GRF AND MUTUAL NEWS The GRF Board last week postponed a decision on whether to raise the Membership Transfer Fee from the current $13,000 per Rossmoor home sale to $15,000 starting in July, instead referring the issue back to the GRF Finance Committee for more discussion. That same committee voted Jan. 23, two days before the GRF Board meeting, to ...

A front-page story in the Jan. 24 News on theft and trespassing statistics should have said that the pedestrian gate project was deferred by the GRF Board to the 2024 Capital Budget project list.

Gate arms accounted for most of the 21 gate accidents reported in 2023, two more than in 2022. Cashion also has a proposal for a traffic study, which also would be funded out of the capital budget, not through the coupon, he said. A study would be part of continued efforts to curb vehicle accidents, which were slightly up in 2023. Injury accidents ...

The ManKind Project, a nonprofit training and education organization offering personal development programs for men, is looking to start a club in Rossmoor. Completion of The New Warrior Training Adventure (NWTA) is not required, but some knowledge of ManKind Project tenets is helpful, and uninitiated men are welcome to attend. Residents are invite...

they have already done so. Given that every Rossmoor resident is a Comcast customer, to some degree, it’s worthy of attention. Details of the breach became public in December, when Comcast said it had learned more about the extent of unauthorized activity, which happened between Oct. 16 and Oct. 19 and impacted Citrix, a software provider used by C...

Members of the Rossmoor Lesbian Social Club (RLSC) outdid themselves when 100% of those who registered for the Dec. 28 blood drive showed up and donated blood. This showing outstripped the Red Cross statistics indicating that a little more than half the donors who register actually appear to donate blood at a drive. This huge outpouring to donate b...

and facilities in Rossmoor should it all be destroyed in a fire, earthquake or other disaster. The previous valuation was $2.014 billion, calculated a year ago by A. J. Gallagher. Of course, insuring to replace $2.659 billion worth of property on a dollar-by-dollar basis is fast becoming unaffordable or outright impossible – hence the $1.266 billio...

AARP tax preparers will be in Rossmoor Feb. 5 to April 11 Free federal and state tax return preparation will again be available in Rossmoor from Monday, Feb. 5 through Thursday, April 11. AARP Tax-Aide volunteers provide service to anyone who needs to file basic income tax forms, with limited to moderate income and with special attention to those a...

A story on Page 5A of the Dec. 27 News about Waterford resident Katie Sullivan incorrectly referenced the country where Zagreb (the home of her parents) is located. It is in Croatia.

A stop sign requires that you come to a complete stop. At a stop sign with a marked stop line, you must stop before the line. At a stop sign with a pedestrian crosswalk you must stop before entering the crosswalk. When you have stopped, yield the right-of-way to pedestrians, bicyclists and traffic before proceeding. At a four-way and three-way stop...