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Back to School Means Back to Routine Summer is a time to kick back, relax, stay up late, sleep in, go on vacation or just sit on the porch and watch the sunset. While this is great for the soul and needed for recuperation, structured routine is just as important in your life and the […]

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Breakfast at the Black Cow Café Tea Leoni and Nicholas Cage are just waking up in “Family Man,” one of my favorite movies. She turns to him, eyes squinting, and says, “Strong coffee, Jack.” Well the Black Cow must have been listening when they brought the French coffee press to Montrose. After enjoying their Kenyan […]

Tyler Physical Therapy offers pain relief in a welcoming environment

By Eli LOCKE When walking into Tyler Physical Therapy in Montrose, clients feel welcome from the moment they enter until they leave and potential clients are immediately impressed by therapist Kristy Tyler. Tyler graduated from Cal State Northridge with a master’s degree in physical therapy and is also a graduate of Crescenta Valley High School […]

Crowds, merchants turn out for Expo

By Brandon HENSLEY Despite the struggling economic times, business was booming Sept. 8 inside the community rooms of Verdugo Hills Hospital. Almost 60 businesses came together for the Foothills Community Business Expo, presented by the Crescenta Valley, La Cañada and Montrose-Verdugo City chambers of commerce. “Businesses are struggling. But every year we try to just […]

Ameriprise hosting seminar on Social Security

The Glendale office of Ameriprise Financial Service, Inc., America’s leading financial planning firm, is hosting a seminar on Social Security and Medicare benefits on Thursday, Sept. 30 at 5:30 p.m. This is an excellent opportunity to address concerns about a very important health benefit. Representatives are presenting the seminar from the Social Security Administration and […]

Mobile BIS shares technology solutions with local businesses at Expo

Mobile BIS and BIS Computer Solutions, Inc., national leaders in mobile technology solutions, attended the annual Foothills Community Business Expo. It was an opportunity to share with local businesses how the latest technology solutions meet today’s business challenges, and for Mobile BIS President Michael Macho it was an important event to participate in. “We enjoy […]

Flintridge Dental Studio

By Rachel KANE Since December of 2009, Harmik Derhartounian, DDS and his dedicated staff have been serving up a side of luxury with their dentistry. The Flintridge Dental Studio has managed to achieve a Zen atmosphere, exuding a level of relaxation usually reserved only for day spas with expensive beauty treatments. Instead of the usual […]

Mountain Rose Gifts in Montrose is back!

Owning a store in the Montrose Shopping Park, I get to meet a variety of customers. Most are local, but there is a good portion of women from places far and wide that make Montrose a destination. They come with a friend or in a group to stroll, eat, and shop. I have been hearing […]

Fountain of Youth found in learning

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” — Henry Ford Back-to-school time for children usually means helping with homework in some households. The Crescenta Valley Chamber has two members that can help make this […]

Mixers, Artwalk and Oktoberfest – the MVCC has it all

Can you believe we’re already in the middle of September? It felt like it was only yesterday that I was typing away my initial scribblings for the chamber way back in February. Now we’re coming up on our third Artwalk of the year on Saturday, Sept. 18, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. If there […]