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New Year traditions vary around the world

Posted onDecember 26, 2018December 31, 2018

The start of a new year, whether it’s celebrated Jan. 1 or on some other date, often is accompanied by some form of ceremony or …

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Christmas, holiday imagery and customs from many sources

Posted onDecember 23, 2018December 31, 2018

The annual festival called Christmas has grown to be one of the world’s largest celebration. It’s observed by billions of people, not only by Christians …

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Accident starts era of Santa-tracking

Posted onDecember 19, 2018December 26, 2018

A mistaken printing of a telephone number in a department store’s advertisement could have been a calamity. Instead, it launched an annual event through which …

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Our Town: A city without a city hall

Posted onSeptember 2, 2018September 2, 2018

By CHARLENE PERRY Reprinted from January 1985 Editor’s Note: Due to the pressures of time, energy and upcoming knee surgery, this writer will return from …

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Our Town: Celebrating Martinez’s movie fame

Posted onAugust 19, 2018August 19, 2018

By HARRIETT BURT Martinez News-Gazette Contributor CARTER WILSON Martinez Historical Society Photographer Last week this writer thought she’d written the last story about Tucker: The …

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Our Town: Tucker movie true to creator’s past

Posted onAugust 8, 2018August 15, 2018

By HARRIETT BURT Martinez News-Gazette Contributor The special screening of the restored Francis Ford Coppola film, “Tucker: The Man and His Dream” will be held …

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Our Town: Semple of Benicia, Smith of Martinez, Alike in many ways

Posted onAugust 5, 2018August 7, 2018

By HARRIETT BURT Martinez News-Gazette Contributor Editor’s Note: This is the second part of an article about Robert Semple of Kentucky, the founder of Benicia, …

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Our Town Special Event: “Tucker: The Man and the Automobile” returns to town 30 years later to benefit MHS

Posted onJuly 29, 2018July 30, 2018

By HARRIETT BURT Martinez News-Gazette Contributor Editor’s note: A showing of the recently restored Francis Ford Coppola film “Tucker: The Man and His Dream” is …

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Our Town: Benicia’s Robert Semple set the stage for William Smith’s Martinez

Posted onJuly 22, 2018July 22, 2018

By HARRIETT BURT Martinez News-Gazette Contributor Editor’s Note: Martinez residents and businesses tend to identify with Contra Costa County in many ways and have especially …

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Our Town: Reminiscences: One by John Sparacino in 1994, One of John Sparacino in 2018

Posted onJuly 8, 2018July 9, 2018

By HARRIETT BURT Martinez News-Gazette Contributor Editor’s Note: Recently digging through Martinez Historical Society archives of newsletter articles, I found a 1994 column by then …

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