CGU announces Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award honoree

Claremont Graduate University has announced the winner of the 2013 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. Poet and essayist Marianne Boruch has taken the $100,000 prize, one of the largest poetry awards in the United States, for her 2011 poetry collection The Book of Hours. The...

Bookmark: Johnathan Thomas

There’s no getting around it. Johnathan Thomas, a local psychologist and the founder of a fast-growing local meditation group, is a bibliophile. He devours 3 books a week, furthering his spiritual development with books on Buddhism and occasionally indulging in...

Walter’s Restaurant to host fundraiser

Walter’s Restaurant will host a fundraiser to benefit Ruth M. Bobo, a retired Claremont High School English and creative writing teacher, on Saturday, March 16. Anyone who stops by for lunch between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on that day—which happens to be Mrs....

Claremont Stars host open soccer tryouts

This weekend, March 16-17, the Claremont Stars Soccer Club will host open tryouts for girls and boys aged 13-17. Conducting the tryouts will be Carlos Juarez, who is the US Men’s National Team Assistant Coach and Stars Club Director. Stars hopefuls aged 13-14...

Council to consider resolution on gun control

The Claremont City Council Tuesday night will decide whether or not to adopt a resolution supporting the assault weapons ban of 2013. The discussion begins at 6:30 p.m. in the City Council Chamber, 225 W. First St. The assault weapons ban is currently being considered...