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NEW BOOK ‘RENAISSANCE YEARS’ OPENS EYES TO THE RACIAL DIVIDE IN MONROVIA’S FORMATIVE YEARS From Riots to Ribbon Cuttings, Singer eloquently evokes Monrovia’s Rebirth in the late 1990s tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
We recently received a copy of a wonderful and enlightening book written by Monrovia’s former Public Information Officer, Richard Singer. The title: Renaissance Years, A
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History of Modern Monrovia. Singer starts off with the disconcerting and rarely discussed tale of a young man, Mark Allen “because his death and its aftermath -- three weeks of fire bombings, a SEE RENAISSANCE PAGE 12
Heath Harvey and Roberto Wilken Have Been Named Monrovia Police Department’s Next Police Captains During the past few weeks, city staff has been coordinating an internal personnel assessment to address the pending vacancies in the Police Department, given the upcoming retirement of Police Chief
Jim Hunt and Captain Nels Ortland, and the appointment of Captain Alan Sanvictores as our next Police Chief. The city has announced SEE CAPTAINS PAGE 13
THE MONROVIA OLD TOWN REPORT Pam FITZPATRICK pamfitz2@gmail.com
Keeping a balance between family-friendly and trendy is a real challenge for Old Town. Our restaurants, bars and grills, and service locations have brought more customers to what once was a fading downtown -- but the balance between retail, service and restaurants has been difficult to accom-
plish. Now, here comes the legalization of marijuana in California and the potential of a new type of retail, one that is not exactly family-friendly. Several years ago, we prevented a drug paraphernalia shop (that also intended to sell a legal form of “spice”) from opening in the 500 SEE OLD TOWN PAGE 13
The company plans to have all of the new seats installed within a six to eight week timeframe. – Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
This past week, city staff had numerous meetings and discussions with representatives from Studio Movie Grill, and we wanted to let everyone know that the company plans to begin theatre renovations to install the new
high-backed recliners within the next week or two. The company plans to have all of the new seats installed within a six to eight week timeframe. Company representatives said their ultimate plans include taking
out one screen (so that the theatre will have 11 total screens), and converting that room into a full kitchen for food service. They hope to be under construction with that particular initiative in Q1-2018.
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Monrovia Football Crushes La Cañada
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