Claremont gets a history lesson

Though schools were closed Saturday, it didn’t stop the afternoon history lesson on the front steps of Claremont’s City Council Chamber. Volunteers with colonial garb and muskets in hand entertained passersby in commemoration of Constitution Week, a yearly...

Hard work, selfless attitude made this gent a hero

More than a decade of dedicated community service has earned Tony Marino, 35-year Claremont resident and volunteer, a special spot amid the whirling and twirling extravaganza at the 90th annual LA County Fair. Mr. Marino will be honored as one of 3 Claremont community...

A community hero through volunteerism

Randy Prout is one of our local State Farm agents, and is also one of 3 Community Heroes to be honored at the LA County Fair’s Claremont Day tomorrow. When asked why he believes he was chosen as a hero, he said he had no idea. Nevertheless, it is obvious he has...

In a new community, a new home, in September

by John Pixley “When will this hot weather end?” I wondered. “I’m so tired of it.” I was getting ready for bed one night last week, and something much more than the day and all its activity was weighing in on me. I was...

Nancy Edgar

Woman of faith, counselor, expert seamstress Nancy Eloise Drake Edgar died in Claremont on September 13, 2012. She was 98. Mrs. Edgar was born on April 8, 1914 in Ottawa, Kansas where she lived with her parents, Carl and Bess Drake, her 2 sisters, Violet and Carolee,...