The Crescenta Valley Council of the Knights of Columbus presented the awards for their 16th Annual Spelling Bee on March 14 at the Council Hall in Montrose. The competition pits the top spellers from the area’s Catholic schools: Holy Redeemer, St. James the Less and St. Bede the Venerable. Contestants were grouped into two […]
Jog-A-Thon at Dunsmore Dunsmore Elementary School rescheduled its 5th Annual Jog-A-Thon to Friday, March 29 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on the lower field. PTA members, parent volunteers and teachers will be on the field throughout the day to support the little “Hilltoppers.” Anyone who would like to contribute to the event can sponsor […]
2013 marks the 100th year for Bolton Hall in Tujunga, the beautiful river rock building constructed in 1913 to serve as a meeting place for the members of the Little Landers colony. The volunteers at Little Landers Historical Society invite the public to join in special events and celebrations starting with a re-enactment of the […]
A Grateful Outlook this Easter Warning: The following article is faith-laden. It is with a full heart that I approach this Easter. At Christmas, it is with a spirit of anticipation that I embrace the season, while at Easter I am more aware of the sacrifice made on my behalf. I cannot tell a lie: […]
To better acquaint our readers with those running for office in the April 2 election, Crescenta Valley Weekly has asked questions of all the Glendale City Council and Glendale Unified School District board of education candidates. First below is the response by GUSD candidate Greg Krikorian. (The other responding GUSD candidates’ answers were printed in […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Writing an article on Easter and Passover films was not an easy assignment. Science fiction and Hitchcock films – now that is something I could write about. But Easter and Passover – not so much. So I put a call out to CVW Facebook followers and these are their favorites. There are […]
Isn’t It Time You Got Creative “If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” – Vincent van Gogh In this world of stress and worry, isn’t good to know there are simple everyday things you can do to counteract it? One […]
By Leonard COUTIN The CV Falcons attended the second annual Maurice Green track and field invitational on Saturday, March 16, at the Thorson Stadium at Christian Oak in Westlake. The invitational was an opportunity for Coach Mark Evans as well the athletes to judge their performance against cross-town athletes early in the season. The event […]
By Mary O’KEEFE UPDATE 6:33 PM.– A 67-year-old driver from Lancaster has succumbed to his injuries after a fatal car accident this afternoon on the Foothill (210) freeway. The driver, David Kratz, was traveling westbound on the 210 freeway at about 12:50 p.m. today when, for an unknown reason, he veered his 2013 Chevy Malibu […]