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Be a Santa to a Senior this Christmas

Help brighten the holidays for a local senior by donating gifts to Age Well Senior Services!

Donate new items to brighten the holidays for seniors in our community. Please email rsmc1@myagewell.org to arrange drop off.

Call (949) 709-7592 for more information.

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Sponsor a Senior this Holiday Season

Your donation will go towards the critical delivery of Meals on Wheels to homebound seniors and grab-and-go lunches to our senior center lunch members, while all senior centers are temporarily closed.

Our senior neighbors need support more than ever before. No amount is too small. Make a one-time donation, donate monthly, or designate your gift to honor the memory of a loved one.

Age Well Senior Services is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization and your don...

Age Well Senior Services Holiday Food Drive

Help Age Well Senior Services provide food for homebound seniors this holiday season!

Age Well Senior Services is seeking donations of canned fruits and vegetables, dry pasta, rice, oatmeal and cereals, peanut butter, juice, granola bars, and other pantry items for homebound seniors in Rancho Santa Margarita. 

Please email rsmc1@my...

Rancho Santa Margarita Library Refurbishment Planned

The Rancho Santa Margarita Library will close for refurbishment on Monday, December 7, 2020. While closed, patrons can access all other OC Public Libraries and be directed to pick up their holds at the Foothill Ranch Library.

The renovation process is to bring the buildings up to code and to meet current and future needs.  Repairs are based on the OC Public Works Capital Improvement Program and the OCPL Facility Assessment Study and interior modifications will include...

Santa Margarita Parkway Bridge Hinge Maintenance Project Update

Construction activity continues on schedule. The speed limit is 45 mph at all times in the construction zone.

On Monday, November 30^th, the north Santa Margarita Parkway bridge, currently under construction, will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. This closure will allow the contractor to implement the next stage of construction. A minimum of one traffic lane...

Veterans Day Virtual Recognition

The City of Rancho Santa Margarita honors the members of our community and our adopted Marine Battalion on Veterans Day 2020

Virtual Veterans Day Recognition

For the past five years, the City of Rancho Santa Margarita has had the privilege of hosting veterans and their families at our  Annual Veterans Day reception and recognition. Veterans Day is the day set aside to t...

Incumbents reelected in Rancho Santa Margarita

Mayor Pro Tempore Tony Beall and Council Member Carol Gamble have won reelection, according to the unofficial results from the Orange County Registrar of Voters.

In Rancho Santa Margarita, two seats were up for four-year terms.

Mayor Pro Tempore Beall was first elected to office in 2004. Council Member Gamble was first elected to serve on the City's inaugural City Council in 2000.  

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