OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD NATIONAL COLLECTION WEEK Impact a child’s life with a simple shoebox gift. Fill a shoebox with school supplies, toys, necessity items and a note of encouragement for a child overseas suffering due to disaster, disease, war, terrorism, famine or poverty. Local drop-off location is at First Baptist Church at La […]
Christian Life Church will be holding an official groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday, Nov. 24 at 10 a.m. at the site of the future construction of a new worship center located at 3013 Montrose Ave. (at Ramsdell Ave.), La Crescenta. The public is invited to join community and church leaders who will be present to break […]
International religious lecturer and peace activist Man Lee addressed students and religious leaders at the Bovard Auditorium at USC on Saturday to share the method of peace hidden in the Book of Revelation in the Bible. To a packed auditorium of diverse attendees, Lee explained the books of Matthew 13, 24, 25 and Revelation calling […]
Tuesday Table Talk On Tuesday, Dec. 3, Bethel Church in Sun Valley we will show the film “Pay it Forward.” In this gentle drama, young Trevor McKinney responds to a school assignment with a plan to help three people who will, in turn, help three more, and so on, in an ever-widening circle. But […]
Thanksgiving Shop & Dine Winter Wonderland Weekend! To all of our readers, friends, and customers: Get ready to immerse yourself in an old fashioned, hometown, Thanksgiving shopping weekend like no other! Snow, tree lighting, music, singing, store specials, free prizes, pony rides, Santa and more! We have it all in the beautiful Montrose Shopping Park […]
With Taste Behind Us, Bring on the Holidays Last Wednesday eve, the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Taste of the Foothills event at the Ralph’s Shopping Market in La Crescenta. Aside from the little gusts of wind that surprised us from time to time, the weather was ideal for such a night. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce recently held its annual Recognition Awards at the La Cañada Flintridge Country Club. Each year the chamber collects nominations for the award. They are looking for those organizations and individuals that have gone above and beyond for their community. The awardees for 2013 are: Woman of […]
Today – Ribbon Cutting at M3 Fight Fitness The Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a ribbon cutting today, Nov. 21, for M3 Fight and Fitness located at 2613 Honolulu Ave. in Montrose. The ribbon cutting is open for all to attend and will be at 11:30 p.m. There will be refreshments and […]
Flintridge Preparatory School has, since its founding in 1933, been a close-knit community, and the proof is in the number of community-centered initiatives in which students and faculty participate. One of several initiatives supported by a Ford Foundation Leadership Grant in 2012 is the Student Community Action Council (SCAC), a student-run organization with a mission […]
The community is invited to find out why its favorite bear loved meatballs while providing financial support for his habitat and the building of a parade float. By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley has had its share of wildlife visits from mountain lions to a bear with burned paws after the Station Fire, but perhaps none […]