As we wade through all the June primary election materials arriving in the mail we can be thankful we won’t be facing a Glendale Municipal election next year. Elections for the city, Glendale Unified School District board of education and Glendale Community College board of trustees, formerly held on the first Tuesday of April in […]
Vietnam Memorial Names – Callen Courtemanche, Richard Ramsey, Michael Sheahan These three men all died in the famous Tet Offensive, in which the North Vietnamese attacked military bases in the south in an all-out effort. These three locals died within a month of each other, and it was this heartbreaking loss that probably inspired […]
Foothill Municipal Water District (Foothill) recently concluded its seventh annual “Water Is Life” student art competition. The contest was open to all students in grades K-12 attending a school located within the service area of a member water agency that Foothill serves. This includes schools primarily located within La Crescenta-Montrose, La Cañada Flintridge and Altadena. […]
There are still a few open spots for Scouting the Sea, a twilight camp offered by the local Girl Scouts for Daisies, Brownies, Juniors and Cadettes. Fees vary depending on the camper information. Camp will be held at Crescenta Valley Park, 3901 Dunsmore Ave. from June 18 through June 22 from 3 p.m. to 8 […]
Crescenta Valley Weekly, with Circus Vargas, sent three families to Circus Vargas. The winners each won a coloring contest that they submitted to CV Weekly. The winners are Clayton Soto, 5, who attends TK at La Crescenta Elementary School; Aliana Taylor-Aguilera, 8, who also attends La Crescenta Elementary; and Josh Anders, 7, who attends Monte […]
Please mark your calendar and take part in the next Crescenta Valley Instrumental Music Foundation’s dine out fundraiser at Joselito’s (dinner) and Paradis (dessert) in Montrose on Tuesday, May 15 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Show your support for the hardworking and talented musicians of CVHS by sharing a night out and not cooking! […]
Busy Bee With as busy as I am (in April alone I was at the Craft Beer and Food Fest, Special Olympics [see my story on page 6], the Hometown Country Fair and bingo for Prom Plus on Saturday night [photos by Dick Clubb on page 15]) you would think that I couldn’t squeeze […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY “Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.” This is the motto of Special Olympics athletes, a motto that played out – repeatedly – during the Tri-Valley Regional Spring Special Olympics Games held at Crescenta Valley High School on April 14. Three-hundred-and-fifty-two athletes with varying […]
“We have become a force of nature. Not long ago, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, drought, forest fires, even earthquakes and volcanic explosions, were accepted as ‘natural disasters’ or ‘acts of God.’ But now we have joined God, powerful enough to influence these events.” ~ David Suzuki, host of CBS The Nature of Things, Zoology PhD, environmentalist […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE As many residents in Glendale are well familiar, the city is often known as “The Jewel City,” a sobriquet that has helped carry its reputation across the region. The glittering aura the city conjures has in the past decades made it a destination for shopping and cultural edification regionally. Dig further into […]