By Nicole MOORE On July 6, the Montrose Shopping Park Assn. welcomed City of Glendale Mayor Vartan Gharpetian to its monthly meeting. Members of the MSPA were quick to express their concern over the now vacant Citibank location at 2350 Honolulu Ave. MSPA members voiced their apprehension in allowing a developer to build on the […]
By Nicole MOORE On Thursday, Glendale Fire Station 29 on Honolulu Avenue participated in the countywide Sidewalk CPR training event. Firefighters from the station were found in front of the Montrose Library, just east of the Station 29, eager to teach “hands only” CPR techniques. According to a press release by the County of […]
By Nicole MOORE On Thursday’s morning meeting of the Montrose Shopping Park Assn. talk turned to discussing ways to improve the shopping village. Jackie Barlow, Economic Development coordinator for the City of Glendale, reviewed the possibility of developers being interested in the City Bank site in the 2400 block of Honolulu Avenue. She also mentioned […]
By Nicole MOORE “Each of you mothers and daughters know that moms are the heroes of our lives and it is the stories they tell us that help shape who we are,” said La Crescenta library manager Marta Wiggins, speaking to a room of mothers and their elementary school-aged daughters. Since the opening of the […]
By Nicole MOORE On May 13, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital held a Community Health and Wellness Fair. The family-friendly event, held on the lower west parking lot of the hospital, took place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Verdugo Hills Hospital curated the event in order to promote community outreach and education for a healthy […]
By Nicole MOORE At the May 4 meeting of the Montrose Shopping Park Association, President Andre Ordubegian invited local business owners and community members to attend future MSPA meetings and to participate in discussions for the betterment of Montrose. “We are doing a lot events and activities. We invite everyone to see what’s happening in […]
By Nicole MOORE On Friday, the Scholl Canyon Estates Gracious Retirement Home in Glendale celebrated its 100 residents by hosting the Estates’ 4th Annual Senior Prom. The event was held in the retirement home’s lobby and was from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The theme of the 2017 senior prom was a Prom Night in […]
By Nicole MOORE On April 15, CV Church hosted its sixth annual free Easter egg hunt at Two Strike Park. Approximately 1,200 people attended the one-hour event, held from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. The park was divided in three sections, each section based on the ages of the children participating. A smaller section was […]
By Nicole MOORE On Thursday, the Montrose Shopping Park Association held its monthly meeting. The meeting began by highlighting the success of the first annual Montrose Spring Wine Walk. The $45-per-ticket event took place on March 18 with a portion of the ticket sales donated to the La Crescenta Woman’s Club, a co-sponsor of the […]
By Nicole MOORE During a three-day program held from March 31 to April 2, the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles partnered with the Boulder, Colorado-based company Techstars to help young women explore entrepreneurship. In the past 10 years Techstars has facilitated nearly 3,000 Startup Weekends for both adults and students in over 150 countries. […]