Just a few hours into Rossmoor’s annual holiday food drive last Monday, volunteers and a food bank official were encouraged by the number of donations. Residents dropped off food and money between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the Gateway Clubhouse. “When I got there at 7:30, there was quite a bit of food in the lobby of the clubhouse,” said Neil Zarchin, f...

Rossmoor clubs and organizations that want to have an outdoor display should complete a request form and return it to the GRF Board Office. Forms can be downloaded from www.Rossmoor.com, under the Policies section. (Policy 301.3) Forms are also available at the Administration Desk at Gateway. Holiday outdoor displays are typically located at the gr...

For a wide variety of reasons, many find themselves alone for the holidays. With the emphasis on families and being with others, the holidays can be an especially lonely and trying time, even for those who are usually OK being on their own. Rossmoor Counseling Services and the Recreation Department are working to create a space for folks to celebra...

• Talk to people in the waiting room at your doctor’s office or while standing in line at Safeway. • Take a class. • Invite neighbors in your entry to your manor for tea or for a potluck lunch or dinner. • Volunteer either in Rossmoor or in the community. • Buy two tickets to an event and ask an acquaintance to join you. • Give sincere compliments....

A101- year-old resident died Saturday and his manor was destroyed when a fire broke out at 1201 Leisure Lane in Entry 7. The two-alarm fire, which was reported around 6:20 p.m., also displaced the residents of manors 2, 3 and 4 of building 1201, according to the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (CCCFPD). The victim was Arthur Gertz, who...

Rossmoor’s dog park It’s the brief but baffling case of the “Bark Free Zone” sign at Rossmoor’s dog park. The sign was put up inside the dog park earlier this fall by GRF’s Landscape Maintenance Department, at the request of Lyn Hedrick, vice president of Rossmoor Friends of Animals. It was subsequently defaced by an unknown vandal, who blacked out...

Two dogs who frequent park diagnosed with the infection Resident Ian Moss reports that his seven-month-old puppy Samantha was diagnosed last Thursday with the highly contagious kennel cough. Moss wants to give dog owners a heads-up because Samantha – and another dog he knows of that was diagnosed with the illness – are frequent visitors to Rossmoor...

BurgerIM is finally opening at Rossmoor Town Center, next door to Starbucks. The restaurant, which was originally scheduled to open last summer, is now set to launch on Dec. 1. “They might do a soft opening a couple of days before the grand opening,” said Terrence Tallen of Tallen Capital Partners, LLC, which purchased the shopping center in 2012 a...

More than half of Rossmoor entries now feature new permanent signs on trash enclosures. These signs are designed to help drivers and residents. Signs with letter designations – A, B, C, etc. – help designate the location of an enclosure in entries that feature more than one enclosure. They are alphabetized in order based on proximity to the street,...

The Volunteer Exchange will have its annual December brunch on Wednesday, Dec. 4, in the Fireside Room at Gateway. Attendees are asked to arrive by 10:15 a.m. so that the event can begin at 10:30. All Volunteer Exchange members should have received an invitation. The invitations were sent via email. Invitations to members without email were hand-de...