Grief doesn’t take a holiday even during these festive times that are all about family and friends gathering for celebrations of love, fellowship and joy. The holidays can be a stark reminder of a loved one’s absence, regardless of when the death occurred. Over time, these periods will get easier, but a void may still exist that some find hard to f...

Investor underwrites new co-op loan despite lack of full insurance coverage There has been a lot of hand-wringing in Rossmoor in recent months over how the inability of GRF to fully insure its $2.7 billion of residential and community buildings (and other assets) has helped lead to fewer home sales here. With Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac not willing ...

WIDE SSPECTTRRUUMM OOF F FAITH Rossmoor reflects one of the nation’s most religiously diverse counties Many religious groups operate within, or immediately adjacent to, Rossmoor – “mainstream” faiths like Lutheranism, Catholicism and Judaism to “alternative spirituality” groups like Eckankar, Center of Spiritual Cultivation and Ananda (related to B...

Go to any event put on by The Connection, and it’s hard not to notice the hubbub created by happy chatter, bright smiles and cheerfulness. Discovering that “connection,” which women who belong to one of Rossmoor’s most enduring and successful clubs have found, is what it’s about. This club’s name fits. When casual conversation leads to finding comm...

Technical problems have plagued current system GRF is open to finding a new online golf tee-time reservation system, after the current system went down for three weeks in late October and early November, forcing reservations to be made manually and inconveniencing both players and Golf Shop staff. At the Golf Advisory Committee’s Nov. 22 meeting, G...

Rossmoor’s only indoor pools should reopen in early January C athy Robinson-Walker said that, as a lap swimmer, she’s been missing her workouts at the Tice Creek Fitness Center pool. So, she was glad to hear that work to replace the roof panels there is on time. “It is a very big loss to many of us,” Robinson- Walker, a member of the GRF Aquatics a...

ng Rossmoor resident adds climbing to base camp of Mt. Everest to list of milestones The most recent of Dr. Janny Li’s worldwide travels – which have included treks to both the North and South poles, and lots of territory in-between – was a journey in early October to the base camp at Mount Everest, the world’s tallest mountain, on the Nepal-China ...

R ecently, the News ran an article with information that clarified the requirement for clubs to have an alcohol license at events with money exchanged in the form of tickets or donations. That article prompted questions with additional scenarios in which the Bureau of Alcohol Beverage Control would require a club to have an alcohol license. This fo...

Rossmoor event takes the hassle out of traveling and cleaning For residents like Julia Lam, being on her own for Thanksgiving is not a bad thing. Being on her own is also a misnomer. She’ll be in Rossmoor around friends, her fellow residents. Traveling for the holidays is difficult for Lam, especially considering jammed-packed airports and plane ri...

Planning Committee wants feedback from residents The latest construction cost estimate for the Pickleball Courts project has risen considerably from previous figures, the Planning Committee learned at its Nov. 14 meeting. A pre-construction estimate delivered to GRF staff less than 24 hours before that meeting now pegs the project at nearly $4 mill...