NOTES & NODS

“Overcoming Barriers to Wholeness” Classes Continue Every member of the community is welcomed and invited to attend the fourth Friday healing classes that are offered by St. Luke’s Anglican Church. Fr. Rob Holman continues the teaching on “Overcoming Barriers to Wholeness: Physical, Emotional, Mental, and Spiritual” on the fourth Friday of each month with the […]

»Montrose Shopping Park News

Enjoying SPA PURA Many of us equate the month of January with newness, clean homes, a time to start diets and do things that are good for us. It brings to mind Spa Pura, who for the second year in a row was named “Best Day Spa In Glendale.” For such a quaint, little town, […]

»News from the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce

Building a Community Can Start With One “I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.”   George Bernard Shaw Do you want to help make the Crescenta Valley a better place? I found these eight […]

»Montrose Verdugo-City Chamber of Commerce

Installation Dinner Tonight Highlighting the final four Community Service Award winners. The installation dinner is tonight and we are looking forward to honoring all of our award recipients and installing our 2012 board of directors. Our Educator Of The Year award goes to an educator who contributes her talents above and beyond expectations, showing exceptional […]

Lunch Signature Needed for CV Kids

Policy asks parents to give permission for their student to leave the campus. But final decisions have yet to be made. By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley High School campus open lunch policy discussion continues but in the meantime there are some papers that the district would like parents to sign, or not, depending on […]

Car Crashes Through Brick Wall on Foothill

By Mary O’KEEFE A little after noon on Tuesday, Nareh Marootian, a receptionist at Skin Therapeutics, Medical Aesthetics, Inc. and Acupuncture and Herb Center in the 3700 block of Foothill Boulevard, was working with a customer when she heard a loud noise. “I was in the [back] room when I heard a loud bang,” Marootian […]

Glendale presented award from “Keep America Beautiful”

By Ted AYALA Glendale has long been known as the “Jewel City,” but that nickname may have to make way for a new one: “The Green City.” Presented to the City Council last Tuesday night were a series of awards from Keep America Beautiful (KAB). In existence for nearly 60 years, KAB has made it […]

from the desk of the publisher

Four Seasons … Not Just A Singing Group Getting the paper off the floor every week – even after more than two years – is still a learning process. Whereas in the beginning it was typically well after midnight before we locked up the office, over time we were able to whittle that back to […]

Weather in the Foothills

“We have the capacity to receive messages from the stars and the songs of the night winds.”     – Ruth St. Denis What could be more soothing than lying in bed at night, listening to the falling rain? Perhaps the melodious sound of wind chimes? Yes, their sound foretold of last weekend’s change in the […]

Introducing New North Area Commander

By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale Police Dept. has announced the appointment of Lt. Scott Bickle (shown at right) as its new North Area Commander. In 2009, GPD divided Glendale into four specific sections of patrol areas. Montrose and far north Glendale are part of Command Area Four.  Bickle fills the position that was vacated by […]