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Global Water to nix meter-checking fee for exorbitant bills

Maricopa utility company Global Water is now waiving fees for certain customers after recent outcry over the company’s billing practices. Residents have complained that after...

Hidden Valley Auto Parts a haven for pickers, pullers

For more than 55 years a tucked away piece of land to the west of Maricopa has been a treasure trove of used auto...

Council hears community concerns about Global Water (VIDEO)

The mayor and city council lent their ears to the public Tuesday, calling on residents to speak about the city’s privately held water utility,...

Home-based Spotlight: My Maricopa Plumber – From rookie to master plumber

By Fran Lyons Toma Fitzgerald knows his team well. It is a close-knit unit and includes his wife, Danielle, who manages the office and administrative tasks...

Home-Based Spotlight: Rent-A-Vet Services proves veterans still handy

By Fran Lyons Amy Tschida is all about making things happen. If you have a project or a problem, she and her crew at Rent-a-Vet Services...

Maricopans gather to hear Edison Pointe business name-dropping

In arguably the most well-attended Maricopa Advocate Program event yet, representatives of the Edison Pointe development and Apex Motor Club gave details about their...

InMaricopa Spotlight: Chamber of Commerce Director Sara Troyer (VIDEO)

In spotlight for InMaricopa this week is Sara Troyer, director of Maricopa Chamber of Commerce, who talks about business growth, her past with MCE,...

Culver’s makes ‘soft’ opening to enthusiastic crowd

After months of anticipation, Culver’s is open for business in Maricopa. The city’s newest purveyor of burgers, frozen custard and onion rings has opened its...

Adobe Blinds, Helen’s Kitchen winners at Community Awards (photo gallery)

Adobe Blinds and More was the big winner at the 10th annual Community Awards Saturday. The family-owned company, which specializes in window coverings, won the...

Shipping service, office supply store to open

Postmaster Depot, a new shipping and office supply company, is set to open its doors Jan. 28. The store’s services will include shipping via resale...

Global Water to upgrade meters next week

  One of Maricopa’s water utilities is beginning a meter exchange program for its customers starting the week of Jan. 23. Global Water will be replacing...

Developer preps empty lot for Edison Pointe

Construction equipment and earth movers began lining up Wednesday in the Edison Pointe lot just south of Fry’s Marketplace on John Wayne Parkway, an...

Local businesses toil with minimum wage increases

In a monumental move, Arizonans voted in November to increase the state minimum wage to $10 an hour in 2017, leading to $12 an...

From Michoacán to Maricopa, immigrant turned entreprenuer starts HVAC company

Tiempo Home Services owner and technician Juan Garfias immigrated from Michoacán, Mexico, to the United States 20 years ago, at the age of 17....

Bullish 2017 economic forecast for Pinal County

Arizona economist Elliott Pollack presented his annual forecast for the 10th year for Pinal Partnership at its Dec. 9 breakfast meeting at Rawhide. His...

Maricopa Community Awards: And the nominees are …

Maricopa Chamber of Commerce has announced the finalists for the 10th annual Maricopa Community Awards. The awards banquet, this year a Black and White Gala,...

New MCE director to bring new level of transparency to incubator

The incoming director of Maricopa’s small business incubator met with the public Thursday to discuss his ideas for the future, ideas that could very...

Fulton Homes returning to fill in Glennwilde

After an eight-year hiatus, Fulton Homes is coming back to Maricopa. Fulton plans to build 400 homes in the Glennwilde subdivision starting in 2017. Dennis Webb,...

County jobless rate dips to 4.9%

Pinal County picked up nearly 1,000 jobs in November, dropping its unemployment rate to 4.9 percent. That is its lowest rate of 2016. A year...

Global Water takes steps to minimize future rate increases

A local water utility official announced a recent cost-saving endeavor at the city council meeting Tuesday, an effort that could mean a deceleration of...

Estrella Gin Business Park still without a tenant

It is an understatement to say the development of Estrella Gin Business Park has been a long process full of the unexpected. A series of...

Home-based Hernandez’s Painting a result of adapting

Jaime Hernandez worked construction for 11 years.Jaime Hernandez Age: 43 Hometown: Irapuato, Mexico Lives in: Alterra Business: Hernandez’s Painting Open since: 2014 Employees: 2 Family: Wife Maria, 2 sons, 2 daughters Hobbies:...

Business transactions on the horizon include BK, Circle K and XP

Circle K received a liquor license for a store that does not yet exist. The company plans to build at the intersection of Honeycutt...

Sports car club to build facility in Maricopa

A private club for driving enthusiasts of luxury sports cars is purchasing 280 acres in Maricopa for a racetrack, clubhouse and garages. Matt Williams, vice...

Pinal County lands electric car factory

Lucid Motors is making a $700 million investment in Arizona to open its first manufacturing plant for its electrical vehicle – in Casa Grande. According...

Water main ruptures on Porter Road

For the second time in eight days, a water line burst on a major roadway in Maricopa. Tuesday night, a 16-inch main broke on Porter...

Young minds bring big ideas to Maricopa Shark Tank (video)

The DECA Club at Maricopa High School presented the annual Maricopa Shark Tank for students in elementary school through high school on Nov. 14....

MCE director fired; business incubator may restructure

The termination of Dan Beach as executive director of Maricopa Center for Entrepreneurship surprised many, but no one more so than Dan Beach. “It was...

Constructing Maricopa: Business going up around town

The pace of progress is different for various business construction around Maricopa. Culver’s Construction is moving steadily on the Culver’s restaurant at the southwest corner of...

Edison Pointe requests reimbursement for improvements

The Maricopa City Council heard a presentation during their work session on Nov. 1 pertaining to a developer’s reimbursement request for public improvement expenses...
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