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- LETTER TO THE EDITOR
![[Pinal County Sheriff's Office, Serene Vannoy]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261023-pcso-john-thornton-rvaismi91vwu2p0oipozph7rnmjpkrqs97cbx6t8qs.jpg "20261023-pcso-john-thornton")
- Kitchen quarrel gets heated
![A voter showed off her voting sticker outside Maricopa Community Center on July 21, 2026. [Karen Bartunek]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260721-bartunek-election-day-5-rqr2kp98z5z7rapg676bliy26r4wb3ovej0ezw47lw.jpg "20260721-bartunek-election-day-5")
![Maricopa Police Chief Mark Goodman speaks to the city council on Oct. 20, 2026. [Jordan Gerard]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Maricopa-City-Council-and-police-chief-scaled-rv996iglhfzfaya1awghpuxzigb6coo6hi2xitl6ys.jpg "Maricopa City Council and police chief")
- full-time presence
![Ron Angerame. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261017-spencer-safeway-grand-opening-signs-2-rv919abnn9j4aol2tlzz3u2m9a5in4cdxrir04hv2c.jpg "20251104-spencer-ron-angerame")
- Letter to the Editor
- It's spooky season
- Karen Bartunek
Looking for Halloween fun around Maricopa? We rounded up 11 events, from festivals to trunk-or-treats to car shows, to help you celebrate the spooky season. Oct. 24, Community Fall […]
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![[David Iversen]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261017-iversen-fishing-derby-2-rv55n00iu2bh95mk0fe728nydg6ntdxxtuqfsi9ddk.jpg "20261017-iversen-fishing-derby-2")
Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
![Veterans in Need Board Member Justin Price accepts a donation check from Maricopa Moose and Duke's Roadhouse on Oct. 19, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261019-spencer-maricopa-moose-4-rv53gupkmxca0951c5bt9glcf7d2vapbf266fc4ooo.jpg "20261019-spencer-maricopa-moose-4")
Business
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![Tim Vasquez, owner of Someburros, hopes to open its Maricopa location in mid-December. [InMaricopa file]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261010-someburros-tim-vasquez-runu64uddkzmhs1o9ie354h95g2l9rdpy2yg1xhipk.jpg "20261010-someburros-tim-vasquez")
![Austin Lynn talks to attendees at Copa Farmers Market Jan. 5, 2025. [Brian Petersheim Jr.]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/PJ_5928-scaled-2-rdt8i0w31sji8bnps7glzvoykfgz1o4aum0tzmzj7c.jpg "PJ_5928-scaled")
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Government
![Maricopa City Councilmembers speak during a meeting in city hall on Oct. 20, 2026. [Jordan Gerard]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Maricopa-City_AnnaMarie-Knorr-scaled-rv8oq7jwjdfokbvo034tlpai79k6417g71cx6ijv20.jpg "Maricopa City_AnnaMarie Knorr")
![[Karen Bartunek]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261008-bartunek-debate-9-scaled-rumjazd4bxeleoq91qa56ddcaltw7si4zgcgt91l2w.jpg "20261008-bartunek-debate-9")
Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
Public Safety
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![[Pinal County Sheriff's Office]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261014-pcso-gregory-picard-ruvfhndn3qjkkrloep1465nmmacsutkmr5q4koc8hk.jpg "20261014-pcso-gregory-picard")
Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
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Education
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![Five candidates are vying for two seats on Maricopa Unified School District's Governing Board. From left, Loraine Conley, Patti Coutre, Lisa Garcia, Latrinda Williams and Nicolas Yendrzeski. [InMaricopa file]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261007-musd-board-candidates-ruixlwny57skpctk5zvq53gowl3u99lldoff5hxerc.jpg "20261007-musd-board-candidates")
Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
Real Estate
![Maricopa residents Euphemia and Sherman Weekes founded Crest Premier Properties in 2006 and manage about 150 homes, a quarter of which are in Maricopa. [submitted]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Weekes-portrait-scaled-rb3tz9bnumnwnep65j9p9s7t7ykb56ul6j50agj660.jpg "Weekes-portrait")
Staff Reports
By Sherman & Euphemia Weekes
![43967 W. Scenic Drive [ARMLS]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/43967-W-SCENIC-Drive-2-rureyey94dpi4vl8n2h36oayfifmog3edjhmy58648.jpg "43967 W SCENIC Drive 2")
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![HomeSmart realtor Dayv Morgan greets a client on Jan. 12, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/spencer-011226-dayv-morgan-1-scaled-ridz4gv58pai77g3gt9vga5yhp3o640s1lefgcsa2g.jpg "spencer-011226-dayv-morgan-01")
![A sign reading "Road work starting 6/26" sits on the side of southbound State Route 347 on June 24, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260624-spencer-347-road-work-sign-rpfslwcu7k9h1y1nu0ie61f42r8aakghq3vus86pdk.jpg "20260624-spencer-347-road-work-sign")
![A view of construction on the new traffic lights at Desert Greens Drive and Smith-Enke Road on Oct. 12, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261012-spencer-desert-greens-drive-light-ruutqrkuvau2oss7wafffpqn1135u9kwg8vb014mwo.jpg "20261012-spencer-desert-greens-drive-light")
![[Arizona Department of Transportation]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261013-adot-lane-restrictions-rutn5mxjpc3i1fqmal3pjleue5op2t5wzymlqmbbp4.jpg "20261013-adot-lane-restrictions")
![[Arizona Department of Transportation]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/539-14-ruk5v61kimui2oirn6x91jj1lu4mfnqerl3cn5l1x4.jpg "20261008-adot-cement-plant-crash")
![Councilmember Bob Marsh wears a large voting button during a ribbon cutting ceremony on Oct. 10, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261010-spencer-bob-marsh-rut9uwqoxyr6z148q5j24weeqf9tsdndihazma4mpk.jpg "20261010-spencer-bob-marsh")
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![A sign advocating for Proposition 416 sits near Butterfield Elementary School on Oct. 12, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261012-spencer-yes-416-sign-rurf99z43gksant97rhvzxmpjswbmj7qjavml94e7s.jpg "20261012-spencer-yes-416-sign")
