Congressmen Urge Metro to Include Foothill Extension in Long Range Plan

Congressmen Urge Metro to Include Foothill Extension in Long Range Plan

Lack of MTA Action Could Cost County Hundreds of Millions in Federal Funding

Sierra Madre Poilice Blotter

Sierra Madre Poilice Blotter

During the week of Sunday, October 4th, to October 10th, the Sierra Madre Police Department responded to approximately 296 calls for service.

Sierra Madre Weekly – October 22, 2009

Sierra Madre Weekly – October 22, 2009

Arcadia’s Natalie Innocenzi Selected as 2010 Rose Queen

Arcadia’s Natalie Innocenzi Selected as 2010 Rose Queen

Arcadia resident Natalie Anne Innocenzi, 16-year-old Rose Princess and student at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, was selected by the Tournament of Roses as the 92nd Rose Queen this morning. Speaking with the Pasadena Independent last week after being selected as one of the seven finalists, Innocenzi said she was humbled by her selection at that [...]

Love Blooms at Sierra Madre Playhouse – Local Actors Marry

Love Blooms at Sierra Madre Playhouse – Local Actors Marry

Sierra Madre residents Barry Schwam and Lydia Bangtson met during an acting class at Sierra Madre Playhouse. Assigned a Neil Simon love scene to work on, soon they weren’t acting. Their dramatic meeting blossomed into real life love. The couple celebrated their nuptials on Saturday, October 10 at the picturesque and historic Church of Ascension [...]

“The Foreigner” Arrives at the Sierra Madre Playhouse

“The Foreigner” Arrives at the Sierra Madre Playhouse

Such mystique a foreigner can bring to a small town full of folks who’ve never had the chance to travel to other countries! Charlie Baker is endowed with that mystique when he arrives at Betty Meeks’s fishing lodge in Georgia. In actuality, Betty is the one who does the endowing. She’s never traveled nor met [...]

MAFA Draws Crowds to Eclectic Selection of Fine Arts and Music at Library Park

MAFA Draws Crowds to Eclectic Selection of Fine Arts and Music at Library Park

Last weekend, MAFA expanded its annual event by working in collaboration with the Nuvein Foundation for Literature and the Arts to present live entertainment and art venues throughout Old Town Monrovia. There were poetry readings as well as a self-publishing panel, a comic panel on storyboarding presented by Ralph Navarro and cartoonists presenting ‘live draws’, [...]

Arcadia Public Library to Celebrate Chinese Music

Arcadia Public Library to Celebrate Chinese Music

The fifth season of the Arcadia Public Library’s A Classical Kaleidoscope begins at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21 in Cay Mortenson Auditorium at the library when Zhiming Han and Cynthia Hsiang return for their second appearance at this series with the music of both contemporary and ancient China. Cynthia Hsiang, an adjunct professor of Asian [...]

Sierra Madre Weekly – October 15, 2009

Sierra Madre Weekly – October 15, 2009

Sierra Madre Police Blotter

Sierra Madre Police Blotter

During the week of Sunday, September 27th to Saturday, October 3rd, 2009, the Sierra Madre Police Department responded to approximately 264 calls for service. Sunday, September 27th: 11:07 PM – Arrest, Defrauding the DMV, Michillinda Ave and Orange Grove Ave.  An officer stopped a motorist for a traffic violation.  While speaking to the driver, the [...]