APPRECIATES POLICE, COALITION I wanted to say thank you to the Glendale Police Department and the Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition for putting on such an informative Town Hall Meeting on Sept. 15th at the Verdugo Hills Hospital. I thought it was an appropriate subject to address as many crimes that police have […]
Regular readers will know that I occasionally overflow with odd, random thoughts that – while they don’t warrant an entire column – do somehow manage to find their way onto this page as things that I wonder about. For example: I wonder … if the superbly talented and funny Betty White regrets her decision to […]
It always amazes both newcomers to CV and long-time residents what a wealth of historical events of a global nature have taken place in, or are connected with, our sleepy valley. But we are also connected geographically to events of a galactic nature with the proximity of Mt. Wilson to CV. A defining feature of […]
One thing about out of town company is that you get to play the part of the tourist. My sister visited from New Hampshire this past week with her 11-year-old daughter. My sister is a native Californian. She relocated to New Hampshire in 1990. We grew up in Sun Valley, just over the hill, and […]
OFFERS NOTE OF CONGRATULATIONS Please accept my congratulations on completing your first year of publication. In an age of declining newspaper readership, what you have accomplished is nothing short of miraculous. Of course, somehow, I kind of expected that our unique sense of community would be there to support your incredible, and outright daring, notion […]
Last week I wrote about dropping our two boys off at their new schools – one in San Diego and the other in Missoula, Mont. (If he forgets his lunch, he’s on his own.) With that development, my wife and I have hit the proverbial and incessantly hyped “empty nest syndrome.” It’s been less than […]
After a series of columns on local developments gone wrong and on the twisted history of Verdugo Hill Golf Course, it’s time to lighten up with news of some fun outings here in CV that you can take with family, friends, or even alone. Miniature golf was once a staple our community – a perfect […]
Pardon me if I yawn during this article. I promise it’s not due to boredom, but exhaustion. I returned on Tuesday afternoon from an impromptu trip to New Hampshire to see my sister. I had the opportunity to meet a long lost relative who was flying to the East coast so I decided to make […]
School returning to session wasn’t the only big news last week. Our own Crescenta Valley Drug & Alcohol Prevention Coalition received a chunk of change from the federal government in the form of grant money. The Coalition will be receiving around $125,000 per year each year for the next five years. Huge news when you […]
OFFERS CONGRATULATIONS My husband and I constantly brag about and show off our wonderful newspaper. Even after being in management at The Chicago Tribune, this is still the only newspaper I’ve ever read cover to cover! And oh-so look forward to every Thursday to plan my weekend of course! To a wonderful birth-mother, publisher, editor, […]