Opinion

By Braden Biggs Supervisor (Kevin) Cavanaugh talks a big game about being a fiscal conservative and wanting a smaller government. However, his actions and the...

By Vincent Manfredi Taxes are too high. I have made it a mission to mandate the lowering of property taxes for every taxpayer. As your councilmember...

Of an estimated 21,000 existing houses in the city limits of Maricopa, nearly 8,000 of them are at least 15 years old. At that age,...

Thank you. It has been an honor and privilege in serving you, the residents of Maricopa since 2018. My family, friends and supporters know...

It has been a few months since my last column on how the Maricopa Police Department is policing your community. In that column, I discussed...

I love plants. They helped save my life in their own special and unique way. They have also introduced me to some of the...

I’ve had a bunch of interesting tidbits running through my mind the last few weeks. InMaricopa magazine’s focus last month on volunteerism struck a nerve...

Most everyone knows what an athletic coach does, yet many are ignorant about the duties of an academic coach. By next school year, all Maricopa...

Not many like it, but, eventually, it happens to all of us, whether we like it or not. We get older. The aging process is long....

Maricopans should receive InMaricopa Magazine in their mailbox today. And as with every issue of InMaricopa, a theme seems to evolve. This month, it's all...

I may as well have put a tin star on my chest and called myself Matt Dillon, the sheriff in the long-running television show...

Here in Arizona, we are all exposed to desert dust every time the wind blows. This can lead to lung problems such as Valley...

Last week, I was helping my wife install a home key box for a Province resident when she asked me what I knew about...

In recent years, the Maricopa Unified School District has made a concerted effort to improve the assessment of the learning that occurs in its...

National Volunteer Month in April celebrates the impact volunteers have on our lives and encourages active volunteerism for generations to come. An extension of National...

April is national volunteer month. In Maricopa, however, it seems like every month is volunteer month. There's no shortage of people in this community who...

Today’s news reports have been less than encouraging for exiting a globally traumatic event, such as the COVID crisis, to cope with.  While feelings...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Over the past few weeks, the world has witnessed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In the 1990s, Iraq invaded Kuwait, which led to...

The Maricopa Police Department has officially improved the way we report crime. We recently completed the transition from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program’s...

Talk about a juxtaposition. Victor Moreno, a photographer who sometimes lends his expertise to us here at InMaricopa, was out at Don Pearce Fire Station...

Retirement typically occurs in five stages: pre-retirement, full retirement, disenchantment, reorien-tation, and reconciliation and stability. Each stage brings its own set of choices. Understanding...

The theme of National Women’s History Month, “Providing Healing, Promoting Hope,” is a tribute to the ceaseless work of caregivers and frontline workers during...

It’s that time of year again. There are new things to consider this income tax season and no, there is no automatic extension to...

So many posts from friends end with “take care.” It seems a simple salutation at the end of a letter or social media post,...

As the cost of a college education continues to increase, parents and students should seek ways to pay for tuition without creating debt. One...

I want to keep Maricopa whole while redistricting the supervisor districts. We have been working hard to do so and, at this morning's Pinal...

I grew up in the Midwest and our biggest concern was whether March would come in like a lion or a lamb according to...

Many newcomers and inexperienced gardeners in Arizona need advice to successfully grow flowers and vegetables in our desert climate and soil conditions. Often, that expertise...

Good, we have that resolution moment out of the way. Now to begin a movement of another kind. At some time or another, we have...

The effects of the pandemic continue to negatively affect learning in our public schools, and recent reports indicate the nature of the problem is...