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Sneakers for the needy
Apr 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
There’s still time to turn in your used sneakers for charity. Timber Point Elementary school’s 2013 Eco Challenge for Education wraps up on the 19th. Since March, students and their families have c...
State releases updates in Bay Delta Plan
by Ruth Roberts
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Updates to the controversial and protracted Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) were released late last week – bringing the fluid and ever-changing document known as the Delta Plan one step closer t...
Annual egg hunt unites community
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Easter came a little early to Discovery Bay, but locals wasted no time hopping on the opportunity. An estimated 460 kids descended on Cornell Park March 30 for the 16th annual Discovery Bay Lions ...
Chamber gives back
Mar 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The Discovery Bay Chamber of Commerce presented a check to the Byron Union School District Tuesday night for $3,900 from funds raised through the annual State of the Town Gala event in January. Di...
Opening Day on the way
by Ruth Roberts
Mar 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Delta dwellers know it doesn’t take a calendar to signal the start of boating season. All that’s needed is an Opening Day parade and an enthusiastic crowd. And on April 13, Discovery Bay will have ...
Golf event supports youth
by Samie Hartley
Mar 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
East County philanthropists Jim and Anne Wangeman are opening their hearts to the community once again by hosting the Harvest Park Charity Golf Event at Discovery Bay Golf and Country Club on April...
Students take stand against bullying
by Samie Hartley
Mar 28, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Bullying is on the rise in our schools, so a group of students at Liberty High School decided to do something about it. Students in the Peer Mediation class, who work with fellow students to addres...
East County Cop Log: March 29
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Feb. 27, 10:39-11:05 p.m. An unidentified person fired a BB gun at the windows of five vehicles parked on Highland Way in Brentwood. All the windows were shattered.
The hunt is on
Mar 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The 16th annual Discovery Bay Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt returns to Cornell Park this Saturday, March 30. The fun starts at 9:15 a.m. and the hunt begins at 10 sharp. Every Easter, hundreds of cu...
Super supporters
Mar 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Members of the Byron-Delta Lions recently presented Brentwood Fine Meats owner Bill Harris with the Star Business Award. Harris and co-owner Greg Karkas sponsored the Lions’ fundraising cookbook a...
Chamber throws mixer
Mar 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The Discovery Bay Chamber of Commerce hosts its March mixer on Tuesday the 26th from 6 to 8 p.m. at Discovery Eye Care, 1520 Discovery Bay Blvd., Suite 500. The monthly event features a special pr...
Delta weed control program underway
Mar 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The California Department of Boating and Waterways (DBW) is conducting its 2013 Water Hyacinth Control Program in selected areas of the Delta through Nov. 30. “Managing the plant will be challengin...
East County Cop Log
Mar 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
BRENTWOOD Feb. 19, 4:30 p.m. A subject attempting to mount his bicycle after falling off it was found to be too intoxicated to care for himself. He was arrested and booked at the Martinez Detent...
Whipping up birthday bliss
Mar 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Way back in July of 1913, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to establish a free county library. And way back last week, Brentwood City Councilman Gene Clare visited the...
Water weeds on chopping block again
by Ruth Roberts
Mar 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
For the third time in as many years, the California Department of Boating and Waterways (DBW) is preparing to take the offensive in the Delta’s ongoing battle against invasive waterweeds. The multi...
Gateway to governance
Mar 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
More than 40 Heritage and Liberty high students participated in this year’s Youth in Government program, sponsored by the City of Brentwood and the Brentwood Lions Club. Students spent the day sha...
Chowder champs
Mar 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Discovery Bay resident Amanda Dove, left, joins chowder enthusiasts Barbara Schneider and Justine Sampson during the recent Discovery Bay Clam Chowder Cookoff. The inaugural event drew hundreds of...
Seussical students
Mar 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Congratulations to all the March students of the month from Village 4 at Timber Point Elementary School.
Sports league goes to bat for schools
Mar 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The Delta Baseball & Softball League recently donated more than $2,750 to Contra Costa County schools. The donation is an expression of the organization’s Delta Goes to Bat for Schools initiative. ...
Press editor says goodbye
Mar 05, 2013 | 3 3 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
Co-Founder and Managing Editor Rick Lemyre has retired from the Brentwood Press and Publishing Corporation. Lemyre, 56, officially left the Press last Friday, bringing to a close his nearly 15 year...