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At Home With Jeff: Doughnuts

Posted onMay 29, 2019May 30, 2019

By JEFF ROUBAL Martinez News-Gazette Columnist After church services at Saint Catherine’s last week, we had “hospitality hour” or, as I refer to it, Doughnut …

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At Home With Jeff: Stories from backstage

Posted onMay 22, 2019May 22, 2019

By JEFF ROUBAL Martinez News-Gazette Columnist Last weekend, Vivian and I went to the Campbell Theater to see Agatha Christie’s “A Murder Is Announced.” It …

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At Home With Jeff: Sounds good to me

Posted onMay 15, 2019May 16, 2019

By JEFF ROUBAL Martinez News-Gazette Columnist My wife and I bought a new car a couple months ago. The vehicle is a marvel of electronic …

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At Home With Jeff: Rainbow Bag

Posted onApril 24, 2019April 25, 2019

By JEFF ROUBAL Martinez News-Gazette Columnist Vivian and I are long-time members of the Martinez Senior Center. Our April newsletter, announced that there would be …

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At Home With Jeff: Electoral college

Posted onApril 17, 2019April 18, 2019

By JEFF ROUBAL Martinez News-Gazette Columnist Government has always interested me. I worked as a public servant for forty years at the local and federal …

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At Home With Jeff: Legion

Posted onMarch 20, 2019March 21, 2019

By JEFF ROUBAL Martinez News-Gazette Columnist The American Legion turned 100 years old this week. It started March 15-17, 1919, when 463 war-weary members of …

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At Home With Jeff: Hair today

Posted onMarch 6, 2019March 6, 2019

By JEFF ROUBAL Martinez News-Gazette Columnist I had a haircut yesterday. The sounds and smells in a beauty shop took me back in time. I …

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At Home With Jeff: What is the word?

Posted onFebruary 27, 2019February 27, 2019

By JEFF ROUBAL Martinez News-Gazette Columnist Vivian and I were hiking on Mt Diablo last Saturday with family visiting from out of town. The weather …

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World Book

Posted onJanuary 16, 2019January 18, 2019

By JEFF ROUBAL Martinez News-Gazette Columnist Last summer, we sailed on a Mediterranean cruise to celebrate our 40th anniversary. It was a glorious three week …

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Party like it’s 1999

Posted onDecember 26, 2018December 27, 2018

By JEFF ROUBAL Martinez News-Gazette Columnist “But when I woke up this mornin’, could’ve sworn it was judgment day. The sky was all purple, there …

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  • County inexplicably halts negotiations to preserve the Old Jail February 8, 2021
  • Letter to the Editor: Historical Fixtures Among Us February 8, 2021
  • Slice of Italeigh Pizza & Cheesesteaks Moving to Main Street January 17, 2021
  • Obituary: John Charles Talt (Sept. 11, 1940 – Dec. 7, 2020) December 17, 2020
  • Gipner says goodbye December 11, 2020
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