Archive for July, 2024
Barbara Pflaumer brings neighbors together in Windsor Village
Barbara Pflaumer is the friendly neighbor everyone seems to know. With her ready smile and community-minded spirit, she was destined to become the heart of Windsor Village that she is today. But really, it was her dogs that helped her meet people when she moved to the area 30 years ago. Her first dog, Kaiser, […]
Order of Australia awarded to Fremont Place resident
Television reporter and journalist Robert Penfold of Fremont Place was honored with The Order of Australia in 2021. But, because the pandemic was in full swing when the award was announced, ceremonies were delayed. Penfold just recently traveled to the country of his birth to receive the great honor in person. The Order of Australia […]
Olympics come to ‘Taste’ 2024
•HopeNet benefit to take place Sept. 16 This year’s Taste of Larchmont will have an Olympics theme when it takes place on Mon., Sept. 16, from 6 to 9 p.m. on Larchmont Boulevard. The 2024 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony takes place Fri., July 26, in Paris. With television coverage on NBC, the games will continue […]
Nurse, model, volunteer — Delores Shine Kerr always says ‘Yes!’
Nurse, educator, philanthropist, model and singer — the multi-hyphenate Delores Shine Kerr never met a task she couldn’t tackle. Trained as a nurse educator, she broadened her reach beyond her professional work to help others through volunteering. The Brookside resident received her bachelor’s degree in nursing in 1957 from Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University), where […]
Hundreds of locals gathered on Lillian Way for July 4 holiday
It was 1997. “Men in Black” topped the box office, and Lilith Fair was the new Lollapalooza. On Lillian Way in Hancock Park, another defining moment would change history forever: “A few of us dragged our barbecues into the street for the 4th of July and grilled hot dogs for each other,” recalls resident Evan […]
