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The Montrose Christmas Parade was my official start to the holiday season and everything that means. On Saturday, we here at the CV Weekly were busy spiffing up our office for a ‘pre-parade’ open house and goodie giveaway. Our office faces Honolulu Avenue and for those preparing for the parade, we opened our picture window […]
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I’ve written before about our two younger sons who left at the end of summer for different colleges – one to the south of here in San Diego and the other far to the north in Missoula, Montana. The difference in their respective choice of colleges and environments mirrors perfectly the distinction in the two […]
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For those that have been following this story, here’s some of what we know about the much fought over Moreton Bay Fig Tree on Foothill Boulevard and the cool old house it fronts. Let’s go back to the original attraction for Easterners to the Crescenta Valley – the air. The clean dry air of the […]
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I write this with a comfortably full tummy. For us, the Thanksgiving celebration lasted four days and was definitely a time to be thankful. We hosted family and friends not only for the grand dinner on Thursday, but again on Sunday to celebrate the 18th birthday of our youngest. Yes, time does fly by. On […]
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Doesn’t appreciate being saluted [Regarding the battle over the Morton Bay Fig tree, the new property owners] have given us, the local community, the proverbial one finger salute! This action by the new owner shows nothing but bad faith, in my opinion, by yet another development company. Clearly they were in search of a written […]
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Before I’m as stuffed as the turkey on our table and people start calling me “butterball” (as if they don’t already), I want to take this opportunity to give thanks of my own. Having always thought that a so-called “attitude of gratitude” is one of the most valuable and redeeming character traits in a person, […]
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We all know about the deal that went down last weekend. A new owner, Jenny Nam, head of New Star Realty, bought the historic blue house on Foothill west of Rosemont, which included our much fought-over Morton Bay Fig Tree, and immediately proposed to cut down every tree on her property. There was a lot […]
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Between Halloween decorations being put away and Christmas ones coming out, we get to step back and say, “thanks.” When I was growing up there was a song my parents played by the Ray Coniff Singers that reminds me how fortunate I am. It says, in part, “And when we worry and we can’t sleep; […]
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The nationally syndicated Zack Hill has been a regular comic strip in these pages since this paper started, but how many of you knew the strip is locally produced? The strip is written by CV historian John Newcombe, who produced the very popular local history film “Rancho La Cañada.” Last week one of the “Letters […]
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On the rare occasion that our semi-bucolic Crescenta Valley is featured on the evening news – for either good or bad news reasons – I’m often left staring at the superimposed type identifying the location of the (Live! On-The-Scene! Eyewitless News Exclusive!) talking-head reporter. Expecting to see a familiar name like La Crescenta, Montrose, or […]