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Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, 2485 Sand Creek Road in The Streets of Brentwood, is running a Fudge for Troops promotion through the month of November.
For every pound of fudge bought in the sto...
Nov 10, 2010 | 0 | 6 |
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Homeless Animals’ Lifeline Organization (HALO), an Antioch-based dog and cat rescue, is hosting Pets for Vets, which provides the men and women of our armed forces with free dog and cat adoptions. ...
Nov 09, 2010 | 0 | 11 |
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Pvt. Dylan James Alvey is one of our nation’s newest Marines. A 2010 graduate of Heritage High School, Alvey recently graduated from boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego as part of the...
Nov 08, 2010 | 0 | 8 |
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Brentwood eateries are pitching in to help support our troops overseas through the American Legion Riders Post 202 in Brentwood. The following restaurants have agreed to provide a portion of their ...
Nov 04, 2010 | 0 | 5 |
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Veterans throughout East County will be honored for their service at the annual Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 11 in downtown Antioch
The parade will begin at approximately 11 a.m. near the Antioch L...
Oct 28, 2010 | 0 | 5 |
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In honor of Veterans Day, Vietnam veteran Phil Ehrhorn will share his war experiences during a special presentation sponsored by the Brentwood Library on Tuesday, Nov. 9.
Ehrhorn conducted electron...
Oct 28, 2010 | 0 | 5 |
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The Summerset Veterans Club will welcome Lt. Commander Ted Robinson, U.S.N.R. retired, at Summerset I for a special Veterans Day presentation on Thursday, Nov. 4 at 2 p.m.
Robinson will deliver a p...
Oct 27, 2010 | 0 | 10 |
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Veterans, residents and businesses people are coming together to help a local Gold Star wife and mother left in the lurch by a landscape contractor.
Sean Langevin, a member of the Army’s 503rd Airb...
Oct 21, 2010 | 0 | 5 |
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Patrick and Mary Kubik-Boyd of Brentwood are proud to announce the graduation of their son, PFC Sean Kubik-Boyd, from the U.S. Army Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, OK on Sept. 17.
Sean also ea...
Oct 14, 2010 | 0 | 6 |
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The community welcomed home Staff Sgt. Agustin Torres (center of the crowd, white and red checked shirt) recently with a Warrior Watch Rider escort and a welcome home event at Antioch’s Veterans Ha...
Oct 07, 2010 | 0 | 13 |
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It wasn’t so much a surge as it was a constant flow, as motorcycles, cars, trucks and people flowed into Antioch’s Straw Hat Pizza last weekend in support of combat veterans.
“I was worried about n...
Sep 29, 2010 | 0 | 8 |
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The East County Military Family and Friends and Warrior Watch Riders are hosting the inaugural Troop Fest on Saturday, Oct. 2 from 1 to 11 p.m. at Straw Hat Pizza, 3001 Delta Fair Blvd. in Antioch....
Sep 16, 2010 | 0 | 6 |
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It was a somber yet festive observance, much like those that have taken place each of the last three years, as East County came together in Antioch to remember the events of Sept. 11, 2001. On hand...
Sep 09, 2010 | 1 | 14 |
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This weekend as the nation recalls the events of 9/11 and commemorates the lives lost that day, East County’s Military Family and Friends will also be reflecting and remembering at the group’s four...
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2009 Freedom High School graduate Richard Rybicki recently completed his training at the United States Navy Boot Camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Center.
He underwent an eight-week transformatio...
Sep 09, 2010 | 0 | 7 |
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Seaman Sam Mattea of Brentwood recently graduated from Navy Boot Camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Center.
One of a class of 847, Mattea will continue his training in Illinois as a hospitalman re...
Sep 02, 2010 | 0 | 7 |
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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 a...
Aug 19, 2010 | 0 | 9 |
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Bryce Starratt, a lifetime resident of Discovery Bay and 2005 Liberty High School graduate, completed U.S. Army Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Okla. in August of 2009.
Bryce was selected as t...
Aug 19, 2010 | 0 | 8 |
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Patrick and Amanda Murphy of Brentwood are proud to announce the graduation of their son, Pvt. Timothy J.P. Murphy, from U.S. Army Boot Camp on June 17.
The graduation was held at Fort Benning, Ga...
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Discovery Bay’s Lt. Col. Derrick Boler and 100 National Guardsmen returned Tuesday from a yearlong deployment to the Middle East, where they trained Iraqi police.
Hundreds of happy family members,...