The Dog Park Fourth of July Freedom Dog Parade (aka “Oliver’s Independence Day Party”) was a great success. There were some interesting, funny, patriotic dog costumes. The owners outdid themselves with their creativity, and judges Carole Barlin and Steve Smith had a hard time selecting the best to award the trophies. The fun dog race was well recei...

Lapidary Studio has display of some of his art Sometimes it’s the smallest of things that can have the greatest value – in more ways than one – and John Bernardin has been proving that for four decades. A retired research chemist and assistant director of the regional U.S. Department of Agriculture facility in Albany, this three-year resident of Ro...

The Rossmoor Chamber Music Society is a much-loved, integral and revered part of Rossmoor’s arts community. So is Rosemarie Krovoza. After 12 years as the society’s president in which she has been a catalyst behind countless performances presented in Rossmoor, Krovoza has decided to retire. She will remain active in the music community. “I love bei...

Atown hall workshop will be held Thursday, July 14, in the Donner Room at the Event Center to give residents a chance to learn and ask questions about the Facilities Master Plan before it is adopted by the GRF Board, potentially later this month. The meeting is scheduled from 1 to 2 p.m., with Director of Resident Services Jeff Matheson providing a...

Residents are invited to submit suggestions to rename Berm Park, which starts off Tice Creek Drive and runs parallel of Golden Rain Road. The idea to rename the park came up during a Policy Committee meeting. The Board last month agreed that the park should have a more inspired name than “Berm,” which is defined as a path or grass strip beside a ro...

– they’re just too (physically) hard,” he said. On one of those trips, Bernardin traveled to Africa to meet with geologist and gem dealer Campbell Bridges, a mining executive with holdings in Kenya and elsewhere and generally acknowledged as the discoverer of tsavorite, a dark green gemstone. Bernardin bought some stones from Bridges, a transaction...

The article in the July 6 News about the Finance Committee incorrectly stated that The Waterford is excluded from the GRF 2021 surplus of $2,711,412. All Mutuals, including the Waterford receive that distribution. The Waterford is excluded from the MOD surplus of $930,004, which will be distributed to all of the other Mutuals.

Board also decides to raise pay for News carriers Over the objections of a group of residents who favored a sound study before starting design work, the GRF Board on Thursday voted unanimously to hire a landscape architecture firm to design a pickleball complex near the Event Center. A second firm will conduct a sound study of how noise generated b...

CROCKETT – John Siebert was clearly in his element in the old Odd Fellows Hall building in the shadow of the massive C& H Sugar refining mill at the center of this onetime company town. Siebert was talking with various people coming to look at the scale model trains that now consume much of this sizeable structure. “This is a great way to meet ...

Aiming to build upon encouraging results from the first year, organizers of the Dementia and Diabetes Prevention Program study are gearing up for year two in Rossmoor. The program, a partnership between UC Davis and Tice Creek Fitness Center, is built upon taking preventative measures with diet and exercise. Organizers will be seeking new qualified...