On a recent evening in San Rafael, French folk music played as some 30 people gathered at the pétanque courts near the Marin County Civic Center, laughing, chatting — some speaking French — and ...

PARIS (AP) — They only went out to play a calm game of petanque and enjoy some late summer warmth by a Parisian canal. By the end of the evening, the three friends had neutralized a knife-wielding ...

PARIS — They only went out to play a calm game of petanque and enjoy some late summer warmth by a Parisian canal. By the end of the evening, the three friends had neutralized a knife-wielding attacker ...

PARIS (AP) — They only went out to play a calm game of petanque and enjoy some late summer warmth by a Parisian canal. By the end of the evening, the three friends had neutralized a knife-wielding ...

The game looks familiar, but the name may generate puzzled looks. Larry and Lori Beth Creasy had never heard of petanque (pronounced pay-tonk) when they moved to St. Augustine from Miami six years ago ...

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You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The Mill Park Pétanque Club elected the following 2018 positions at its Oct.