every day for varying lengths of time, according to the staff report. Menlo School mostly uses gas blowers daily in the mornings and Sacred Heart Schools uses both gas and electric blowers every day, both for varying amounts of time. Menlo College said it uses gas-powered leaf blowers three to four days a week and/or as needed, for about 24 hours a week. In nea...