Clark Magnet and Crescenta Valley high schools bid farewell to nearly a thousand graduates while Rosemont promotes its class to the next level. By Mary O’KEEFE It was a bittersweet day yesterday, Wednesday, for many parents and children as commencement and graduation ceremonies took place across the Crescenta Valley. For parents and loved ones of […]
By Julie BUTCHER The La Cañada Flintridge Chamber of Commerce and Community Association kicked off its 45th Memorial Weekend Fiesta Days celebration on Friday evening with its annual Casino Night held at the Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge. Community members came out to try their luck at the tables while hobnobbing with friends and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE and Charly SHELTON In the Crescenta Valley, three separate ceremonies honored those who lost their lives fighting the nation’s battles. Vietnam War Memorial – Montrose The sidewalks and grassy area on the northwest side of Honolulu Avenue and Ocean View Boulevard was packed on Monday morning with people honoring those who served […]
After 100 years, a memento of gratitude returns to its proper place. By Charly SHELTON “Presented to Robert A. Walton by the Citizens of La Crescenta, Oakdale and Montrose as a token of their appreciation of his services. July 15, 1915.” So reads the inscription on the silver loving cup that recently returned home […]
By Isaac Sims-Foster, intern The Glendale Sunrise Rotary Club launched its Memorial Day event, the Field of Honor and Gratitude, on May 25 at Forest Lawn Glendale. Just past the Forest Lawn entrance visitors were greeted with an expanse of grass larger than a football field covered in rows of tall American flags. The flags […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Chris Sambar and his family spent Memorial Day doing something not many ever get to do. He threw out the opening pitch at the Red Sox vs. Blue Jays game at Boston’s Fenway Park. He did this in honor and memory of U.S. military men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice […]
May 27 3700 block of Normandy Drive in La Cañada, a glass door was shattered at a home between April 15-May 27. 3700 block of Normandy Drive in La Cañada, a resident reported that a laptop computer that had been delivered to his home had been stolen from his front porch at 1:17 p.m. […]
Busy Season Not Quite Over Mary O’Keefe, who not only works with me at the CV Weekly but is also vice president of Prom Plus in addition to overseeing The Firehouse Youth Center, and I were talking this week about how the expected slowdown in activities hasn’t yet happened. Typically we look to Prom […]
“What is one to say about June, the time of perfect young summer, the fulfillment of the promise of the earlier months, and with as yet no sign to remind one that its fresh young beauty will ever fade.” ~ Gertrude Jekyll, British horticulturist, garden designer, artist, and writer Monday was the starting point for […]
Swearing In Ceremony for Povilaitis Today, Thursday, May 31, Carl Povilaitis will be sworn in as Glendale’s new chief of police in a formal ceremony at the police department community room, 131 N Isabel at 3 p.m. All are invited. Chief Povilaitis has been serving the Glendale community for the past 27 years. Rosemont […]