By Mary-Justine Lanyon Editor It was three days of music – and so much more. The energy at this year’s Blue Jay Jazz Festival was palpable, with audience members grooving in their seats, filling the dance floor and even singing along. The festival began on...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Editor They were nurses. They were volunteers. They were loving, caring individuals. They were the 17 people remembered and celebrated at this year’s Rose Memorial ceremony at Mountains Community Hospital. While the ceremony is usually...
By Cecilia Ponce de Leon Special to the Alpine Mountaineer On a crisp, starlit evening at the Lake Arrowhead Country Club, the Mountain Communities Boys & Girls Club hosted its highly anticipated Concert Under the Stars, an unforgettable celebration of...
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer Ever since Crestline’s fabled A Burger Restaurant at the corner of Lake Drive and Forest Shade Road closed down about a decade ago due to the failing health of its previous owner, Elizabeth (“Liz”) Tulcan, scores of faithful...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Caren Ware has been running her whole life. It is said her interest in running was sparked by her having run the most laps at an elementary school jog-a-thon. Today she is a world-class athlete, a USA Track & Field Level II coach, a...
The wait is over! Tonight, Aug. 21, this year’s Blue Jay Jazz Festival – known as Shuffle, Swing and Sizzle – kicks off with Ms. Monet & Friends. Born Conesha Monet Owens, this California native has fulfilled her fondest wish: To do something in the arts –...
