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Book titles celebrating women

By CHELSIE HARRIS March is Women’s History Month and the library is celebrating books by and about trailblazing females. For our youngest readers, we recommend “Every-Day Dress-Up” by Selino Alko. The protagonist in this colorful picture book loves playing dress-up. But, instead of cliché princess garb, she dons costumes inspired…

Sicilian time capsule

By Frank Sabatini Jr. The spirit of Salvatore “Sam” Nicolosi is alive and well at Nicolosi’s Italian Restaurant, which the Sicilian immigrant originally opened with his wife, Francesca, on Goldfinch Street in Mission Hills in 1952. Here, at its thrice-relocated home on Navajo Road, he is captured in vintage photographs…

Helix High School coronavirus update

By JENNIFER OSBORN Just two weeks ago, Helix students were completing finals and heading into a two-week spring break. With the ongoing issues surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, so much has changed since that time, and it is important that our community be aware of the plans in place for Helix…

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