Community

Maricopans can now decorate the exterior of their homes and enter to win the city's Community Services Department's 4th Annual Mysterious Mansion Mayhem contest.  

ECO, Inc., the local, non-profit Environmental Concerns Organization is requesting community input on the future use of a 40-acre parcel of land 10 miles south of Maricopa in Hidden Valley.

The county's planning and development staff will be holding informal meetings to seek public comment on a proposed amendment to the Pinal County Zoning Ordinance.  

I am calling out to all Republicans, Independents, and even disappointed Democrats to take back our country on Nov. 2. We need to start right here in Pinal County, and replace the Democrat leadership that has done everything they can to move the United States into a socialist country.

Pinal County's Early Disposition Court (EDC) is a success. By December, when it reaches its first anniversary, It will have helped clear hundreds of cases.

Maricopa resident Katie Souza travels tens of thousands of miles each year, flying to prisons and churches across the country to share the word of God. It is a mission born out of a life of crime.

The city of Maricopa Friends of NRA will host a banquet Oct. 23 at 4 p.m. at Rawhide.

Fall is approaching, and it may be time for a change in hair and makeup.

We are supporting Scott Bartle in his run for the Maricopa Unified School District Board, because we feel Scott is the right man, at the right time, and has the principles and values needed to carry the MUSD into the future. 

 

 

During the summer of 1930 many real estate and other private promoters were seeking large cheap acreage listings for speculation and promotion. The Hidden Valley area was a favorite trek for many of these promoters and their clients. 

Maricopa's first responders were treated to purple cookies, stickers and ribbons by Against Abuse, Inc.-Maricopa yesterday.

Republicans John McCain and Jon Kyl are fighters! They just fought to block unemployment benefits. They intentionally left tens of thousands of folks who have been out of work in Arizona, Pinal County, Maricopa and your street without a way to pay for food, life-sustaining utilities or housing.

Instead of the traditional pet, a dog or a cat, how about a pot bellied pig?

 

English and Spanish-speaking volunteer tax preparers are needed to assist in United Way of Pinal County's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. Volunteers are also needed to greet clients or administrate a site.

In her recent letter to the editor, Rebecca Rios writes "Integrity in public office is absolutely imperative" and then proceeds to lie about both her record and mine.

If you would like to win a handcrafted, log-cabin themed quilt, the opportunity is available from Maricopa's local quilt guild, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Quilts.

Drivers in the Hidden Valley and Maricopa areas should be on the lookout for road construction beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 12.  

Gus is such a sweet senior. He was rescued from Pinal County shelter where he was dumped.

When you don't have the qualifications, when you don't have ideas or solutions, when you don't have broad support of law enforcement, firefighters, teachers and other pillars of our community, when you haven't visited the district and made yourself accessible to constituents, what do you do? My opponent's answer: Go dirty; lie, spew political rhetoric and hope the mud sticks.

Gila River Indian Community Chief of Staff Greg Mendoza received the thanks of the Maricopa City Council for a grant award provided by the GRIC that made possible the purchase of a mobile emergency command center.

 

 

 

Electrical District #3 brought electricity into the homes of the Maricopa-Casa Grande valley in 1930.

Camilla Cochran, 17, was selected as the winner of the Miss Maricopa Scholarship Pageant, which was held Saturday night at Maricopa Wells Middle School.

United Way of Pinal County is kicking off the second year of its Friends, Family & Neighbor (FFN)-Caregivers Outreach Assistance (COA) Project with a mini-regional conference in Maricopa on Saturday.

This month is one of those watershed months for us: we all heave a sigh of relief as cool nights and cooler days arrive (and stay!), and we all mark the arrival of fall and notice the changes in license plates as our winter visitors return.