By Charly SHELTON Going from high school to college can be a culture shock. Each student handles it differently; some excel and some don’t. According to some experts, the difference is college preparation. The Advanced Placement tests, which are held in May of each school year, are the culmination of year-long high school courses that […]
By Charly SHELTON Though the community planning meetings to determine the new school calendar are already completed, some people are still petitioning for changes and days off. At the monthly Glendale Unified School District board of education meeting on Tuesday, one topic of much discussion from the public comments revolved around the possibility of a […]
Treated Like Someone Special For whatever reason, I feel special when I shop at Trader Joe’s, like I’m part of an exclusive club. Even at larger stores, like Vons and Gelsons, I feel like they care about me. I’m greeted by name, asked how the kids are (one of my sons even works at a […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Once again the Montrose Search and Rescue team spent a weekend doing something most people would not normally be doing … they climbed the face of an ice mountain. For about 10 years the MSR members have been traveling to Lee Vining Canyon near Mammoth Mountain to continue training in snow and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Changes continue along Honolulu Avenue with the sale of Montrose Travel to Corporate Travel Management, an Australian based company. For 60 years Montrose Travel has been part of Montrose. Joe McClure Sr. and his wife Leora purchased the company in the early 1970s and together they built a business with small town […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Community members have reached out to the Crescenta Valley Town Council with their concerns with what appears to be a growing and constant problem with illegal dumping. Several items, including sofas, chairs, large boxes, TVs and even small refrigerators, have been found along streets in both the far north city of Glendale […]
Conversation Planned on Religious Extremism La Cañada Presbyterian Church and Islamic Congregation of La Cañada-Flintridge are co-hosting a community forum on religious extremism on Sunday, March 6 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at La Cañada Presbyterian Church, 626 Foothill Blvd. in Fellowship Hall of the Demarest Family Life Center. Moderated by Dallas Raines, chief […]
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold; when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. ~ Charles Dickens February has come and gone with a leap and a bound. March arrived without a roar or raindrop. Unlike the saying, “March came […]
By Brandon HENSLEY In a special occurrence, the Glendale City Council and Glendale Unified School District held a joint meeting on Feb. 24 that was highly praised by its attendees from both organizations as being useful and necessary, as both boards called for more joint meetings in the future. Inside the board room of GUSD […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Starbucks will not be having its Evenings program at the location at the corner of Ocean View Boulevard and Honolulu Avenue in Montrose it was decided Wednesday night. Starbucks Evenings program was first rolled out in a Starbucks in Seattle, Washington in 2010. The next year the company expanded to several locations […]