By Robin GOLDSWORTHY and Mary O’KEEFE Thousands of neighbors across the nation gathered this week with one focus: neighborhood safety. Locally, Tuesday night was very busy with National Night Out events. La Crescenta and La Cañada Flintridge combined an event on Tuesday held in the parking lot of Ross Dress for Less, 2111 Foothill Blvd. […]
Ending the Week on a High Note I love birthdays – even when they aren’t mine – especially when the gifts are things I get to enjoy, too! For example, it was my husband Steve’s birthday last week (I won’t tell you his age – he threatened to tell everyone mine if I divulged). As […]
‘Happiest Time of the Year’ Hard to believe that summer is well underway when school begins in just over a week! That’s right – the summer ends for local public school students on Aug. 10 when the bell rings announcing the start of a brand new school year. I remember growing up when school always […]
Hard Days Readers of the CV Weekly, and specifically of my column, are well aware of the personal challenges I have faced these past several months. From broken bones to family deaths, 2015 threw it all at me. I’ll be honest in admitting that without the support of friends and family I don’t know how […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY On Friday, July 10, five Boy Scouts from Troop 319 visited the offices of Crescenta Valley Weekly. They came to complete a requirement for their journalism merit badge. Twins Brody Heim and Connor Heim, 11, from Fremont Elementary, Cross Garabedian, 11, from Monte Vista Elementary, Kevin Hwang, 11, from Dunsmore Elementary and […]
Defecate Etiquette Steve and I have had dogs pretty much since we first were married over 30 years ago. Right now we have just two – Bear and Kona – but with all the hair they shed you would think we had a dozen. I love to walk our dogs though sometimes it can be […]
By Charly SHELTON and Mary O’KEEFE For those who attended the annual Crescenta Valley Fireworks display on July 4 at La Crescenta Elementary, there was a bit of a disconnect between the music, the sky and the audience. Music played in bits and pieces, fireworks went off out-of-sync and sometimes not at all. Many were […]
Plenty to Do – Near and Farther Away You all know how much I love our Crescenta Valley … the “Mayberry-type” atmosphere and the vibrant volunteer spirit are just two things that make living here such a privilege. But while there is much available to do in our fair foothills, sometimes you have to travel […]
See Something – Say Something At the CV Town Council meeting last Thursday there were two items that sparked interest. The first was a proposed communications tower that was to be installed at the sheriff’s station. This proposed tower prompted debate – sometimes heated debate – between those who felt that the possible exposure to […]
No Uncertainty Here On Sunday I headed down to the Harvest Market to pick up some earrings from Handmade Jewelry by Alison Vopni. Alison had a booth at the previous week’s Arts & Crafts Festival and when she saw that I was admiring some of the earrings that she makes but there were none for […]