Proof Can be Found at Sierra Madre Playhouse

Proof Can be Found at Sierra Madre Playhouse

Can’t stand math? Always hated it? Don’t let that scare you away from seeing “Proof,” the prizewinning drama now at the Sierra Madre Playhouse.
True, the theme focuses on a mathematical proof sought for centuries by mathematicians, and now perhaps—just perhaps—it may at last have been found.  But what we watch unfold is the interplay amongst [...]

VFW Donates Flags to City Hall

VFW Donates Flags to City Hall

MaryAnn MacGillivray, Mayor of City of Sierra Madre, accepts California and US Flags from the Sierra Madre Veterans of Foreign Wars members Tuesday evening during the presentation portion of the regular city council meeting.
Mayor MacGillivray thanked the members of Sierra Madre VFW for their dedicated service to their country and city while applauding [...]

Chlorine Scare Averted at Sierra Madre Pool

Chlorine Scare Averted at Sierra Madre Pool

The pool at the Sierra Madre Aquatic Center experienced an accidental overdose of chlorine on Thursday, June 18.  James Carlson of the Sierra Madre Public Works Department believes that this was a “one time incident.”
While the department is not “entirely sure” what went wrong, there is only one “plausible reason” that has been agreed [...]

Costly Routine Maintenance Coming to City Water System

Costly Routine Maintenance Coming to City Water System

The Sierra Madre City Council awarded a contract to the Carbon Activated Corporation for the Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) Replacement Project as part of Sierra Madre’s water filter system.
The system constructed in 2005 to remove traces of ground water contamination. This is the first replacement of the system since its construction.
Bruce Inman, [...]

City Manager: Despite Budget Correction, UUT Still Necessary to Fund City Services

City Manager: Despite Budget Correction, UUT Still Necessary to Fund City Services

Newly Reconciled Accounts and Echoes of the Real Estate Boom Boosted Apparent Bottom Line in One-Time Adjustment

Costly Routine Maintenance in Sierra Madre

Costly Routine Maintenance in Sierra Madre

The Sierra Madre City Council awarded a contract to the Carbon Activated Corporation for the Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) Replacement Project as part of Sierra Madre’s water filter system. The system constructed in 2005 to remove traces of ground water contamination. This is the first replacement of the system since its construction. Bruce Inman, the [...]

City Manager: Sierra Madre Has No Surplus

City Manager: Sierra Madre Has No Surplus

Newly Reconciled Accounts and Echoes of the Real Estate Boom Boosted Apparent Bottom Line in One-Time Adjustment
Over the past few weeks, some community members have been sent into a frenzy due to the belief that Sierra Madre has a million dollar surplus, and many people are quite dubious as to why the Utility Users Tax [...]

Print Edition – June 25th, 2009

Print Edition – June 25th, 2009

Cruising the Columbia River aboard an American Safari Yacht, Part 1

Cruising the Columbia River aboard an American Safari Yacht, Part 1

There are many great memories that come to mind as I recount my nine-day yacht cruise down the Columbia River. There are colossal dams with massive steel locks, giant gorges cut through mountains, behemoth barges and ships drifting past cabin windows, spectacular unspoiled landscapes teeming with wildlife, tiny deserted islands, roaring rapids, historic images of [...]

Council Keeps Eye on State Lawmakers as Budget Issues Threaten to Trickle Down

Council Keeps Eye on State Lawmakers as Budget Issues Threaten to Trickle Down

Sierra Madre City Councilman John Buchanan briefly discussed the effects of the latest proposed state budget on Sierra Madre at the Sierra Madre City Council Meeting on Tuesday, June 9, 2009. Buchanan was dubious about what the state’s actual final budget might actually look like and how it will affect the states counties and municipalities, [...]