Photo by Mary O’KEEFE Members of the congregations of St. George and St. Luke’s place candles in the play yard in remembrance of the victims of Sandy Hook. By Mary O’KEEFE On Friday, as the news of the shooting in Newtown, Conn. was being released, it was almost impossible to believe. Adam Lanza, 20, walked […]
CVHS water polo player gets more than he expected when called to principal’s office. By Mary O’KEEFE While most will be watching Stanford battle Wisconsin at the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 from their living room, one lucky, deserving Crescenta Valley High School student will have some choice seats at the game. Robbie Menke, a […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale police responded to a possible carjacking on Dec. 13 at 9:30 p.m. at La Crescenta and Montrose avenues. When the officer arrived he found a man, later identified as Trevon Lofton, 19, of Arcadia standing in a fighting position toward a witness. When Lofton saw the officer arrive, he walked eastbound […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Dec. 13 at 12:55 p.m., Glendale police were called to the 2300 block of Honolulu Avenue in the Montrose Shopping Park concerning a man who had attempted to use a counterfeit bill to obtain change at Revelation Tops. The suspect, later identified as Ronald Golden, 46, of Hawthorne had allegedly gestured […]
Born June 25, 1925. Died on Dec. 16, 2012. A memorial tribute can be found on crippenmortuary.com.
Jan. 10, 1921 – Dec. 15, 2012 Margaret Emma (“Emmy”) Hendershot Spear passed away Dec. 15 at the age of 91. A longtime local resident, Margaret lived for 60 years in Sunland. She returned part time to college, entered the nursing program at Valley College, and became a registered nurse at the age of 50. […]
updated 4:12: The Glendale Police Department reminds everyone ‘If You See Something Suspicious, Say Something’. Due to the recent tragic shooting in Connecticut and the mall shooting in Oregon, the Glendale Police Department has increased patrols in and around all Glendale school sites and shopping malls. The Glendale Police Department would like to remind everyone […]
Shop Local. Shop Montrose. And Surprise Your Kids! Kids just love Montrose! Where else can they ride a pony on the same streets where Mom and Dad shop? With Christmas coming up, do you really want to fight the crowds and get the same thing everyone else is getting in the big box stores? Why […]
Lending a Hand in a Neighborly Manner “While the spirit of neighborliness was important on the frontier because neighbors were so few, it is even more important now because our neighbors are so many.” ~ Lady Bird Johnson Hopefully this holiday season you are shopping locally and helping our local neighbors. I read on […]
Walmart is Coming to Montrose? It is according to the sixth grade students in Ms. Rovello’s class at Lincoln Elementary in La Crescenta where I had the privilege of being principal for the day on behalf of the Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce. It was a great experience and it really felt more like camp […]