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“When I lost my job, that was really hard for me,” said Sgt. Nikko Moreno, a 39-year-old Danville native now residing in Bowling Green, Ky. “I’d worked so hard for so many years and built up to hav...
Oct 14, 2012 | 0 | 5 |
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Operation Creekside is seeking community volunteers who want to show our deployed military that they care. All are invited to come out to Heavenly Cheesecakes, 3101 Balfour Road, Suite F in Brentwo...
Oct 10, 2012 | 0 | 4 |
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In honor of the men and women who have served in the military, the City of Oakley invites its youngest residents to celebrate their military heroes in writing.
The Military Hero Essay Contest is op...
Oct 08, 2012 | 0 | 6 |
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Oakley residents Mark and Beth Morrison and family are proud to announce that their daughter and sister, U.S. Army Pfc. Madison L. Morrison, 18, graduated from the United States Army boot camp at F...
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Family and friends of Oakley resident and U.S. Marine Corp Pfc. Zachary Nilsson, 18, are extremely proud to announce his graduation from the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego in September.
A...
Sep 30, 2012 | 0 | 9 |
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Melanie Carter didn't know why a small, flag-waving crowd had gathered along Brentwood Boulevard early Sunday morning, so she stopped to find out. She learned she had happened upon the location of ...
Sep 16, 2012 | 0 | 6 |
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Discovery Bay resident Kevin and Kathleen McEvoy, friends and family, are proud to announce that their son, E-3 Seaman Christopher M. McEvoy, 18, graduated from the United States Coast Guard Traini...
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Oakley residents April and Anthony Gonzalez, and Sherry Gonzalez, Mark and Marci George, friends and family are proud to announce that their son and daughter, Seaman Matthew Gonzalez, 19, and Seama...
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Banners honoring 26 Americans killed while serving their country in Iraq and Afghanistan went up this week along Discovery Bay Boulevard. The 9-foot banners, sponsored by the nonprofit organization...
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Discovery Bay residents Art and Barbara Gonzales and family are proud to announce that their son and brother, Pvt. Michael A. Gonzales, 18, graduated from the United States Marine Corp boot camp at...
Aug 30, 2012 | 0 | 6 |
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When Kevin Graves created the Some Gave All, Joey Graves Foundation in 2006, his intent was to honor not only his son – who died in Baghdad in 2006 – but the lives of the currently more than 700 Ca...
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U.S. Air Force Airman Hailey M. Cosby, daughter of Marshall and Tonya Cosby of Antioch, recently graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Hailey is a...
Jul 25, 2012 | 0 | 8 |
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Josie and Jeff Monaghan, founders of East County Military Families and Friends, have a new weapon in their arsenal.
After starting the organization in 2005 to help veterans and their families, they...
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Liberty High School graduate Christopher Garner, Class of 2005, recently attained his lifelong goal of earning his wings in the United States Air Force.
Garner attended San Jose State Univers...
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Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, located at The Streets of Brentwood, is promoting its third Fudge for Troops campaign through the month of July.
For every pound of fudge purchased, Rocky Mountain...
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The Antioch Police Department is getting a boost in manpower through a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Justice Department. The grant will allow the department to add five police officers to its fo...
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In honor of Independence Day and Canada Day in the U.S. and Canada, Cartridge World is offering military veterans a special 10-percent discount. “Cartridge World wants to recognize and thank vetera...
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On June 5, friends and relatives at Cortona Park attended the unveiling of the memorial brick path in Cortona’s rose garden. The memorial was celebrated with the release of 13 doves representing th...
May 31, 2012 | 0 | 9 |
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Chuck Kohler urges you to remember the moments he’ll never forget.
The Pearl Harbor survivor and Concord resident spoke at Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony in Antioch, emphasizing the importance of r...
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The City of Oakley took a moment out of a busy weekend last Saturday to hold its first Memorial Day ceremony in City Hall Plaza.
“Today is a solemn reminder of the profound sacrifice made by so man...