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Celebration for a pair of milestones
Since Brentwood has been named a Playful City by KaBOOM! for the third consecutive year, the Brentwood Parks and Recreation Department is pulling out all the stops to show that this East County co...
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Historical bash right on ’cue
While Labor Day is known as a prime barbecuing holiday, one barbecue in particular – held a weekend later – should be on East County residents’ radar. The East Contra Costa Historical Society’s Co...
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Doubly welcome
Antioch brought home another of its own from Iraq last weekend: Staff Sgt. Nick Sponseller of the Army’s 10th Mountain Division. The Warrior Watch Riders surprised him at Applebee’s and provided ...
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Up, up and away
Aaron Tanner in his Superman T-shirt left UCLA Medical Center last week following a heart and kidney transplant on Aug. 13. The 5-year-old Brentwood boy and his mother Elizabeth will be staying...
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Honored at the Fair
Members of Knightsen 4-H celebrated a victory at the California State Fair last month, where the Contra Costa County display received the Silver Award in the Counties Exhibit Competition. Thirty c...
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In memoriam
A memorial gathering will be held for Byron resident Steve Hammond, who passed away Aug. 16. The gathering will take place Saturday, Sept. 4 at 2 p.m. at Tom’s Antiques on Main Street in Byron.
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Knightsen in the Park
Knightsen residents are invited to check out the town’s newly renovated park and get better acquainted with their neighbors at the Knightsen in the Park event on Saturday, Sept. 18 from 11 a.m. to...
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Back to Church, barbecue
On Sunday, Sept. 12, the Family Worship Center, 161 Sand Creek Road, Suite A in Brentwood, celebrates National Back to Church Sunday. The day is also the ninth anniversary of the church’s founding...
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Sk8Wars looking for Sk8ers
Registration is currently underway for the Brentwood Police Activities League’s biggest fundraising event: the fifth annual Sk8Wars competition at Brentwood Skate Park on Sept. 18. Prizes are awar...
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Naming Nellie
The Byron School History Mystery has been solved. The schoolgirl, known only as Nellie until The Press ran her 1908 postcard message two weeks ago , has been identified as Nelda Lewis Gibson, tha...
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