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# Longtime Norm's waitress Bea Halahan hangs up her apron after 35 years
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/122407-story/
- Published: 2007-12-24T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-25T01:31:54.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Brandon Wise LAST ORDER OF BUSINESS: Bea Halahan, a fixture in Santa Monica after working 35 years as a waitress, is hanging up her apron Wednesday at Norm’s, where her picture appears on the front of the restaurant’s menu. Halahan moved to Santa Monica in 1972.

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WAITING TO FLUTTER: McKinley Elementary students line up to perform a butterfly dance on International Day in June. (Photo: Photo courtesy)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 24, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/122407.pdf?ref=smdp.com)