MPOA Files Lawsuits Against the City
By Erica Blodgett The Monrovia Police Officers’ Association has fired the latest shot in its now very public war with the City of Monrovia over their contracts by filing three lawsuits against the city, a move that the officers felt was their logical next step. “These lawsuits were filed out of frustration,” explained MPOA president [...]
City Clerk Candidates Discuss Duties
Incumbent Sierra Madre City Clerk Nancy Shollenberger has said that she will be personally covering the costs associated with errors printed in the recently distributed sample ballot for the April 8 election. According to Sierra Madre’s Finance Director Karin Schnaider, those costs could range between six and seven thousand dollars. Her decision preceded an official [...]
Sierra Madre City Council: Five hopefuls are running April 8th, but Sierra Madreans can only vote for two candidates, who will each serve a four-year term.
By Jessica Hamlin Enid Joffe: Current mayor and a city council member for the past four years, Joffe said she is running again “because it has been a very challenging and satisfying job, and I really started a lot of good things and there are a lot of things I’d like to see continue.” For [...]
The Social Whirl – 3/20/2008
“Gala Opening of Steve Martin’s Underpants Sold Out at Sierra Madre Playhouse” In Dusseldorf, Germany in 1910, during a parade where people have lined up to get a glimpse of the King, the underpants of Louise, an attractive housewife, fall down. Her bully of a husband, Theo, is shocked, and fears negative repercussions from the [...]
“May the Leprechauns Be Near You” – Dorothy’s Place
St. Patrick’s Day fell on Monday this year. Core Media publishes on Thursday. I had to decide whether to bring the Leprechauns to ye four days before or four days after. I chose after for me own reasons. There was an Irishman named Sydney, Who drank ’til he ruined his kidney. It shriveled and shrank, [...]
Tomatomania at the Huntington – Ask Garden Gal
Tomatomania at the Huntington Over 200 tomato worshippers gathered on Thursday, March 13, at 2 p.m., at the Huntington Botanic Garden, in Friends Hall at the altar awaiting the Good Word on a favorite summertime fruit. So the news that there were no tomatoes for sale on that day rippled through the crowd with sighs [...]
Ensuring More Money Goes To the Classroom
By Assemblyman Anthony Adams As the Legislature struggles to balance the budget in light of the state’s massive $16 billion state budget deficit, lawmakers are faced with some very difficult choices that will impact every Californian. This has created uncertainty for local schools as they are forced to plan for next year without knowing how [...]
New Freeway Metering System on 210 Freeway
By Juanita Harris If you commute to work using either the northbound SR57 or the northbound I-605 freeway to the I-210 Pasadena westbound freeway, you’ve no doubt noticed the new metering system that went into full operation on Monday, March 10 at 5 a.m., in time for the morning commute. Prior to that date, the [...]
Monrovia Spring Egg Hunt
Healthy Kids Day comes to Recreation Park The City of Monrovia annual Spring Egg Hunt and Santa Anita Family YMCA Healthy Kids Day combine as one large, exciting event for children and families to enjoy on Saturday, March 22 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at Recreation Park, 620 S. Shamrock Ave. More than 2,000 [...]
American Cancer Society Volunteers Paint Our Town Purple
Did you know that according to color theory, a child’s imagination develops more strongly in a purple-painted room? Leonardo da Vinci believed the power of meditation increases ten times when done in purple light. Richard Wagner considered violet to be the color of his inspiration. On Saturday & Sunday, April 5 & 6, the city [...]
