May-Lane Motel Memories There are many buildings along Foothill Boulevard that echo the past, and the La Crescenta Motel on the corner of Foothill and Briggs is one of the best. Built in the late ’40s as the May-Lane Motel, it was one of several small motels strung along Foothill, then State Highway 118, the […]
Still Being Blown Away It’s been two months since Hovasnnes Dongelyan wrote about the noise, air pollution and disruption of neighborhood serenity caused by irresponsible use of leaf blowers and over a month since I presented the Glendale Homeowners Coordinating Council resolution to the Glendale City Council asking them to agendize regulation of the devices. […]
Round, Brown & 400 Pounds If you were out of town with no access to television or the Internet, you could be forgiven for not knowing that the Crescenta Valley had a 400-pound, fur-covered, dumpster-diving visitor of the bear persuasion in the early morning hours the Tuesday after Easter. During the morning in question, multiple […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Saturday, my daughter Molly and I attended a baptism at St. Bede’s the Venerable in La Cañada. After two years of classes, Josh Lacey was to be baptized and we were honored that he wanted to share it with us. Josh is 19, and he has dedicated every Wednesday for two […]
Our Year of Living Adventurously I’m sure my wife would agree that when she married me 26 years ago today, she had no idea what she was signing up for. Poor woman. But lucky me. On that unseasonably cold, early spring day over two and a half decades ago, standing together in the outdoor gazebo […]
Goodbye Dominick’s, and Hello Antiques Market It’s with great sadness and shock that our community learned that Dominick’s Pizza at Foothill and Ramsdell, a CV institution for almost 50 years, has closed. It was opened in 1956 by the Garofano family and sold to the Russo family in 1970. La Crescenta “old-timer” Bill Costello shared […]
Appreciates ‘Reflections’ I opened the paper one beautiful Thursday morning and immediately smiled. For there was the title of From the Desk of the Editor, waiting to greet me: “Easter, Passover Reflections.” Thank you, thank you, thank you Robin for remembering that this time of year plays host to another religion’s (besides Christianity) holiday. This […]
By David SCHIMIDT This year marks the fifth year that I will be involved with the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life and the fourth year that I am working with the beautiful people of La Cañada/Montrose to keep their event something special. As the master of ceremonies for the first day’s entertainment and events […]
My Thoughts, Exactly » Jim Chase I don’t shock easily. Years ago, I could stand on the sidewalk in front of Monte Vista elementary school waiting for our kids and my grimaces and eye rolling were barely noticeable as I listened to the bleep-worthy language of some of their irrepressible young school mates. Today, I […]
Re-exploring NEV Don’t give up your SUV or other large vehicles…and still gave gas! How? By reducing their usage. You don’t need to use a large gas guzzling vehicle every time you go to the market, hardware store, post office, library, coffee shop, etc. How about using a NEV – Neighborhood Electric Vehicle. If half […]