Garden Club member known for growing giants Gene Widdel is known fondly as “The Pumpkin Man” by his fellow Rossmoor Garden Club members. It’s been a tradition for Widdel to grow some mighty big pumpkins at his lot at the Rossmoor Gardens. When October and Halloween roll around, those treasures typically have been doled out dutifully to his four gra...

Members request capital budget funds for work Members of the Rossmoor Tennis Club last week implored the RWC Planning Committee to put repairing the Buckeye tennis courts – two of its eight courts in particular – on a list of priority projects for 2026. Bart Ostro, a Tennis Club member, asked the committee to consider recommending that $250,000 be ...

Series of workshops will feature variety of topics esidents will have an opportunity to share their feedback for the new MyRossmoor website during a series of workshops in ROctober and early November. Focus groups are being assembled to help staff make content and design decisions for the revamped MyRossmoor residents’ site. Pages and information c...

Twenty-five years ago, Dirk Meyer’s job was to help maintain industrial sewage treatment systems. So when representatives of Rossmoor’s wastewater treatment provider came inside the gate for a public session to explain what they do, Meyer made sure to be there. “I’m interested in repair and maintenance … it doesn’t WASTEWATER: Central San board mem...