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City of Maricopa 39700 W. Civic Center Plaza 520-568-9098 Maricopa-AZ.gov Mayor Nancy Smith 520-316-6822 [email protected]  City Council Vice Mayor Rich Vitiello 480-358-8051 [email protected]  City Councilmember Henry Wade 520-316-6825 [email protected]  Councilmember Vincent Manfredi 520-316-6823 [email protected]  City Councilmember Eric Goettl 520-840-0953 [email protected]  City Councilmember Amber Liermann 520-316-6824 [email protected]  City Councilmember...

Burning sage filled the air inside Maricopa Community Center this morning as local seniors got into a rhythm with Mother Nature to celebrate Earth...

Five years ago, Maricopa Wellness Center embarked upon a mission to enhance our community’s health and wellbeing. We went from offering the first laser...

Matt Huffman held the world in the pocket of his baseball glove. He was a baseball star for the Maricopa High School Rams and a...

The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sun Corridor joyfully announces the triumphant return of "Dancing for Our Stars 3," an evening that left...

Maricopa High School Theatre Company presents “Freaky Friday, A New Musical,” from April 25 to 27 at the Performing Arts Center. The musical is based...

By Alice Batsche There's nothing quite like Hollyhocks for an impressive display of color from spring through summer. The plants will grow well in the...

Maricopa residents have a big new event in the immediate area to love – or hate. The Arizona Exposition and State Fair Board (AESF) decided...

Maricopa Unified School District proposes expansion of the Career and Technical Education AgriScience Program at Desert Sunrise High School, where a new greenhouse will...

“My heel is killing me. What are my options?” We’ve all said that at some point. You wake up in the morning, ready to embark...

Did your office overflow with paper documents Tax Day? You’re in luck, because the Maricopa Senior Advisory Committee and Pinal County Attorney’s Office will host...

A decades-old eucalyptus tree that long towered over the Villages at Rancho El Dorado was chopped down last week.  The iconic tree stood in the...

Glennwilde resident Cassie Harvey proudly represented the Zuni tribe at the opening ceremony of the Final Four in Glendale last weekend.   Harvey worked with her...

On Nov. 11, communities nationwide, in observance of Veterans Day, will take time to honor servicemen and servicewomen who have fought to secure freedom...

A Maricopa fast food operator is looking to build another restaurant in the city. Three years after Burger King opened in Edison Pointe, the same...

In the late 1950s, Pinal County Sheriff’s Office built a substation and jail in Maricopa just east of West Garvey Avenue. Even after Maricopa was...

There’s an extraordinary sunflower field in Maricopa, Arizona. Spanning an impressive 70 acres, about the area of a large shopping mall. With over 300 days...

With exponential population growth in Pinal County — especially in Maricopa and San Tan Valley — bringing an influx of new businesses and expanding...

By next Valentine’s Day, a date on the lake with your sweetie — without leaving Maricopa — will be a new option. City staff are...

It’s said life can turn on a dime. For Mike Otis, it changed on a $69 DNA test. Otis, a retired technical writer, did what...

By Katie Self The large, back room at 360 Physical Therapy holds a sizeable exercise pool, several training tables, a few low-resistance weight machines –...

Maricopa Unified School District has appointed Tim Wilson as the new Head Boys Basketball Coach at Maricopa High School. Wilson brings over three decades of...

If you’ve ever gotten into video games, you might have experienced “gamer rage.”  It could be caused by something as simple as flying off Rainbow...

New surveillance cameras installed below the stop-arms of school buses could lead to traffic citations. The Maricopa Unified School District’s Transportation Department installed the cameras...

Fire rescue workers extricated three people from an overturned GMC SUV on Wednesday morning on State Route 347, just north of Farrell Road. The vehicle...

Senita resident Stephanie Fulton is just fine with her daughter taking a school bus 45 minutes up to Tempe Union High School District to...

  A 12-year-old Maricopa girl is heading for Cleveland next week to compete during MLB All-Star Week. In the MLB Pitch, Hit & Run competition, Danica...

One of just 3,000 viral vehicles was spotted in Maricopa Saturday afternoon.  Readers submitted photos of a Tesla Cybertruck parked just outside Walmart. The bulletproof,...

Today’s workplace is dramatically different than it was just a few years ago. It goes without saying it would be difficult for most to...

It took nearly four months for the city to learn it lost its entire taxpayer investment on the inaugural Wild West Music Fest, held...