City budget $1.5 mil in red, for now

The first City of Arcadia budget since the elimination of more than $2 mil. in Redevelopment Agency funding, and the first submitted by new City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto, shows a projected General Fund deficit of about $1.5 mil. for next year. It gets even worse in 2013-14 and still worse after that. But the picture [...]

CalRTA grant to AHS art teacher

Georgette Tuttle, art teacher at Arcadia High School, received a school grant from the California Retired Teachers’ Association #71 (CalRTA) at a May faculty meeting. Principal David Vannasdall welcomed CalRTA #71 School Grant Committee members to the campus. School Grant Committee Chairperson Patti Hahn presented the award to Georgette Tuttle, who had requested a grant to [...]

Zheng to DC w/ Young Democrats

Arcadia’s Best blogger and Arcadia High School freshman Emily Zheng has been chosen by The Young Democrats of America as one of only 48 students in the country to attend a High School Leadership Academy in Washington D.C. this summer. The third annual four-day summer camp July 8 – 11 will focus on developing the next generation of [...]

AHS student in Chemistry Olympiad

National chemistry champion Timothy Man Hay Lee, a senor at Arcadia High School, has qualified to compete for one of four spots on the U.S. team bound for the 44th annual International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO). For the first time since 1992, the U.S. will host the Olympiad on July 21-30, at the University of Maryland, College [...]

New Foothill Unity Exec Director

Foothill Unity Center has promoted a new Executive Director from its own ranks to replace recently-retired Joan E. Whitenack. Deputy Director Betty R. McWilliams was chosen from a field of more than 20 candidates to assume leadership June 4 of the non-profit organization that helps local low-income families and individuals get the food, health care and [...]

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