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Not Making It Easy
Disclaimer: The following article deals with a sensitive subject (in more ways than one).
Several months ago I was talking to the owners of a local business and they shared with me the health struggles their mother has experienced with colon cancer.
“Robin, get a colonoscopy. This cancer is preventable if people would only [...]

CV Weekly Named Small Business of the Year

By Mary O’KEEFE
Usually Robin Goldsworthy begins each week at the Crescenta Valley Weekly with a staff meeting, endless email correspondence and arranging stories for that week’s paper; however, this Monday was a little different – to say the least.
CVW publisher/editor Goldsworthy spent her Monday at a luncheon at the Sacramento Convention Center where Assemblymember Mike [...]

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Mrs. Goldsworthy Goes to Sacramento
You’ve probably heard the big news (especially if you’ve read the front page) – Crescenta Valley Weekly was named Small Business of the Year for the state of California for the 43rd District.
Wow.
To say that I was excited when I found out would be a definite understatement. I actually screamed like [...]

CVHS GRADUATING CLASS 2013

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A Different Graduation
Graduation is such an exciting time. It’s actually more of a season, starting with prom, followed by scholarship distribution (for the lucky ones), finals, then finishing with the big walk across the stage.
This year I had the chance to attend the Glendale Latino Association’s scholarship distribution breakfast on Thursday morning. I did arrive [...]

Community Celebrates Graduation Day

Hundreds of students across the Crescenta Valley said goodbye to those they’ve known for the last several years and prepare to move on to the next level in their lives.
By Mary O’KEEFE
Many foothills kids slept in on Wednesday after a Tuesday that marked the beginning of summer break as graduation/promotion ceremonies were celebrated across the [...]

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Historic Changes at CVHS

Change is in the air and it’s especially thick at Crescenta Valley High School.
With the memories of prom night and Prom Plus still fresh, the senior class is getting ready to graduate on Tuesday. Unlike years past, this class is graduating on the field at Crescenta Valley High School. Traditionally the senior [...]

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Honoring and Being Honored
As you know, after producing the paper I’m dog-tired. Some Wednesday nights, I am barely able to drag myself home to plop in bed, asleep it seems before my head hits the pillow. Understandably, my Thursdays are precious as I catch up on phone messages, mail and general business.
Last Thursday, I had [...]

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Prom Plus, Prayer Breakfast and BYOC
Taste of Montrose. Holiday and spring boutiques. Open house and back to school barbecues. These fundraisers are all dedicated to one event, one memory-making night for Crescenta Valley High School seniors and their guests. That event is Prom Plus, taking place after prom this Saturday night/Sunday morning at the YMCA.
For [...]

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The Power of Partnerships
For as long as I can remember, I’ve understood the power generated by well-positioned partnerships. Whether as a kid growing up and trying to play one parent against the other (that never fared well, by the way) to musical partnerships – Rodgers and Hammerstein, Bernie Taupin and Elton John – I got [...]