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Arcadia Rotary Club and Arcadia Chinese Association (ACA) announce plans to restore Fort Rotary, a two-story western-style Boy Scout fort in the foothills behind Monrovia. This is historic, the first coordinated project between these two organizations. Architect Kevin Le from Le Architecture in Monrovia, has already volunteered his time to help. The project is expected to cost up to $140,000. So far, Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has pledged $25,000, ACA has pledged $25,000 and Arcadia Rotary has pledged $22,000 on behalf of Mary Hansen of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35629
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2019
Pages
p. 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2019
Pages
p. 11
Subjects
Arcadia Rotary Club
Arcadia Chinese Association (ACA)
Boy Scouts of America (BSA)
Hansen, Mary
Le, Kevin
Organizations
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https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35548
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 24, 2019
Pages
p. A5
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Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 24, 2019
Pages
p. A5
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Brassfield, Bonnie June
Fox, Eunice Marie Wells
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Newspaper Index
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https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35499
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 16, 2019
Pages
p. A4
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Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 16, 2019
Pages
p. A4
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Young, Mary B.
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https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35498
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2019
Pages
p. A14
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2019
Pages
p. A14
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Chillingworth, Sherwood C.
Ieraci, Cecelia
Ieraci, Pat
Young, Mary B.
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Arcadia residents pass Measure A by significant majority. It is a 3/4 cent sales tax increase, passed with 63.94% of the vote in Tuesday's mail-in ballot. The increase will provide locally controlled funds to maintain Arcadia's public safety and other city services. See Also Mountain Views News, June 8, 2019, p. 7.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35520
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 6, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 6, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Ballot measures
Elections
Sales tax
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Newspaper Index
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https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35465
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 2, 2019
Pages
p. A17
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Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 2, 2019
Pages
p. A17
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Hansen, Harry
Nealey, Mary Dodge
Item ID
35657AN
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Downtown Arcadia hosts Patriotic Festival in honor of America's 243rd birthday. It takes place June 29, 5:00-9:30 PM on First Avenue, south of Huntington Drive, with live music, food, entertainment, and fireworks.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 30, 2019
Pages
p. 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 30, 2019
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Fourth of July
Holidays
Independence Day
4th of July
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Gold Line stations planning parking charges. Metro official says parking fee pricing structure at Duarte and Arcadia stations will reduce crowds in lots. Starting June 3, Metro will charge $3 a day or $59 a month to park at Duarte and Arcadia station lots.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Ching, Frank
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line-Arcadia Station
Trains
Transportation
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Fisher family reunion celebrated during Monrovia Day. Forty-four descendants of Julian Fisher and Gladys Fisher are still around in this area. Julian Fisher was Monrovia's first African American police officer and his father was recruited to come work on Lucky Baldwin's race horses. Julian and Gladys Fisher had 11 children.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35514
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2019
Pages
p. 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2019
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
African Americans
Fisher, Gladys
Fisher, Julian
Fisher, Vivian
Thomas, Frederick
Vance, Jason
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Measure A would increase sales tax by .75% to bring local Arcadia sales tax rate to 10.25%. It will be placed on a June 4 mail-in ballot. If passed, Measure A would yield about $8.6 million annually, which would be dedicated to keeping city services at the levels residents have come to appreciate.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35441
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 5, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 5, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Ballot measures
City of Arcadia Budget
Sales tax
Item ID
35633AN
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How Measure A is expected to affect Arcadia. Arcadia City Council will put a sales tax increase of 3/4 percent on this year's June ballot. The added sales tax would be added to the city's income to benefit the current deficit.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35509
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 25, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 25, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Ballot measures
Sales tax
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Arcadia Rotary Club's Salute to Seniors Luncheon to honor Mr. Lee Shimmin, the City of Arcadia Senior of the Year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35446
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
April 6, 2019
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
April 6, 2019
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Arcadia Rotary Club
Clubs, organizations
Awards-honors-recognitions
Senior Citizens
Shimmin, Lee
Item ID
35638AN
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Unanimous Arcadia City Council acts to place local funding measure, known as the “Arcadia Public Safety, City Services and Accountability Measure” on the June 2019 ballot to maintain public safety and other city services. City staff and the Citizen’s Financial Advisory Committee have indicated Arcadia has a multi-million dollar structural deficit.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35406
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
March 9, 2019
Pages
p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
March 9, 2019
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Arcadia City Council-2010-2019
Budget
Item ID
35598AN
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35371
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 10, 2019
Pages
p. A16
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 10, 2019
Pages
p. A16
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Subjects
Milefchik, Mary H.
Item ID
35561AN
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https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35271
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 2018
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 2018
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Phillips, Mary Ruth Davenport
Item ID
35460AN
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Iconic windmill spins once more at Denny’s. Less than a year after it detached and crashed into the restaurant, the windmill atop the Arcadia Denny’s is spinning again at the northeast corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita Avenue. One new addition to the windmill is LED lighting capable of changing colors. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 11, November 29, 2018.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35337
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 1, 2018
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 1, 2018
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Denny's Restaurant
Fasching, George
Mendoza, Andres (Denny’s District Manager)
Sargis, Joe
Van de Kamp’s Holland Dutch Bakery
Route 66
Windmills
Item ID
35527AN
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 11, 2018
Pages
p. A18
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 11, 2018
Pages
p. A18
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Subjects
Hubbard, Vern
Lejeune, Mary Carleton
Item ID
35507AN
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Arcadia City Council takes steps to increase public safety. On October 16, City Council discussed a recommendation to add a measure to the ballot containing a ¾-cent sales tax, which is needed to help Arcadia with its current financial woes. The Citizens Financial Advisory Committee reviewed the city’s expenditures and asked the council to declare a state of fiscal emergency as soon as possible and no later than June 2019. The vote to add the measure passed almost unanimously, with one council member recusing themself from the vote.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35309
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 18, 2018
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p, 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 18, 2018
Pages
p, 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia City Council-2010-2019
Citizens Financial Advisory Committee
Sales tax
Item ID
35498AN
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There’s something about Mary. Mary Hansen (photo) honored by Arcadia Rotary Club with the Paul Harris Fellow award for service “above and beyond,” according to Arcadia Rotary Club President Pat Dolphin. Mary was also selected as 2018 Senior of the Year because of her 46-plus years of volunteer work throughout Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35293
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 12
Subjects
Arcadia Rotary Club
Clubs and organizations
Dolphin, Pat
Hansen, Mary
Item ID
35482AN
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Newspaper Index
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https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35238
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2018
Pages
p. A10
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Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 22, 2018
Pages
p. A10
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Mallen, Mary Ann
Item ID
35427AN
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