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Celebrate Monrovia’s 130th Birthday Monrovia Parade Returns - May 13 to 15
The horse-drawn antique fire engine is always a crowd pleaser.
– Photo by Terry Miller
Monrovia Day(s) promises to be very special this year, because in addition to the activities we have come to enjoy as a community these past few years, the city and the school district have agreed to partner to bring back the Monrovia Days Parade! From May 13 to 15, events that will be taking place include: - Friday, May 13 – Special activities are planned to take place Old Town Monrovia at the Friday Night Family Street Fair event! - Saturday, May 14 – Centre Stage, the city, and the school district will be partnering to present the Monrovia Days Community Parade & Festival in Old Town Monrovia! The event will begin at 8 a.m. with an opening welcome and pancake breakfast at Library Park. Then, at 9 a.m., the Monrovia Day Parade will be back and better than ever with a variety of civic and school district themed participants. After the parade, the community celebration will begin at around 10:30 a.m., and the activities will last throughout the day. Complete with SEE PAGE 15
Monrovia Historic Preservation Group’s Annual Historic Homes Tour BY SUSAN MOTANDER The Monrovia Historic Preservation Group (MOHPG) is presenting the 34th annual vintage home tour this Sunday, May 1, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. This
is a change for the group which had held the tour for 30 years on Mother’s Day. The tour was moved to the first Sunday in May due to popular demand. There will be five homes on this year’s tour this year. Perhaps
the most famous is the Upton Sinclair Home, a Spanish Colonial Revival that has not only been landmarked in Monrovia, but is also on the National Register. SEE PAGE 15
COMPLIMENTARY COPY VOLUME 20, NO. 17
The Old Town Report
BY PAM FITZPATRICK This week I want to give a shout out to the entities that make Old Town Monrovia the jewel that it is today. Our Historic Old Town District started out as a community gathering place (horse-and-buggystyle) and after all these years, we are back to the basics. We
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Monrovia to Move Ahead With Hotel Plans
BY SUSAN MOTANDER
The Anderson House Museum will return to the tour after an absence of five years. – Courtesy photo
The Monrovia City Council reviewed the qualifications of the five firms that responded to the city's Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to build a hotel on what was a redevelopment agency-owned
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