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Author couple not the retiring type
by Ruth Roberts
Jan 14, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Spend more than a few minutes with Trisha and John Parker and one thing quickly becomes clear: this is a couple that knows how to have fun. Bright, energetic and still playfully flirty after 40 yea...
Thanks for serving
Jan 14, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
CSD Director Ray Tetreault, left, offers Dave Dove the town’s thanks along with an official Discovery Bay jacket and commemorative plaque in appreciation for his service to the community during his...
BART to charge for parking
Jan 14, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
East County commuters will begin paying a dollar a day to park at the Pittsburg/Bay Point station on Jan. 19. Park and Ride lots, however, will remain free of charge to all patrons and provide easy...
Seen in St. Lucia
Jan 14, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
The Discovery Bay Press stowed away with Ron and Rosalie Keefer as they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with some close friends on an Island Adventure tour through the backcountry and jun...
CSD board switches seats – again
by Ruth Roberts
Jan 11, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
The Discovery Bay CSD board has appointed its new directors to two of its most high-profile positions. The appointments came as a surprise to some, who believed the annual process would be little m...
Sheriff rules out P6 coordinator role
by Ruth Roberts
Jan 07, 2010 | 45 45 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
Sheriff Warren Rupf says he has no intention of providing staff or coordinating meetings for a Discovery Bay P-6 citizens oversight committee, despite a written request from the Contra Costa County...
Excelsior teacher humbled by nomination
by Ruth Roberts
Jan 07, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Jeanne Turner is proud of her recent honor as an Educator of the Year nominee, but not for the usual reasons. “It was very exciting to have had the experience and to be considered (for the award),”...
Corvette Club largess
Jan 07, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
This year at the Discovery Bay Corvette Club’s annual Christmas Party, instead of exchanging gifts among themselves, each family brought two gifts to support Delta Community Services’ effort to aid...
Muir to offer new parenting classes
Jan 07, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
John Muir’s Outpatient Center in Brentwood will be starting up a new session of parenting classes beginning Jan. 12. Loving Solutions and Parent Project Senior are two programs designed to help par...
Wetlands project considered a success
by Ruth Roberts
Dec 31, 2009 | 3 3 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Two years ago, when Discovery Bay General Manager Virgil Koehne made his pitch to the CSD board to create wetlands as a way to remove contaminants from the town’s wastewater, the community was faci...
Seen in Egypt
Dec 31, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Discovery Bay residents Karolyn and Galen Eastham packed a copy of their Hometown Weekly Newspaper for their trip to Egypt, where they’re happy to report that after all these years, the pyramids ar...
Seen at the Grand Canyon
Dec 31, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Former Discovery Bay resident Val Lao took his Hometown Weekly Newspaper on a summer trip to the iconic Grand Canyon, where he experienced the new Skywalk Glass Bridge, featuring a see-through floo...
Obama calls for delay in 2-Gates project
by Ruth Roberts
Dec 30, 2009 | 1 1 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Opponents of the proposed Delta 2-Gates project won the battle if not the war last week when the Obama administration called for the delay of the controversial test plan to save the Delta smelt. “W...
Directors to return overpaid stipends
by Ruth Roberts
Dec 24, 2009 | 40 40 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
Two CSD board members and one former director have been asked by town legal council to return to the district a total of more than $8,000 they received for attending meetings that did not qualify f...
Shimmering on a water wonderland
Dec 24, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Discovery Bay residents love a parade, and last weekend enthusiasts showed their seasonal spirit at the Holiday on the Lake event on Willow Lake. Participants lit up the night sky with their sparkl...
East County facility offers H1N1 vaccine
Dec 24, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Contra Costa County residents can now get free H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccine at public health vaccination clinics while supplies last. The priority group requirements have been lifted because more ...
Sturgeon operation
Dec 22, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Don Littell of Discovery Bay, center, along with two friends, recently reeled in a huge 8-foot sturgeon off Decker Island near Rio Vista. The sturgeon was too big to keep, but during the hour-long...
Boat parade creates watery wonderland
by Ruth Roberts
Dec 17, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Last weekend’s crush of wind and rain did little to deter Discovery Bay residents from enjoying one of their biggest parties of the year. In fact, the weather held off just long enough for the annu...
Discovery Bay hires landscape manager
by Ruth Roberts
Dec 17, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Discovery Bay has a new landscape manager; the first official overseer for the town since July, 2008. Fairin Perez, a former account manager with Valley Crest – one of the town’s two landscape vend...
How to foil those holiday felons
Dec 17, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Our flurry of holiday activities often causes us to forget the basics of maintaining safety while shopping and at home. “It’s important to remember that opportunity is the criminals’ key to crime,”...