insurance budget, to be paid by GRF and the participating Mutuals, for the master policy in 2025 will be about $19.23 million, about $6.3 million less than the $25.55 million that roughly the same level of coverage cost in 2024, said GRF General Manager Jeff Matheson. It hasn’t been decided how that unbudgeted savings will be used, Matheson said; s...

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Questions about timeline, financing persist A town hall-style meeting is planned for late February to answer questions about the long-planned pickleball structure, and many of those questions figure to be about time and money. Ann Mottola, GRF’s director of community services, said the town hall – its date uncertain at press time – will be a platfo...

As Rhona Lishinsky raced into her living room the evening of Oct. 27 upon hearing her smoke alarm blare, she momentarily thought she saw through the window of her Cactus Court manor a fire raging outside. But when she looked more closely, she noticed that the tall flames were actually a reflection from the window and were instead emanating from a p...

Jan. 14 town hall to provide progress report Being “fire wise” involves not only education but repetition, Fran Gibson says. As immediate past president of the Rossmoor Emergency Preparedness Organization (EPO) – and still heavily involved with that group – she’s spent a lot of time hammering home various messages about keeping safe and being prepa...

The pivotal moment in Steph Spadaccini’s career came at the start of her kids’ school year in the early 1970s. Seeing her youngest child walk out the door for his first day of school, she realized that a segment of her life had closed. She recalls asking herself this: “What do I do with the rest of my life now that they’re all in school?” She found...

The Democrats of Rossmoor will hold their first general meeting of 2025 on Thursday, Jan. 23, at the Event Center. A town square social will start the evening at 6 p.m. The club will provide snacks; those who want alcohol at this event should bring their own beverage. After a brief meeting at 7 p.m., the speaker for the evening will be Brandie Nonn...

Fundraising raffle helps to benefit Rossmoor Fund The Boomers Forever Club is kicking off its 16th year of social events and activities with a dine and dance party titled “BOOM!” on Saturday, Jan. 11, at the Event Center, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. Hosts and board members Jane Witbrodt and Freddie Delamain, invite 2025 Boomer members, and gues...

All sorts of external events had direct, and wide-ranging, effects on day-to-day Rossmoor life in 2024. They included the worldwide insurance crisis as well as the national political churn, climate change and technological advances. The manifestations of these changes, for better or worse, at the local level (in Rossmoor, that is) accounted for mos...

Cindy Darling said two “Coffee With a Cop” events in Rossmoor this past year were designed to be educational, especially regarding safety and financial crimes against seniors. But the learning went two ways, she said. “We also learned what Rossmoor residents want; we encourage people to alert us to problems,” said Darling, who, after being elected ...