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Off the streets: RVs are back in their parking lot

All of the RVs now should be off the streets and back in the RV parking lot adjacent to the Mutual Operations Department (MOD). For eight months, the RVs had to relocate to Rossmoor streets while the solar array was installed at MOD and the parking lot was repaved. “We want to thank the residents who have been very patient over this past year with ...
Posted on November 12, 2019
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Check out Dollar’s small lending library

Rossmoor has a small lending library located in Dollar Clubhouse. The library is to the right of the front door. Because it is a small lending library based on the honor system, there is no check-out process. Just select a book to read and return it when finished. Readers are asked to return the borrowed material in the same condition and not to ma...
Posted on November 12, 2019
 

Mutual 59 seeks member for committee

Mutual 59 is looking for someone within the Mutual who has accounting experience to serve on the Finance Committee. The Finance Committee meet bi-monthly to go over the Mutual’s financial statements. This is not a board position. Any Mutual 59 resident who is interested can contact Lucy Limon at Llimon@rossmoor.com or 925-988-7718.
Posted on November 12, 2019
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Strong winds take down trees

Fallen oak damages railing at Creekside Extreme winds recorded at more than 60 mph near Mt. Diablo on Sunday, Oct. 27, fanned fast-burning fires, uprooted at least four big trees at Rossmoor and tore off branches and limbs of dozens more. Compounding the situation, two fires broke out that afternoon in Lafayette, filling the air with acrid smoke an...
Posted on November 5, 2019
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PSPS, fires: What residents need to know

Only about 100 homes in Rossmoor were affected during the Oct. 26 Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS), but in its initial announcement, PG& E indicated almost all of Rossmoor might have lost power. As Northern California grappled with its second major PSPS, windstorms wreaked havoc with the Kincade Fire, leading to mass evacuations in Sonoma Cou...
Posted on November 5, 2019
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Rossmoor hires new golf pro

Vigil has been on job for 2 weeks Director of Golf Mark Heptig is thrilled with the new addition to his staff. Jacque Vigil has joined Rossmoor as the new assistant golf pro, becoming the second woman assistant pro in the 50-plus year history of golf in Rossmoor. She has a 5 handicap and is a PGA pro with decades of golf experience. Heptig has had ...
Posted on November 5, 2019
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Price tag just went down for water reclamation plant

GRF Board meeting The multi-million dollar cost to build and operate a water reclamation facility to supply Rossmoor’s golf courses with water just got cheaper. That’s because Rossmoor was granted riparian rights to Tice Creek, Resident Services Director Jeff Matheson told the GRF Board during last Thursday’s meeting. “The quantity of water needed ...
Posted on November 5, 2019
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Thanksgiving brings early News deadlines

The Rossmoor News will have early deadlines for the Dec. 4 issue because of Thanksgiving. All columns, club trip listings and religion articles are due Monday, Nov. 25, by noon. All other club and organization articles are due Tuesday, Nov. 26, by 2 p.m. All ads and letters to the editor must be turned in by Wednesday, Nov. 27, by 9 a.m. No deadlin...
Posted on November 5, 2019
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PG&E finally makes good on promise

New power pole installed a week ago near Golden Rain “ Finally,” was the comment from bystanders who watched a new power pole go up at noon on Oct. 23 off Golden Rain Road, Entry 15. It took several years of Rossmoor residents complaining and five fires in a dozen years, but PG& E finally replaced its problematic power pole. Worried Rossmoor ne...
Posted on October 29, 2019
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Finding love – the second time around

Rossmoor residents reconnect, then remarry Bonnie and Bob Daines tied the knot for the second time around at a “joyful” ceremony at Dollar Clubhouse on Sept. 7. It’s been a long and winding road since 1960, when the couple first got married. That marriage eventually ended in divorce, but the couple believe fate – and a little help from their daught...
Posted on October 29, 2019