Arcadia PD Crime Analyst Mike Daleo 19-42-2010
Arcadia Police Officer and Crime Analyst Mike Daleo 1942 – 2010 Reserve Arcadia Police Officer and Crime Analyst Mike Daleo passed away last Saturday after a very short battle with cancer. Mike was 67 years old and has been with the Arcadia Police Department as a Reserve officer since 1976. After retiring from a long [...]
Honorary Tournament of Roses Director George Throop Dies at 86
Honorary Tournament of Roses Director was Father of 2011 President, Jeffrey L. Throop George Lynford Throop, Jr., age 86, died on Sunday, April 11, 2010 from complications of pneumonia. Throop joined the Tournament of Roses Association in 1960 and was named an honorary director in 1988 after 28 years of valuable service. The Tournament of [...]
Requiem for a Jersey Boy: Don Mariconda
By Susan Motander Requiem for a Jersey Boy: Don Mariconda By Susan Motander Don Mariconda died March 16 after a valiant fight against cancer. His death came more swiftly than anyone anticipated, but Don was optimistic right to the end. He asked his wife, Kris to share this thought with all his friends: “I’ve had [...]
Sierra Madre Election Letters
RE: Sierra Madre Election: Fodder for Bloggers – And MacGillivray Slams Gavel down on Mosca To the Editor: Re: Sierra Madre Mayor uses Position to Abet Political Attacks on Fellow Councilmember/Candidate for Reelection I have read the accounts in both local papers of the most recent Sierra Madre Council Meeting and I am appalled. I [...]
Earline Mountjoy
I was lucky to get to know Earline Mountjoy. I say I was lucky in that she was not an easy person to get to know, not that she was unpleasant. Quite the opposite. Earline was a quiet person who was content to be a supporter of the things she loved rather than the star. [...]
Obituary – Mrs. Ann Blake (March 10, 1916 – March 6, 2009)
Mrs. Ann Blake, ninety-three, an Arcadia resident for over 50 years, passed away peacefully at her home on March 6th with her loving family in attendance. She was a career homemaker and the wife of Griffin S. Blake, a former president of the Arcadia Association of Realtors, who predeceased her in 2006. Mrs. Blake is [...]
