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(Left to Right) Monrovia Unified School District’s Director of Maintenance, Operations, and Transportation Vince Marchetti and School Board Member Ed Gilliland look over the plans in the newly complete Monrovia High.
- Photo by Terry Miller
Monrovia High School Completes Repairs on Time and Within Budget BY SUSAN MOTANDER In the early morning hours of Monday, Nov. 30, 2015 a student threw a “Molotov Cocktail” through a
window in the main building at Monrovia High School. Because of an alert neighbor, the fire department was immediately notified and the arsonist was arrested by Monrovia
Police. That building has now been repaired and the work was done on time. The Monrovia Fire Department’s prompt response
Old Town Report BY PAM FITZPATRICK
B
eing the owner/operator of a small business is like being a bartender or a hairdresser: people tell you face to face what they’re thinking and what’s going on in their
lives. So my theory is this: if you’re depressed or sad or lonesome, go out and mingle. Get your hair cut, have your nails done, shop a little, wine and dine a little, talk a little: see if you can’t SEE PAGE 14
limited the fire damage to a few rooms in that main building, but smoke and water damage forced the closure of the entire building, including the Taylor Performing Arts
Center, most of the school’s offices, several classrooms, the cafeteria, and the computer lab. By juggling classrooms and relocating offices to other areas, classes continued
Monrovia Helps Combat Sand Fire in Santa Clarita
Water Tender 101 and OES Fire Engine 341 Assist With Fire Response The most recent reports indicate that the blaze is now over 22,000 acres in size and around 1,500 residents have been evacuated. This past weekend, as
part of Monrovia’s fire response mutual aid system, the city sent its Water Tender 101 and OES Fire Engine 341 SEE PAGE 15
throughout the reconstruction. Within months, working with Servpro, the cleanup SEE PAGE 14
Thief Uses Bus as Getaway Vehicle At approximately 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 25, a suspect entered a vacuum store on Huntington Drive in Monrovia. The suspect picked up SEE PAGE 15