Weekend Update: Ross Resident's Body Found Near Ross Border

Last weekend kicked off with Drake hosting the Marin County High School Championships. Drake High student Cassie Howard emerged as the overall female winner. from the exciting event and add your own!

Drake also received a that students built at the top of White Mountain in an effort to grow vegetables in the most inhabitable place they could. Today, Earth; tomorrow, Mars!

On a different campus, College of Marin started classes on Monday, but with a decreased schedule and the likelihood of increased fees in the near future. .

The Ross Valley School District is going through its own transition with new school boundaries being studied, new bond money to be spent, and new Brookside schools. The district out to parents this week to answer questions about the Brookside transition from one school to two.

Both White Hill and Drake students contributed to to collect bikes that will eventually go to families of moderate means in the area. The students collected 92 gently-used bikes!

to help raise funds for special education needs in Marin and for a chance to win a Toyota Prius.

Last week also marked the return of a town favorite with the reopening of the new and improved Bubba's. We attempted to answer the question: ? What do you think?

The town of Fairfax will be paid over $7,000 this Wednesday for their loan guarantee to the energy agency.

The County Board of Supervisors also  on Tuesday, which will go into effect in the unincorporated areas of the county. Other Marin towns are expected to take up similar ordinances soon.

The San Anselmo Town Council had their own long-discussed issue this week when they . A tie vote meant no moratorium was passed, though letters were sent to PG&E, the CPUC, State Assemblymember Jared Huffman and State Senator Mark Leno.

At the supermarkets another debate is going on about the health of the fish we are eating. Our health columnists t after a report came out from San Geronimo Valley earlier this month citing heightened levels of mercury in many of the fish we eat.

Both the Fairfax and San Anselmo libraries are faring better than the school districts with , even a new teen section for Fairfax youth.

In sad news for the community, just yesterday, Ross police , who had been , was found near the Ross border.

Patch is in the process of rolling out some new changes -- keep your eyes peeled this week for some new content, including . (Check out the too.) This past week, we also rolled out a , so you can get Patch news on your blog or website.