Best Wishes to All for the Holidays and New Year! The Crescenta Valley Town Council hopes you, your family, and friends have a lovely holiday season filled with joy and meaning. The best part of this time of year is remembering those who make the holidays meaningful. We wish you all the love and happiness […]
Vietnam POW Returns Home to Montrose – Part 2 Last week we read about Lt. George McSwain, a Vietnam POW. He grew up in Montrose and went on to become a Navy pilot. He was shot down over North Vietnam in 1966. He was a POW for 6½ years but was released in early 1973 […]
Vietnam POW Returns Home to Montrose – Part 1 The Vietnam Memorial is a special place in the Montrose Shopping Park. It was dedicated in 1968 when the valley had already lost six local men in the war. It was the first Vietnam Memorial erected in the nation. Over the next few years the names […]
Supports the Bioelectric Generation Project at Scholl Canyon Landfill The bioelectric generation project at Scholl Canyon Landfill is a responsible use of a renewable energy source. The methane being emitted from the landfill at Scholl Canyon for the next 30 years should be put to beneficial use. Using it to generate electricity will not result […]
We Need A Little Christmas Right This Very Minute It is interesting to me how holidays have changed during each stage of my life, especially in my celebration of Christmas. As a young girl, the excited anticipation of leaving milk and cookies out for Santa and the wonderment of Christmas morning was so thrilling. I […]
Cabin Boy on the Mayflower II My good friend Art Cobery recently told me the story of his cousin Joe Meany who signed on as cabin boy on a Mayflower replica back in 1957. It’s not a local history story per se, but it’s a good story for the Thanksgiving holiday. And it was featured […]
Biden’s Build Back Better Plan Will Cut Costs and Help Families Twelve months ago, we were lunging toward a third wave in the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospitals were overwhelmed as families said goodbye over the phone to their loved ones. Parents – especially mothers – were working nonstop to juggle their children’s distance learning with their […]
Max Rafferty, Conservative Firebrand, Made His Name In La Cañada History constantly repeats itself. Recently we’ve seen in the news a resurgence of the Republican Party linked to the teaching of America’s children in public schools. The same was true in the 1960s. Mary Lou Langdyke of La Cañada’s Lanterman House recently wrote an article […]
Disagrees with Definition While I have often been a fan of Mike Lawler’s articles on the history of the Crescenta Valley, I feel compelled to address a few mischaracterizations he makes in the recent CVW article regarding his new book (Treasures of the Valley, Nov. 4). Specifically, Mike writes that the “La Cañada Gossip” section […]
November is a busy month. Everyone is looking forward to celebrating Thanksgiving and having a little family time. The Crescenta Valley Town Council annual elections are on Friday, Dec. 10 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 11 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Sadler Hall at St. Luke’s of the Mountains […]