Calendar’s Full Despite Summer’s End The Crescenta Valley Weekly has been buzzing with activity these past weeks. Tallying the ballots cast by our readers for their favorite services, people, places, etc. – The Finest – has been keeping us pretty busy. We’ve had over 13,000 votes submitted and now that the counting is done, CV […]
Bursting with Pride Parents, you know how you swell with pride when your kids do something really cool? When they surprise you either with their enthusiasm or an ability that you were unaware they had? Well, I had that experience on Saturday night and it was shared with over 50 people! On Saturday, Prom Plus […]
The Rush is On I love that fall commercial for one of the office supply stores where the music playing is the traditional holiday song, “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” and a dad is pushing a shopping cart down the aisles, picking out back to school supplies with a huge smile on his […]
For the Love of a Celebration I love a party, a reason to break out and have a good time. The Crescenta Valley Weekly has had much to celebrate of late: we had a fantastic response to this year’s The Finest readers’ poll and our inaugural Discover resource guide/magazine was very well received. Additionally, three […]
Finding the Best Deals In – and Out – of Town The other day I had my nails done at Amy’s Nail Place on Foothill over by Crescenta Valley Flower Mart. Like me, Amy is a small businesswoman looking to provide a service to the Crescenta Valley. We’ve lamented over the years how difficult it […]
An Evening Under the Stars I am a summer girl. I love when the temperature ticks upward and I take down the convertible top. I love dipping my toes into the pool to see if it’s warm enough to take a swim. I love setting the patio table with dinnerware, lighting candles and eating outside. […]
Memories of the 4th Well, another 4th of July has passed complete with a fantastic fireworks show at La Crescenta Elementary School courtesy of the Crescenta Valley Fireworks Assn. According to organizers, this year was especially successful due to the perfect weather that we enjoyed in addition to the expertise of Fireworks America, the company […]
Watching The Sky Come Alive Growing up in Sun Valley (just over La Tuna Canyon), I remember how excited my sister and I would be as Independence Day approached and my dad would take us to the local stand to buy fireworks. “Safe and Sane” and “Red Devil” are two descriptions that come to my […]
Not Making It Easy Disclaimer: The following article deals with a sensitive subject (in more ways than one). Several months ago I was talking to the owners of a local business and they shared with me the health struggles their mother has experienced with colon cancer. “Robin, get a colonoscopy. This cancer is preventable if […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Usually Robin Goldsworthy begins each week at the Crescenta Valley Weekly with a staff meeting, endless email correspondence and arranging stories for that week’s paper; however, this Monday was a little different – to say the least. CVW publisher/editor Goldsworthy spent her Monday at a luncheon at the Sacramento Convention Center where […]