Monrovia’s Older American recognized by Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
On Monday, May 10th the County of Los Angeles held their 45th Annual Older Americans Recognition Day Awards Program at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Monrovia Mayor, Mary Ann Lutz attended the event with Monrovia’s Older American, Patricia Meyers. The Honorable Michael D. Antonovich, proclaimed May as Older American Month and recognized the 20 Older American [...]
MAFA ‘Black Tie’ Party Honors City Manager
Photographs by Terry Miller
Monrovia Association of Fine Arts Recognizes Community Award Winners at the May 15 Black Tie Fundraising Event 2010
The Monrovia Association of Fine Arts known as MAFA has announced this years’ Renaissance Award recipient as Scott Ochoa. The Renaissance Award is given every year to honor and recognize a special member of the community whose contributions to their fellow citizens leads to the cultural enrichment of the community as a whole. The public [...]
Monrovian Celebrates 101 Years
You’d never know it upon meeting Marion Melon, but this was a major milestone of a birthday. Marion Melon, a member of New Horizons Senior Club, was treated to a special birthday treat Tuesday at the community center celebrating 101 years. Originally from Akron, Ohio Marion settled here to be close to her long time [...]
Monrovia Day Activities Center on Fire Department Centennial
By Susan Motander This Saturday is Monrovia Day, the annual celebration of the anniversary of the founding of Monrovia. This year the festivities will center around the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Monrovia Fire Department. This year the festivities will begin early at 7:00 a.m. when the Chili Cook Off between various local [...]
Beloved Mayflower Teacher Maggie Clark Died In Car Accident on Saturday
Arcadian Maggie Clark, who taught at Mayflower, was killed in a car accident Saturday morning She and her colleague, Jan Dunbar were traveling to a workshop and were involved in a head-on collision, killing Maggie and seriously injuring Dunbar. Maggie Smith, 44, a teacher at Mayflower Elementary School in Monrovia was killed over the weekend [...]
Jersey Mike’s Subs Raises Funds for High Schools At Grand Opening
Jersey Mike’s Subs will officially open its doors in Monrovia next week, which will make forty four restaurants in California. Jersey Mike’s owner, Vana Mehrabian knows the importance of community relations and will celebrate his new ties with the area when he holds his grand opening on May 5. To commemorate the event, the new [...]
MAP Celebrated in Library Park
No, this was not a celebration of cartographers, but rather of community. Monrovia Area Partnership (MAP) which is sponsored by the City of Monrovia shared the joy of community with the community. There were booths from various departments of the city including the police and fire departments as well as public works. There were also [...]
Reorganized Council Picks Mosca for Mayor – MacGillivray Votes against All Appointments
Joe Mosca was selected the city’s new mayor on Tuesday night, replacing MaryAnn MacGillivray in what was one of the city’s most contentious elections in Sierra Madre’s history. The vote was 4-1 with MacGillvary voting nay on both the Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tem appointments. John Buchanan is now Sierra Madre’s Mayor Pro Tem. When long [...]
AHS Constitution Team Wins National Title
The Arcadia High School Constitution team won the National Championship in a competition which was held over the weekend in Washington D.C. The team of thirty high school seniors had won the state competition earlier this year. “Out of all the academic or athletic teams there are, I honestly believe that the “We the People” [...]
