By Mary O’KEEFE Rosemont Middle School’s new principal can’t wait for the first day of school. He has already met with teachers and staff and is halfway through the two large binders of wisdom left by former principal Cynthia Livingston. “Cynthia left a binder that [was titled] ‘Where We’ve Been’ and a second binder [titled], […]
School Back in Session Wednesday, Aug. 16, marks the start of the new school year for local public schools. The relaxed traffic patterns of summer will be replaced with crowded streets and parents dropping children off near school grounds. Drivers are asked to remember to use caution and give themselves extra time when traveling to […]
By Julie BUTCHER To bring the ongoing debate about La Crescenta-Montrose’s residential street lighting to a genial resolution, an outdoor lighting community survey went out in the mail to 5,647 property owners on July 17. The surveys were due back by midnight on Aug. 7. At its Aug. 3 meeting, the Land Use Committee (LUC) […]
By Nicole MOORE On Aug. 3, the monthly meeting of the Montrose Shopping Park Assn. started with President Andre Ordubegian expressing the board’s gratitude and admiration for Mary Dawson, owner of Revelation Tops, for her ongoing assistance in bettering the Montrose Shopping Park. “She’s been helping us on numerous occasions and any time we needed […]
It was perfect Saturday night weather for Silent Movies in the Park. Two Strike Park was the location for a trip back to the beginning of Hollywood with silent movies viewed by a hand- cranked projector. Projectionist Joe Rinaudo brought his vintage equipment to the park to share the films. The audience brought their own […]
Appreciates the Digitizing Project The Historical Society of the Crescenta Valley wishes to thank both the Los Angeles County Library and the Friends of the La Crescenta Library for doing the heavy lifting on digitizing the old Crescenta Valley Ledger newspaper. In particular, we want to thank our branch librarian Marta Wiggins, Friends President Elaine […]
Glendale College, Lighting Survey Results Among Topics at Next CVTC Meeting I hope that everyone so far has had a wonderful and pleasant summer. The start of a new year in our La Crescenta schools is around the corner. Thanks to parents’ efforts to save summer, the school year is starting later this year than […]
Montrose Search and Rescue – Injured Man Found Via Cellphone App and Facebook Continuing with the “cellphone rescues” theme I’ve been writing about lately, we get another good story from the Montrose Search and Rescue’s technical expert Steve Goldsworthy. Steve in my last column related that today, Montrose Search and Rescue uses every available technology […]
By Jimean LEE, intern Etc Gourmet Kitchen in Montrose showed its good taste by hosting a children’s cooking class last week. The class was held afternoons from Aug. 1 through Aug. 4 from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. for children ranging in age from 6 to 10. An evening class from 6 p.m. to 8:30 […]
La Crescenta resident Mayreni Abajian recently returned from a year abroad in Tokyo, Japan, where the unexpected highlight of her trip was introducing the Japanese people to aspects of her Armenian culture. Classmates and friends understood that she is an American, but were surprised to learn about her Armenian heritage, most of them having no […]