4th of July Festivities

4th of July Festivities

You won’t need fireworks to brighten the foothills during the City of Sierra Madre’s Fourth of July Celebration. The City will be celebrating the holiday in style with a gala parade, concerts, games, food, drink, and plenty of family-friendly fun. Rather than confine the festivities to one day only, the Fourth of July Activities will [...]

La Salle Seniors Hold on to Win Charity Game

La Salle Seniors Hold on to Win Charity Game

La Salle’s senior and junior girls played the second annual Powder Puff football game in a charity event to benefit Cystic Fibrosis and Juvenile Diabetes research. They chose these two organizations because each class has at least one student impacted with the disease. Kohorst Field was the site on Thursday, May 13 which featured the [...]

Monrovia Mother Awards Scholarship in Son’s Name

Monrovia Mother Awards Scholarship in Son’s Name

By Kristie Tom On June 17, the seniors of Monrovia High School sat in their seats at Citrus College, anxiously awaiting the moment in which they could finally throw their graduation caps in the air, officially commemorating their leave from MHS. Throughout the night, many were awarded with honors of national merit, gold seals, and [...]

Sierra Madre Weekly – June 3rd, 2010

Sierra Madre Weekly – June 3rd, 2010

Sierra Madre Weekly – May 27th, 2010

Sierra Madre Weekly – May 27th, 2010

Sierra Madre Weekly – May 20th, 2010

Sierra Madre Weekly – May 20th, 2010

Supporters Push Dreier for Legislation Protecting San Gabriel Mountains

Supporters Push Dreier for Legislation Protecting San Gabriel Mountains

A stack of 400 letters from local residents who are asking Rep. David Dreier (R-San Dimas) to introduce legislation to protect the San Gabriel Mountains was delivered to the Congressman’s office last Wednesday. To date, more than 1,500 letters and postcards have been sent to Rep. Dreier asking him to introduce a bill to help [...]

La Salle’s Allie Forillo Breaks Two Strikeout Records

La Salle’s Allie Forillo Breaks Two Strikeout Records

On Thursday May 6, La Salle senior Allie Forillo broke the 10-year-old single season strikeout record of 248 Ks held by Caty Beaston, a 2000 La Salle graduate.  Allie entered the game Thursday against St. Bernard’s High School with 240 Ks and struck out nine straight to break the record.  She ended up with 13 [...]

St. Rita Excels at Track Championships

St. Rita Excels at Track Championships

Track season for St. Rita School in Sierra Madre closed with a bang at the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) Archdiocesan Championships for the Los Angeles region. Thirty-one Raiders in grades 4-8 survived the Regionals and Prelims to make the Finals. Only the top eight athletes from approximately 75 schools earned the trip to Serra High [...]

Council Awards Contract for Renovation of Sierra Madre Room

Council Awards Contract for Renovation of Sierra Madre Room

At the regular meeting of May 11, 2010 the Sierra Madre City Council awarded a contract for the construction of Sierra Madre Room building improvements to CA Construction in an amount not to exceed $933,116. The project includes the following improvements to the existing facility: new ceiling, energy efficient roofing and air conditioning, energy efficient [...]