September Is Bargain Book Table Month!
Posted 9/20/11 – You can never have enough books, but sometimes not enough room to store them! The Friends of the Sierra Madre Library have an overstock of volumes that they will be selling during…
Konigsberg Memorial Scheduled
Posted 9/18/11 – On September 4, we ran an obituary for long-time Sierra Madrean and community philanthropist and contributor Eph Konigsberg. At the time, we said that we would let you know when a decision…
Toni Buckner Retirement Ceremony Photo Gallery
Posted 9/18/11 – The City held a retirement ceremony for Toni Buckner Friday night in the Sierra Madre Room, and it was a full house. Toni’s last day isn’t until this coming Friday, but they…
Bluesfest/Food Trucks to Benefit SM Search and Rescue Saturday, 9/17
Posted 9/16/11 – Emmanuel Church in Arcadia located at 23 W. Foothill Blvd. in Arcadia, just west of Santa Anita, will host a FREE Bluesfest from 12 to 7pm on Saturday, Sept. 17th, with proceeds…
Sierra Madre Police Blotter, Sept. 4th to Sept. 10th
Posted Sept. 14th, 2011 – During the week of Sunday, September 4th, to Saturday September 10th, the Sierra Madre Police Department responded to approximately 316 calls for service. See crimereports.com for updated information. Sunday, September 4th:…
CERT Reminds Us It’s National Preparedness Month
Earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan, hurricanes in the south and east, wildfires in California, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, flooding along the Mississippi and the eastern seaboard, earthquakes in California, New York, Virginia and the…
John Napolitano, Sr. Subject of Article in Newsday
Sept. 12, 2011 – John Napolitano, Sr., the father of John Napolitano, Jr., one of the 344 New York firefighters that died on 9/11/01, who over the years has been kind enough to share his…
Dozens Turn Out to Remember 9/11
Dozens of people, among them Mayor John Buchanan and City Council member Mary Ann MacGillivray, turned out at the Sierra Madre Fire Dept. this morning to remember the events of 9/11/01. Members of SMPD and SMFD…
A Hero, A Tragedy, and a Father’s Love, Part 8 in a Series – New for 2011
The first seven articles reflected on the events of 9/11/01 and the five years that have elapsed since, through the words of one victim’s father. Originally posted in the San Gabriel Valley Weekly in 2006 Part…
SMFD and SMPD to Remember with Special Service on Sunday Morning, 9/11 at 6:45am
“Good morning. On Sept. 11, 2001, an attack was launched on American soil…” With these words, or similar, the Verdugo Fire Communications Center each year begins its region-wide 9/11 bulletin, remembering the horrific events of…
Obituary – Jonathan Paul Nyerges
Jonathan Paul Nyerges, of Temple City, California, died Thursday, September 1,2011 in a motorcycle accident just a short block from his home. Born in Arcadia, California, June 18, 1982 to Richard and Barbara Nyerges. He graduated…
A Hero, a Tragedy and a Father’s Love, Part 7 in a Series
Tomorrow – 2011 Message from John Napolitano, Sr. regarding the ten year anniversary of 9/11. Part 1 in the series Part 2 in the series Part 3 in the series Part 4 in the series …
A Hero, A Tragedy, and A Father’s Love, Part 6 in a Series
Reposted Sept. 9, 2011 – Sixth in a series of articles reflecting on the events of 9/11/01 and the five years that have elapsed since, through the words of one victim’s father By Bill Coburn and…
A Hero, A Tragedy, and A Father’s Love, Part 5 in a Series
Reposted Sept. 8, 2011 – Fifth in a series of articles reflecting on the events of 9/11/01 and the five years that have elapsed since, through the words of one victim’s father By Bill Coburn…
Kensington Project Town Hall Meeting Photo Gallery
Posted 2/20/12 – Fountain Square West held a Town Hall Meeting at the Sierra Madre Room on September 7th, 2011. This photo gallery shows the drawings for the project as FSWD was proposing to build…