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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.

 Maricopa will be bustling with political activity today as three candidates for November's general election are scheduled to visit the city.

After exhaustive efforts promoting the Maricopa Stagecoach Days Parade (originally scheduled for Oct. 9), utilizing my own personal money, time, and efforts, I was unable to get approval at the city council meeting Sept. 21 to host the parade.

On Saturday about 4:55 a.m. the Maricopa Police Department responded to the area of Coasta Brava Avenue and Alamendras Street in the Acacia Crossing community after a report of shots fired.

While Maricopa's Annual Stagecoach Days evokes memories of the Butterfield Stagecoach and the pony express, this year's event will showcase live and interactive communication technology enabled today by Orbitel Communications.

Supervisor David Snider will hold his monthly office hours in Maricopa on Tuesday, Oct. 5.  

CARE, Inc. held its second meeting Tuesday to solidify the action plan for the citywide initiative called For Our City-Maricopa.

A large water tank that held 500,000 gallons of water was west of the railroad station in Maricopa in the early 1900s.

The city of Maricopa once again has shown it is for all age groups in an attempt to provide recreational venues for Maricopans.

Arizona Senate Assistant Minority Leader Senator Rebecca Rios (D-Apache Junction) was honored as one of Arizona's Leaders of the Year in Public Policy by the Arizona Capitol Times. Rios received the award for her commitment to government transparency.

The Citizens on Patrol (C.O.P.) is an organization of concerned citizens working within the community with the primary purpose of assisting their neighborhood in crime prevention by acting as additional "eyes and ears" for the Pinal County Sheriff's Office. 

Stagecoach Days is back, continuing a long history of community spirit and pride. This year's celebration is scheduled for Friday through Sunday, Oct. 8-10.  

Maricopa resident Patty Barnes has organized a 12-day fundraiser to benefit the Jones family who lost their beloved daughter Jenna last Friday.

Lady is a wonderful, quiet girl who was turned into rescue by an owner in Prescott.