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Workers installed a new septic system at the East Contra Costa Historical Society in June. Funding for that, and other projects – including the restoration of an 1890s-era schoolhouse – comes mostly from the annual barbecue, which is set for Sept. 12.<br><i>Photo by Richard Wisdom</i> 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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Brentwood Union School District students are ready to run – or walk – to raise money for their schools during the inaugural Brentwood Run For Fun’ds, scheduled for Sept. 11.<br><i>Photo courtesy of Janna Stonebarger</i> Ready to Run For Fun’ds
Kids don’t normally associate running with fun, but next week students in the Brentwood Union School District will be lacing up their shoes for a good cause. The inaugural Brentwood Run For Fun’ds...
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<i>Photo courtesy of John Grubbs</i> Lemonade for Lily
Students from Pioneer Elementary and Bristow Middle School in Brentwood sold lemonade and Kool-Aid to thirsty soccer fans at The Streets of Brentwood soccer fields recently. The students raised m...
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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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Beach Blanket Babylon Beach Blanket benefit comes to El Campanil
Steve Silver’s San Francisco cast takes the stage at Antioch’s El Campanil Theatre on Saturday, Sept. 18 at 8 p.m. for a performance of the hilarious “Beach Blanket Babylon.” The performance is sp...
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Special golf
The second annual Special Kids Golf Charity Tournament will be held Saturday, Sept. 11 at Shadow Lakes Golf Course in Brentwood. The event features four tournament games including a Wine Hole and ...
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Five-year-old Aaron Tanner, the Brentwood boy who underwent a heart and kidney transplant earlier this month, continues to improve and is expected to be released from UCLA Medical Center within the next few days.  
<br><i>Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Tanner</i> Aaron on the mend
With the community of East County and beyond watching and praying for the success of five-year-old Aaron Tanner’s heart and kidney transplant, life for the Brentwood family has begun to settle dow...
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Brentwood Rotarians, Kohl’s employees and about two dozen lucky kids get ready for a back-to-school shopping spree.<br><I>Photo courtesy of Theresa Coffman 
</I> Spree gets kids ready for school
The boys got in and out quickly while the girls took their time, but everyone emerged from the store with great big smiles, the chaperones included. The event was the annual back-to-school shoppin...
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Parents pony up for school library
Discovery Bay Elementary Principal Allan Petersdorf knows that a school library is more than a place to check out books and conduct online research ­– it’s also an important part of a school’s ca...
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Charity is in the jeans
Once again, Somersville Towne Center is hosting The Great Denim Days. Guests are asked to bring in new or gently used denim to be donated to a local charity benefiting underprivileged residents wi...
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