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Robert H. Grant, the builder of Bayporte

Robert H. Grant, the builder of Bayporte

Longtime Orange County Newport Beach resident Robert H. Grant, one of Orange County’s  biggest post-war homebuilders, died in December 2010 from Alzheimer’s disease at a hospice. He was 90. Through his firm, the Robert H. Grant Corp., he built about 20,000 homes in California and Hawaii from the 1950s through the 1970s, according to family members. In addition to developing much of Anaheim Hills, Grant was an early developer in portions of north-central Orange County and Chino, a family spokesman…

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Past President Lucy Williams Honored by Historical Society

Past President Lucy Williams Honored by Historical Society

Former Foster City Historical Society President Lucy Williams had a brick engraved remembering her contribution to the community. It can be seen right by the entrance to the Foster City Library. The Foster City Historical Society is proud to honor our past president and the archivist of so much Foster City History Lucy Williams. Lucy took into her own home years of relevant history from original voting records, artifacts, and even local editions of the now gone Foster City Progress…

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